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Every year on my daughters birthday party I try baking a new theme cake.I am not super perfect baker when it comes to baking cakes but I mostly use my creativity and passion.My sponge cake recipe gives me a very soft and spongy cakes which easily soaks any juices so it can be flavored easily. …
This is a very special Christmas cake which is yummy ,rich with spices perfectly made for biting cold weather.The texture of this cake is soft and spongy and the top is crunchy and nutty.I enjoyed this cake with all my family and you will also preparing this awesome cake too.Wish you all a merry Christmas …
Pound cake refers to a type of cake traditionally made with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. However, any cake made with a 1:1:1:1 ratio, by weight, of flour, butter, eggs, and sugar may also be called a pound cake, as it yields the same results. But over time …
I need to thank my daughter Megha who had come across this recipe while playing a cooking game on my mobile and it was fun baking and helping her preparing the cup cakes.Yes ,for a change my daughter did everything and I helped and guided her.The recipe is very simple making life easier and one …
Pumpkin is a seasonal vegetable during the winter and is a popular vegetable in America and Europe for making desserts .It is a pretty looking vegetable in shades of yellow and orange color with a slightly bitterly sweet pulp.The pumpkin seeds are also used in food in Asian countries which has a nutty flavor. Even …
This is a very simple yet delicious dish from Bahamas which is an archipelago in the Atlantic ocean famous for its traditional seafood dishes.The main ingredient is sweet potato which is packed with nutrients,Vitamin A and rich in dietary fibers. This is a popular sweet dish which is taken during breakfast or as a dessert.This …
Brownie is almost a cross between a cake and a soft cookie.This brownie recipe is easy and you can make it anytime without any hassle and any chance of failure is ruled out.The result will be a soft decadent chocolaty little crisp brownie which almost melts into your mouth. The only thing which one requires …
This is a humble dessert which graces all the festivals and occasions in India.India is a vast country where the language and dialect changes every 100 km.So this dish changes its name and flavor in various regions of India .In West it is known as Basundi,in South India it is called payasam,in North India it is …
This a sweet bread from the Afghanistan kitchen taken alongside morning or evening tea.This can be taken as a breakfast or as a dessert.It is packed with energy and a good dish to start the day with.It has a texture which is more dense than a cake and you can add walnuts and dry fruits …
These are rich sweets ,extremely healthy as they are made of dates which are rich in iron and minerals.They are cooked in little jaggery with coconut. I tried to minimize the use of sugar in these sweets due to health reasons and the dates have natural sugar content and they bind these balls too.Cashew nuts add crunch to these rich aromatic …
I had heard about this wonderful dish “pie” but did not venture to make it before due to the lack of know how until one day my Foodie+ friend +Tom Anita Morgan had posted a recipe of this amazing looking dish lemon pie .It was a trigger for me as the next day was the …
I had made this cake on my 14th anniversary.My objective was to give the recipe a healthy touch as well as making it eggless as most of my colleagues don’t touch any eggs or non vegetarian items in this month “Shravan” which is the fifth month of the Hindu year beginning in late July and …
I was looking for an egg-less chocolate cake recipe which I can make for my daughter almost daily as she is in love with the same.In my busy schedule it becomes difficult for me to measure ingredients and bake a 25 to 30 minute cake.SO I was looking out for mug cakes ,when I discovered …
I baked this cake during my husband’s birth day.The cake was soft and crunchy full of caramelized nuts and juicy with the butterscotch caramel sauce.It was a busy working day and I did not have much time for the decorations.But the cake was awesome and flavorful Ingredients 1.5 eggs 2.Refined flour (10 tbsp) 3.Baking powder …
I am very fond of sweet dishes specially cakes and want to give it a healthy twist always so that I can eat it as much as I can without guilt.Refined flour and Sugar are two necessary evils while baking a cake.I had shared a recipe of chocolate cake with oats and dates.Today I am …
I have made the cheese cake for the first time and it turned out to be very tasty ,may not be perfect in looks .My intention was to use less cheese as much as possible.Cottage cheese can give the volume minus the guilt.I had also used processed cheddar in smaller quantity.The cottage cheese was made …
I have a lot of friends who are suffering from high blood sugar problem and they have requested me many times to bake a cake suitable for their consumption.So I decided to make this cake with oatmeal and dark chocolate .Not only does oatmeal improve cholesterol levels, it has an average GI of only 55, which …
Patishapta is a type of “pitha” which is a scrumptious bengali sweet dish common in India and Bangladesh prepared primarily during the rice harvesting festivals.It is generally made of rice flour .But my mother used to make it with refined wheat flour and semolina and I mastered it the same way.These are sweet pancakes which …
It was time for me to to return home from college suddenly my HOD told me that I have to judge some case studies presented by some Company Secretary intern students.Hot afternoon, and then I have to stay back, was not an welcoming thought at all and in addition to that I was tensed as …
This was an egg-less cake which I had made for my colleague sometimes back.It contains the flavor of fruits and richness of chocolate ,decorated with butter-cream icing…This was a 2 Kg cake soaked with mixed fruit juice covered with chocolate layered with fruits and chocolate intermittently. Following are the ingredients for 1 Kg chocolate …
