After I migrated to my domain, I wanted to interact with readers more. And for that I have added a new feature in my blog. Recipe Request is part of my primary menu which is above the header. If any of you are searching for a recipe or want an eggless…
For this month’s Baking Eggless Group Challenge, I wanted to select an easy yet so good looking bread. When I came across the Swedish Tea Ring aka Vetekrans, I know this would be it. The recipe is so much like the cinnamon rolls but it looks different. There are so…
For this month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge, Ruth of The Crafts of Mommyhood challenged the members with Surprise! cakes. Just look at the cake below. It looks like an ordinary loaf cake with glazing. And where is the surprise element? That is the surprise. You need to read this with patience to…
For this week’s Fondbites Bake Along, Subhashini’s choice was these easy to make orange cookies with orange butter cream filling. The original recipe had egg in it and I tried to make an eggless version. Cream cookies are usually a kid’s favourite. When Shubhashini explained her childhood memories associated with…
For this month’s Baking Partner’s Challenge, Reeni of Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice selected a dessert with berries. The shorcake unlike the butter loaded ones is made with heavy cream. It was quite easy to make. The secret of getting a flaky short cake is the dough needs to be crumbly…
One of my aunts, Shanthi, reads my blog whenever she gets a chance and she encourages me so much. When she speaks to me over phone, she always tells me that I only show her pictures of what I do and I never give her anything to taste. So I…
Schiacciata pronounced as skietch-atta is a flat bread from Tuscany region of Italy. Schiacciata which means squashed, is usually 1″ thick. There are so many variation of this bread. Tuscans brush it with olive oil and sprinkle salt and herbs. For this month’s Bake Along Subhashini selected a stuffed version of…
For this month’s Baking Eggless challenge, I selected a Hungarian yeasted pastry kipfel which is an authentic pastry usually served at family gatherings, weddings and festivals. Kipfels are stacked as pyramids for serving. Each family has a recipe of their own and it is said that there would be competition among…
For this month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge, host of the month Shelley of C Mom Cook, selected Cinnamon rolls and provided us four variations of the recipe. One of the recipes was from The BreadBaker’s Apprentice by Peter Reinhart. I have purchased the book online before a year and I just love…
When I first saw this Italian Cake of Roses, I was dumbfounded by its beauty. When I read through the recipe, I found out that it had so many eggs. But still I had it bookmarked. And for this month’s Baking Eggless Challenge, I suggested this for the members. It…