Cakes – The mere word itself will bring a lot of brightness in kids and adults. Once I used to be like that. I used to be super excited if some one talked about making cakes and if I pass a bakery, I used to love that heavenly smell and…
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Home Made Puff Pastry – Baking Basics
Who doesn’t love puff pastry. Those who get the ready made puff pastry sheets can whip up easy snacks in minutes but those who don’t get it surely need to make it at home. Home made sheets are so much better (or the best) when compared to commercially available ones.…
How to make 2D Cut Outs for Cakes
When I became part of Lets Do It With Fondbites team last month, I didn’t know how much I am going to learn from that awesome group. In two months I have learnt a lot about cake decorating which I hadn’t learnt in the past three years. The group is…
How to clean Piping Nozzles/ Tips
After nearly a gap of one long month, I am here with another post in the Baking Basics Series. If you are new in the world of decorating cakes, then this post might be very useful to you. When I started cake decorating, I had this huge problem of washing…
Fire Up Your Oven – Round Up
Last month was a fun filled month as usual when a group of bloggers came together to post for the whole month on a particular theme. Brain child of Srivalli,l this mega marathon has been etched in our lives. Every year during the months of April and September we become…
Homemade Sour Cream – Baking Basics
So I am here with another post for Baking Basics Series. Next month is going to be all about baking and I will not be doing any baking basics posts. So thought of posting one within the end of this month. Sour cream is widely used baking and if you…
Homemade Cream Cheese Recipe
Update: Ever since I made this recipe, it has been my go to recipe for all cream cheese based dishes. But recently, I tried one more recipe which I can say that is the best I have made till date. it is so creamy and turns out beautiful in all…
How To Do Frozen Butter Cream Transfer ( FBCT) – Baking Basics
When I posted a picture of my daughter’s birthday cake in FB, I got so many mails and messages to make a post for the technique. As I already had it in mind, I had taken photos while making my daughter’s cake. But it has taken so long for me…
Blogger’s Meet- BM #50 – Chennai – Day3
After two days, by the third day, two of the bloggers left. Usha left the previous day itself and Kalyani left in the morning of 22nd. So we got up early and bid her good bye with a heavy heart. Then started our next session. For two days, I didn’t…
Blogger’s Meet- BM #50 – Chennai – Day2
Before going into the details of second day, I would like to mention about one more session that happened during the night. Nandhini talked about sour dough starter and baking whole grain breads. And after that she made dough for a whole wheat bread with her sourdough starter and then…