This is a healthy sweet dish which comprises of mainly beetroot. Beetroot is full of phytonutrients called betalains which acts as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and detoxification agent. It is also a rich source of iron. This recipe provides an excellent way to feed beetroots to kids which is not generally liked by them. Like any …
These are sweet dishes which can be enjoyed during any festive seasons with family.The main constituents are grated coconut,fine semolina and sugar.Instead of sugar one can use jaggery. Ingredient 1.Grated coconut (3 to 4 cups) 2.Sugar 1 cup 3.Fine semolina (1/4 th cup) 4.Milk (as per requirement) 5.Green Cardamom (2 to 3) 6.Saffron soaked …
Doughnuts are confectioneries which are made from deep fried dough.You can use different kind of flour or toppings to make a variety.Doughnuts can also be filled with chocolate or jellies or other sweet substances.Typically doughnuts are round with a hole in the middle but in this recipe I made heart shaped doughnuts specially for Valentine’s …
I wanted to make some cake pops and was checking out recipes on the net for the same.But when I came to know that I have to make a cake for that and crumble it ,I was taken aback.If I make a cake I will definitely love to have that as I am sure I …
Busy days have started again after the Christmas holidays .So I have fallen back to quick hassle free recipes. These pancakes are healthy and easy to make .I personally love them because they are fast and easy to make and you need only three ingredients to make them. They are filling too. I love …
I needed to bake a cake on my daughter’s birthday and I wanted to create something new .For a long time I wanted to do some modelling with chocolates and I decorated the cake with chocolate roses.The basic cake was simple sponge cake.I made two sponge cakes one strawberry and another one chocolate flavored …
I always loved the Christmas celebrations.When I was a child I used to wait for my father bring a fruity Christmas cake on 25th December from the market which me and my brother will relish and eat the whole day.This Christmas wanted to make a chocolate cake with orange flavor because chocolate goes well with …
This recipe makes a nice flavored home made nutritious vegan chocolate fudge.Chocolate fudge is a dessert which is similar to chocolate but is softer and has a grainy texture.I used peanuts,sesame seeds and coconut apart from cocoa powder which is the main ingredient.You can add dry fruits if you like a nutty fudge.You can serve …
It was a relaxing day for me at home today.Yesterday after our college annual function till late night ,our college authorities had declared a holiday today.It was a great opportunity to spend time with my kid surprisingly in the middle of week .So after she came back from school we decided to make chocolate chip …
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention.Something similar happened to me yesterday when my mom asked me to prepare some chocolates for her as she loves the chocolates made by me and as she will be travelling on 13th ,I had little time left.I hardly get time to go to the market …
This festive season during Diwali I decided to make these soft core chewy caramel chocolates.The kids love it but due to my hectic schedule in College I cannot make time.Holidays are a perfect time for making these sinful delicacies and definitely for making caramel,you do need to keep your head very cool.I hope you enjoy …
The world is full of vegetarian people and I always was in search of a good vegetarian variety for baking a nice moist soft cake.It is because whenever I wanted to make a cake on any of my family members birthdays I needed to order an egg-less variety also from the shop.But I can do …
This time on my birthday on 22nd sepetember I prepared this cake and shared with my family,colleagues and neighbours.You can add any other fruits also to make a different variety.But the Basic sponge cake should be good.I did no feel the exhaustion due to the presence of a little helper my 8 year daughter in …
It is a colorful romantic fruit punch appealing to the eyes and absolutely yummy to taste..I used White chocolate but if you love dark chocolate you can make a variant with dark chocolate too. To make 2 glasses you need the following Ingredients 1.Kiwi crush (4 tbsp) 2.Srawberry crush(2 tbsp) 3.Whipped double cream topping (Dairy …
This is a very popular dessert and it is must in our home during any festive season.It goes well with fried rice,pilaf,steamed rice,khichdi ,anything.You can add your choice of fruits like apple ,pine apple ,papaya ,mango etc to make a variant.You can vary the sugar content as per your taste.Taking a photo of it was …
Ganpati festival is a major Hindu Festival, which is celebrated for honoring the God Ganesha, because he is the remover of the obstacles in our life. During Ganesh chaturthi we make varieties of modak as offerings to the God.Modak is a sweet which we offer to the Lord.This time during the puja at home I made modak …
The name muffin itself comes either from “muffe” or “moufflet”. Muffe is a kind of cake from Germany and moufflet is a French word which means a soft bread.Generally muffins lack icing.But I decided to add the chocolate sauce .My muffins are made up of whole wheat flour as it is more healthy,but you can …
This is a beautiful Indian style ice cream ,prepared with thickened evaporated milk and chocolate.The flavors are rich intense and chocolaty.After preparing the kesar kulfi successfully I thought of trying this chocolate variant of the same.The major part of the recipe remains the same. Main ingredient Milk 1/2 litre Cooking chocolate Sugar (as per taste) …
It is a delicious preparation for the summer prepared by thickening milk and adding flavors to it. The main challenge here is to freeze the kulfi in the freezer as with the increase in the content of sugar it becomes very soft and difficult to freeze. You can add fruits syrups or even chocolate to …
Malpua is a popular Indian sweet dish prepared during festivals.There are a large number of varieties made in different parts of the country by people of different cultural origin.It is generally served with rabdi another sweet dish made with thickened milk or dipped in sugar syrup.It is one of my favorite sweet dish which I make during every …