The Founders

Lis of La Mia Cucina

Lis started her blog in March 2006. From the very beginning her humour and wit shone through, making her blog a favourite place to stop by when in need of a smile. Her love of cooking and baking is strongly entrenched, alongside her love of her adorable pets. Lis also enjoys gardening, movies and everything Italian! As one of the founders of DB, her first DB post was in November 2006 and was all about pretzels.

Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice

Ivonne created her blog in December 2005, and never looked back. With a strong emphasis on baking and Italian food, Cream Puffs in Venice is the place where she lets her love of the kitchen shine. Besides baking, baking and baking, Ivonne loves to read, travel and garden (just like Lis!). As the other co-founder of DB, her first DB post was also in November 2006 on the subject of pretzels.

Welcome!

Welcome to the home of the The Daring Bakers!

This is the site that lists all active members of the incredible baking group known as The Daring Bakers.

To give you just a bit of a history lesson, the idea for the The Daring Bakers was born in November of 2006 when Lis of La Mia Cucina and Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice decided to challenge themselves by baking pretzels for the very first time using the same recipe. They each went ahead and posted about it.

Having enjoyed that experience tremendously, they decided to try it again in December, this time choosing to bake biscotti. And to make matters even better, they were joined by a few more food bloggers.

As the months went by, their baking group continued to grow, until it was finally decided that this "little baking group" had to have a name. And The Daring Bakers were born!

A constantly growing group has meant a few growing pains here and there. One of the obstacles we encountered was how to effectively publicize our members and their endeavours as Daring Bakers.

The answer is this blog. This is where you will see a constantly updated list of active Daring Bakers. If you ever want to check their blogs for their Daring Baker posts or simply find out a bit about them, this is the place to do it!