Cookies: Thoothukudi Macroons (with video) Cakes: Cashewnut Brownie Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes Perfect Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Patterned Chocolate Swiss Roll Red Velvet Cake
RECIPES
Orange Squash
When summer started, I planned on making many types of fruit squashes but I made only this. Orange squash has been in my to do list for long. My mom gave me a book which has hundreds of recipes. It has a section for juices and squashes. They have listed…
Maa Inji Oorugai/ Ginger Mango Pickle , Walk Through Memory Lane Announcement and WTML Winner for April
I know I am very late in announcing this month’s WTML. If you are new to this blog, please take a look at WTML page to know more about this event. This month’s host couldn’t do it and so I will be hosting this month’s WTML. Here is a delicious…
Thupka – Arunachal Pradesh
The next state we are going to concentrate for the Mega Marathon is Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh is one of the seven North Eastern states of India. And the huge challenge for all the bloggers taking part in this BM is the North Eastern Indian states because, there are very…
Strawberry Jam
I am not a great fan of jam, but Sruti is. So as I mentioned in my earlier post, I made jam out of two boxes of strawberries I found at the farmer’s market. This is a very simple jam with only two ingredients. It is better to refrigerate it.…
Cashewnut Brownie
When I had some guests on Sunday, I wanted to make a quick snack to serve them along with coffee. ANd I also wanted to bake. Brownie came to my mind. As I haven’t tried brownies with eggs, this was the perfect opportunity to try. Brownies are cake like but…
Chocolate Truffle
Happy Valentine’s Day!! When I think of Valentine’s, I think of chocolates and cakes and candies and the colour red..But hubby dear is quite opposite to me. He is not a great fan of chocolates. He loves regional sweets and even when I do chocolate based desserts, he tastes them…
How to use a Vanilla Bean
Whenever I see someone using a vanilla bean, I imagine myself doing so but it just remained in my imagination until I saw a pack of vanilla beans at Nilgiris in Coimbatore. I had only three and was priced at 135 INR. It was so costly but I bought it…
Homemade Eggless Almond Paste
Amond paste is an important ingredient in many pastries. This can be used to make cakes, cookies, and used as fillings in tarts, pies and many pastries. It can be readily available in markets but in Madurai, we don’t get it. I needed almond paste to make the German Tree…
Glaze Icing on Sugar Cookies (with liquid glucose)
Happy Pongal To All My Readers Hope you all are celebrating Pongal today. Though it is Pongal, I am writing a post on cookies. I am that crazy. Last week, I wanted to try my hand at glaze icing the cookies. I have already posted my adventures with Buttercream…