Since the last two days I have been posting Summer Coolers. Day 1 was Gajjar ki Kaanji, Day 2 Mango Orange Lemonade, but today’s recipe is what takes away the cake in Summer Coolers. To be frank, I did not make this Freaky Milk Shake. My niece , Juhi made this late night and called…
Mango Orange Lemonade
With the mango season in full bloom, I had to make something with this fruit. This is one fruit that I can live on. I have seen friends posting Mango Mastani and I have been drooling over that, but I wanted to post summer coolers which were dairy free. So here is a delicious drink with…
Kaali Gajjar ki Kaanji
Kaanji is a a fermented drink made with black carrots , mustard powder and water. These black carrots are available only in winters and just in the Northern states of India. While we were on our Blogging Meet in Delhi in Feb, most of the friends picked these carrots. I wonder how they used them,…
A – Z Baking around the World – Re-Cap, 26 Egg less Cakes!
Finally we end with another edition of our April Mega Marathon. This years theme was Baking. The theme had two challenges. One we had to choose only two bakes from a country, and two we had to go alphabetically. We have done similar Mega Marathons , you could check them here. These marathons are always…
Z – Zebra Cake
Today is the last day of Baking around the World and though the alphabet Z is a scary alphabet when it comes to A-Z challenges, for me it was a breeze as Zebra Cake is one of the most popular cakes. The cake had been on my mind since a very long time wonder why the delay. The Zebra Cake is…
Y – Yazdi Cakes from Persia
For the alphabet ‘ Y ‘ my cakes kept changing. The first recipe I chose was a Yeasted Coffee Cake, then I shifted to Yule Log, I had to give up on this too due to country specification. Finally I decided on Yazdi Cakes for A – Z Baking around the World. Yazdi is a common…
X – Xmas Cake
What could I choose for the alphabet ‘ X ‘ but for Xmas Cake ? Frankly speaking I did not put in the effort to search for something else . May be I should have but this made my task easy . So it is Xmas Cake for A -Z Baking around the World Xmas…
W – Whole Wheat Carrot Cake with Walnuts
This is one alphabet that I really had to work on, finally I decided on a Whole Wheat cake. Now I am giving you two W’s so I am being fair , right ? Seriously I did have the option of Welish Cakes, but the name here is misleading, these are more like cookies. So…
V – Viennese Coffee Cake
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…
U – Upside Down Cake Pineapple Oreo
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…