Daring Baker's Danish Braid

This is my very first month being a Daring Baker! I have been so excited to start baking some fun, challenging things. This was a great challenge to start off with.

This month Kelly of Sass & Veracity, and Ben of What's Cookin'? hosted the challenge. They picked this beautiful Danish Braid from Sherry Yard's, "The Secrets of Baking". I thought that this was going to be quite difficult when I was reading over the recipe, but it turned out to be quite fun to make!


My filling was a berry filing with a cream cheese filing on top. And I must say that it was to die for! I don't know what was wrong with me, but I started out by doing the braid in the wrong direction at first, I couldn't fix it because the dough was all gooey from the fillings. Oh well...it just kinda turned out looking like a mummy. The bottom part was perfect though!
Since there was enough to make 2 braids, I made one braid and with the other dough, I just experimented with designs. They turned out really nice!
I put an orange glaze on top of the them which gave it a little more sweetness to them...which I loved!

Berry Filling Recipe:
2 c. crushed berries
1 c. sugar
Microwave fro 18 minutes
Add 1 TBS lemon juice

Cream Cheese Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Beat together and put on top of Berry Filling

If you want a challenge, feel free to click on either Kelly's or Ben's link and they will have it posted. It is quite the long, detailed recipe, so I won't be typing it out...

Until next month, thanks for a great Challenge! And feel free to look at some of the other Daring Bakers and how they made theirs at the Daring Bakers Blogroll.