For this month, Jenni of The Gingered Whisk challenged the daring bakers to prepare Povitica. This is a sweet bread with a walnut filling. Pronounced as po-va-teet-sa, this is a dessert bread of Eastern Europe, served during the holiday season. It is also known as Nutroll, Potica, Kalachi and Strudia.…
I saw this recipe in Fox History featuring Mauritian Cuisine. I decided to do it as soon as possible. The crust was so crisp and the banana filling was so nice. My daughter loved it. Every time when I prepare a new dish, I am always worried whether my daughter…
For this month’s Sweet Punch, the team selected Ria’s Jam Tarts. This is the first time I am preparing tarts, though I bought the moulds before one year. The first mistake I did was, I didn’t line the tart mould properly and there was too much jam in it. So…
This is a Moroccan sweet made out of flour, almonds and sesame seeds. The sweetener for this sweet is honey. Yes, it doesn’t have sugar. But as my hubby is not a great fan of honey, he was not very happy with the sweet. But I liked it. Next time…
Egyptian Basboussa Recipe is a cake made very different , semolina mix is first baked and then soaked in sugar syrup for an exceptional treat
For the month of September, the Sweet Punch team selected Chocolate Almond Biscotti from Joy Of Baking. I think I am the last member to post this month’s punch. I tried an eggless version. I have seen this recipe at Joy of Baking for a long time and wanted to try it.…
Hi Friends! I am excited to be back. Today my blog has completed one whole year and I am extremely happy. I am always happy when I bake. But I didn’t want to do any cake for this day. I just did a very easy breezy eggless biscuit to enjoy…
Today is the sixth day of Blogging Marathon. I tried putting together what I know about Pies. This is a easy breezy pie. I used digestive biscuits and oats for the crust. Using biscuits is a short cut in preparing a pie. I have seen this in many shows. So…
Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes challenged the Daring Bakers to prepare French Fraisier. Fraisier consists of a sponge cake split into two, moistened with simple syrup, filled with strawberry and pastry cream and covered with almond paste and is decorated with strawberries. In Madurai, I can never expect to get…
Today is the third day of Blogging Marathon#7-Group 2 and I decided to bake cupcakes. Though I have done many eggless versions I have not tried butterless version often. Today I needed to do a butterless version and tried this lemony cup cakes. This is an experiment and I have…