Scones are a type of quick breads which originated in Scotland. Baking soda is the leavening agent used. It can also be called as a pastry as it is somewhat similar to pastry in preparation. Cold butter is rubbed into the flour and buttermilk is used to bring together…
For Home Baker’s Challenge this month, Rafeeda of The Big Sweet Tooth, the host selected some beautiful Arabian bakes. One of the recipes she chose was the Spinach Fatayer/ Fateyer Sabanekh. Fateyar is a triangular pastry often filled with meat or cheese or spinach. When I was browsing through recipes,…
Conchas are Mexican sweet rolls which resemble sea shells. These are the most famous of all the pan dulce (sweet breads) available in Mexico. A very soft roll topped with a sugary buttery crust which melts in the mouth when you take a bite..Do you get the picture? After seeing…
For the International Food Challenge #9 – host Saraswathi chose 4 beautiful recipes from the Bavarian cuisine. Germany is located in Western Europe. Food has always been a major part of German culture. Even the well-known German fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel, makes reference to food. German regional cuisine can…
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…
Osterbrot is the German Easter Bread which is soft and cake like. Studded with black currants and lemon zest they are very delicious. This bread has eggs and cake flour and so the texture is more cake like than a bread. For this month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge, Wolf of Wolf’s…
Babka is an easter speciality made in Eastern Europe. The Jewish version of babka is usually baked in a laof pan with twisted dough filled with cinnamon or chocolate. The yeasted cake is topped with streusel, a crunchy topping made of flour, butter and sugar. This month’s Baking Partner Challenge…
Today it is time for our visit to Goa, which is the smallest state of India. It has it boundaries with Maharashtra and Karnataka and Arabian sea at the western side. When I think of Goa I think of its beach and the tourists. The cuisine of Goa is so…
This month’s Baking Eggless Challenge was suggested by Priya Srinivasan of Enveetu Kitchen. As this year would be only breads at Baking Eggless, Priya suggested this Norwegian Christmas Bread which is loaded with raisins and candied citron. If you are not familiar with citron, it is nothing but naarthangai which…
All my last month’s pending challenges will be posted this month. Last month’s International Food Challenge started by Saraswathi and Shobana, was hosted by Sharanya. Every month a region’s cuisine is explored and for the month of February it was Andalusia, the southern part of Spain. She gave us four…