Yesterday, April 8th was National Empanada day. Pronounced as ehm/pah/nah/thahs, these sweet or savury snack consists of a flaky outer covering with a sweet or savoury filling. It is either baked or fried and are very famous in Spain, Latin American countries and the Caribbean. The word comes from the…
I have been part of many baking groups and I was posting all the challenge recipes up to date but when there were some problems, I just stopped concentrating on my blog. If you see there would be so many months I would have posted only 2 or 3 recipes…
When I made black forest cake, I was left with half a batch of tinned cherries. I refrigerated them along with the syrup in my fridge and was planning on making a cake with them. This baking marathon was the perfect opportunity to bake a loaf with cherries. When you…
Ever since I started Baking Basics Series, I have been obsessed with different types of butter creams. When I posted Italian Meringue butter cream, many of you asked about any egg less butter cream to resemble the same texture but I had no clue. For the red velvet cake I…
I am taking part in the Indian Cooking Challenge after a long time. Nowadays I spend more time on baking related posts that I have completely forgot about other posts. I really need to do some variety for hubby and child. When Valli announced the recipe for the month, I…
For this month’s Baking Eggless Challenge , I selected a delicious fudgy brownie recipe from Joy the Baker. If you are new to this space and couldn’t make heads or tails of what I am talking about please take a look at the Baking Eggless group page to know more…
Do you remember the Baking Eggless group I started three years back? Last September I stopped the challenges temporarily as I wanted a short break. After so many requests from reader and members, I started it again this month. If you are active on Facebook, then you would have noticed…
Here is my first post from the sugar cane juice series. If you missed out on yesterday’s post and couldn’t understand what I am writing about, then you need to check yesterday’s post for details and why there is a sugar cane juice series in my blog. When I was…
Even though I started the New Year with a nice note and started taking part in group challenges, there were some problems with my internet connection. My 3G data card started behaving weird. It worked when others used it but whenever I sat before my PC, it stopped working. I…
For me quick breads are never breakfast dish but is a dessert which has to be relished after a meal or a snack to go with my evening coffee. So I have never ever served it for breakfast. After a long time I am taking part in Home Bakers Challenge…