The December 2012 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by the talented Marcellina of Marcellina in Cucina. Marcellina challenged us to create our own custom Panettone, a traditional Italian holiday bread!
“Panettone is a type of sweet bread loaf originally from Milan (in Milanese it is called “paneton” Milanese dialect (pronunciation IPA: /paneˈtuŋ/)),[2] usually prepared and enjoyed for Christmas and New Year in Italy,southeastern France, Brazil, Peru, Malta, Germany and Switzerland, and is one of the symbols of the city of Milan. In South America, especially in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Chile, it is a Christmas dinner staple and in some places replaces roscón de reyes/bolo rei (King cake).” (Source)
What a fun challenge to end the year! Despite my best intentions to complete the challenge earlier in the month, I procrastinated and just finished making my panettone a few days ago (though I made the candied orange peel a few weeks ago- that counts for something, right?!). However, I’m going to say that it ended up being perfect timing, as I was able to share some of it with Nick’s parents on Christmas Eve, and wth my parents on Christmas morning.
If you have a baking to-do list like I do (it’s currently 107 items long!), and panettone is on that list, I highly recommend the recipe that Marcellina gave us to use. I used the panettone recipe and the recipe for candied orange peel. Both recipes are easy to follow, however, I will say that both recipes take time. This just means that you need to plan a little more when making them! Marcellina let us choose our own “add-ins” for the panettone, so I went with candied orange peel (yup, already mentioned that!) and 70% dark chocolate. If you visit Daring Bakers‘, you will see what the rest of the participants used to flavor their panettone!
For the recipes, please visit the Daring Bakers’ link, as Marcellina has some really great detailed information (and pictures). For the panettone papers, I found mine on Amazon, as my local cake/candy store doesn’t carry them.
Wonderful job! Your panettone looks delicious!
Thank you Jenni!
Making your own peels ahead of time totally counts!
Great looking panettone.
Thank you Cher! I had fun making the candied orange peels. I even had some left over, which I dipped in dark chocolate!
Oooooooh! Your panettone looks perfect! I am so glad you took on the challenge and enjoyed it! Yes, it is long but worth it! My warmest wishes.
Thank you Marcellina! Your recipes and detailed instructions made this a great challenge! I have 4 more paper forms, so I know I will be making this again!!
Your panettone looks absolutely perfect. And I’d say getting the candied peel done early definitely counts!
Thank you Shelley! I love the assortment of fruits that you used for yours! Oh, and those little helping hands made your panettones extra special!
Great job on the challenge, panettone looks delicious!
This looks perfect – really great job! They just smell so good when baking – mmm!
Thank you! I agree! I love the way the house smells anytime I am baking with yeast!
107 items on your to-bake list?!? that’s insane! (but what sweet projects
) great job on the panettone!
And the list keeps growing! As long as I don’t go on a mad baking spree, I think I’ll (and all my family and friends!) will be ok.
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