We begin with a new edition of BM and this week I have chosen to cook Christmas Dinner Recipes . When the girls were here we would get a Christmas Tree and decorate it beautifully . We would not cook a special dinner but we did make desserts , specially a cake was a must…
Since the last two days I have been posting savoury crepes like Lentil and Spinach Crepes and Chickpea flour Crepes, to day it is a sweet one . My original plan was to make all three sweet ones , but when you are cutting down the sugar you definitely have to compromise on your choices…
We are in the second week of BM # 81 and for the second day under Anniversary Theme I have Lagan nu Custard . This is a Parsi dessert and I made it for Mega BM under the Protein Rich theme . The name Lagan nu Custard comes from the word Lagan, meaning wedding. This…
I made these candys while working on the Frozen treats ,where I had made Coconut Pomegranate Popsicles , Mango Coffee Popsicles and Anjeer Kulfi . I had made the red velvet cookies for my grandkids and the cookies turned out delicious . These cookies tempted me to make something interesting using them and thus the…
Continuing with Frozen Delights , I have yet another popsicle. This popsicle has mixed flavours . Fruit and milk . Since mango is in full season I used mango pulp , and the second layer is coffee ice cream . The twin flavours are a contrast , but this popsicle is like a duet ice…
The alphabet ‘ V ‘ gave me multiple options for baking a cake for A – Z Baking around the World , but it was the country specifications where I was stuck. Finally I decided on this Coffee Cake. The name says Coffee Cake but there is no coffee in it. The cake is from…
Coming to the alphabet U, I picked a cake from United Kingdom. Upside Down Cake. Well the most popular is the Pineapple one but now you get to see a lot of variations. I wanted to bake a traditional cake and yet something different, so I gave a slight twist to this cake. I added…
Red Velvet cup cakes were a rage sometime back,and they are still very popular in the United States. So I decided on these Red Velvet Cupcakes for the alphabet ‘R’ under A – Z Baking around the World. These cupcakes have an interesting history. When foods were rationed during the World War II bakers used to use boiled beet juice to enhance the…
When I chose to bake all cakes for A – Z Baking around the World the only alphabet that I was worried was ‘Q’, but I was surprised that It was a quick search and a awesome one. Years back I used to bake a date cake and this cake reminded me of it. I…
This is the alphabet which did not have much option for me. I loved the Spanish Orange Cake, but whatever recipe I chose had loads of eggs. I can substitute two eggs but when it comes to six eggs I have to call Gayathri. This is what I did and even she realized that the…