After two simple recipes, here is one slightly tough to make dessert recipe which was loved by my daughter. Of all the three this was her most favourite as this was completely made with chocolate. With a dark chocolate eggless cake and a creamy dark chocolate mousse, this is also…
This month’s Bread Bakers host Mayuri of Mayuri’s Jikoni suggested a very nice theme. We need to use natural sweeteners in our bread. My very first thought was a quick bread when I saw the theme. But I was not very sure about flavour combinations. As I have done breads…
I got a pack of Zaatar spice during our BM meet at Chennai, courtesy Priya. So what is zaatar? It is a middle eastern spice powder made with dried herbs such as oregano, thyme and marjoram, roasted sesame seeds, salt and sumac. Making it at home was difficult as…
For the second day of pull apart bread series, I made a chocolate filled bread just for my daughter. Though she loves spicy breads, chocolate has a special place in her heart. And I didn’t want to miss it too. This was my second attempt at making a pull apart…
I never ever let an occasion which needs a cake skip by. Whenever I have to visit someone, I happily make a cake for them. This time, it is my sister whom I was visiting. She got married recently and had been back to Madurai. I made this for the…
From the day I posted the Eggless Black Forest Cake Recipe, I have been getting numerous queries on White Forest Cake. So what is white forest cake? It is the opposite of Black Forest Cake. With white chocolate cake, the layers are filled and frosted with whipped cream and decorated with…
This month’s Bread Baker’s challenge host Mireille, who blogs at The Schizo Chef, chose the theme stone fruits. Any stone fruit like mangoes, plums, peaches, apricots or nectarines can be used to make bread. In Madurai, as we get only mangoes during this season, I opted to use mangoes in…
Mousse cake has been in my to do list for long, but I kept postponing as I was so much afraid of failure. I have done a lots of experiments in these five and a half years of blogging, but now, I am little hesitant. But still I wanted to…
Mango season is at its peak now and I wanted to make all types of desserts when the mangoes are sweeter. This mango fresh cream cake has been in my mind for long. I wanted to take a video while doing it and so I kept postponing. Finally I made…
I used to take part in Daring Baker’s challenges regularly but for some time, I have been away from it. And after a long time, I am here again with another Daring Baker’s Challenge. This month host Tandy Sinclair of Lavender and Lime suggested Twist bread. She gave the recipe…