Apple-Panettone Bread Pudding=Success

This last permutation of the disastrous panettone was, fortunately, a success. I added a little vanilla and cinnamon to the recipe, and voilá, delicious dessert, finally. I'm so glad that it didn't get wasted.

Failed Panettone Transformed into Apple Bread Pudding

So I rebaked the failed panettone, and most of it is cooked now. The flavor of it was right, but obviously, it didn't turn out right. But instead of throwing it away, I'm going to use the fully cooked parts in place of raisin bread in a raisin-apple bread pudding. I'm pretty sure that will turn out good--I mean, I've made it several times, and it's pretty difficult to screw up. Cream, sugar, eggs, vanilla, spicy bread, and apples--it sounds delicious already. You can get the original recipe for Apple Raisin Bread Pudding on Epicurious.

Merry Christmas!

Panettone=FAIL

It was a disaster. It looked done, it looked like it was good, but once I took it out of the pan to cool, it collapsed, and I realized it was still all gooey inside. Damn. I'm going to try to rebake it to see if it can be salvaged, but I have a feeling it's going to be a wasted effort.
I'll try again sometime when I have proper equipment.

Panettone: Update

So I guess I know what I'm going to use my Williams-Sonoma gift card on: a Kitchen-Aid mixer, professional version. I left alone the mixer kneading the dough, and all of a sudden heard a crash. Ugh. What was that? I walked back into the kitchen, and saw the mixer sideways on the floor, along with my coffee maker, coffee splashed all over the floor and on all of my cupboards. I guess the mixer mixed itself off the counter. I think the coffee maker is okay, though. Hmm. I couldn't get the dough hook back into its slot, and the release thing was loose and wobbly. Not good. I briefly contemplated mixing it by hand, but then transferred it to the Cuisinart. That worked well enough, until the dough got looped into the mechanism. OK, by hand, I guess.
The panettone is now in the oven. I hope it will not end up like a brick.

Coming soon: Panettone!

I'm starting on it RIGHT NOW! Wish me luck. I'll post some photos of the process that don't involve ducks.

Pannetone

After all my finals are done, I think I'm going to try to make pannetone, which is a delicious, yeast-raised Italian cake studded with raisins and citron. With the exception of New York Times Bread, I've always found recipes involving yeast to be a little tricky, so we'll see how this goes....