Hello folks!! A very Happy New Year to all of you :). Do you all make new year resolutions every January? Am I the only odd one out :P. I donβt make any promises to myself. No commitments at all. I am pretty useless like that :D. But I know that I want a lot of baking to happen in β2017β. And this Banana Chocolate Chip Waffle recipe is a perfect start to the new year. Waffles make for such a great breakfast. And when paired with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, they make a grand dessert as well […]
Banana Walnut Upside Down Cake
Hey guys π Are you enjoying the chilly mornings and the lazy winter days. I am loving every bit of this season. Snuggling up in the blanket with a cup of hot coffee and a slice of cake :D. And this Banana Walnut Upside Down Cake is a great cake for such lazy cold winter mornings. Although I Β am not a Banana fan but caramelized bananas are different :D. Like the Easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake, this one too is a crowd pleaser. The Banana Walnut Upside Down Cake comprises of a Β basic vanilla batter poured over the sliced bananas […]
Banana Chocolate Streusel Cake
Hey folks!! Been a while I posted something. But I have been baking several cakes during this period as well. Sometimes for freinds, sometimes for special occasions such as raksha bandhan and I have also baked cakes without sugar for a diabetic freind. So the baking has been on inΒ full hustle. I will soon post a sugarfree and guilltfree recipe for our diabetic and diet conscious freinds. But till then try baking this Banana Chocolate Steusel Cake. It’s a moist fruity cake with a crunchy chocolate streusel. Perfect for our morning breakfast. We even ate it as a dessert […]
Peek-a-boo Cake
I don’t like baking the same recipes again and again :D. I constantly have fights with mom because she is terrified when I enter the kitchen with something new in mind. But what is the fun in doing something you have already mastered. One should keep trying new stuff and upgrade themselves. I do revisit my tried and tested recipes occasionally. But I am all up for new challenges. Baking is some sort of therapy for me. Even if a recipe requires me to slog several hours at a stretch, I am still a happy person. The Peek-a-boo Cake is […]
Fruit and Nut Upside Down Cake
Hey folks! This recipe just happened suddenly out of nowhere π I had no plans to bake anything for a while. But while browsing cakes on pinterest, the enthusiast in me decided to bake this for our weekend breakfast π Our entire house smelled wonderful when this cake was in the oven. Cinnamon, brown sugar and a combination of your favorite fruit and nuts. Yummy!! This Fruit and nut upside down cake can be customized as per your liking and convenience. I used a combination of dates, cranberries, almonds and walnuts. It came out beautifully. It’s a simple yet impressive […]
Coffee Cake with a Pistachio Streusel
Summers have never been my favourite.The heat is just intolerable. Phew! I am a winter person. I love the winters. It is such a happy season. Wish we could have a shorter summer here π Anyways, I have been avoiding baking for a long time because my sister has been away. She has been traveling. She is someone who always appreciates and criticizes my baking. Hence, her presence is absolutely essential for my baking ventures π She is returning tonight so thought of baking something for her. Jyotika loves muffins or a coffee cake with her breakfast. Her eyes light […]
Chocolate Cake With Coconut Filling
Chocolate Cake With Coconut Filling Hello Fellas!!! What’s the highlight of any meal for u? The Dessert π Isn’t it!! But we don’t always have this luxury with our everyday home cooked meal. Although Indian homes always have some Mithai or something sweet disguised as Prashad! In our house, cakes too π But for those days, when we have nothing of this sort- Chocolates suffice π We have lots of chocolates stocked in our refrigerator all the time-Dairy milk silk, snickers,mars, bounty, twix and amul too. Bounty is a personal favourite! Chocolate and coconut go so well together. I have […]
Blueberry muffins
It’s not very easy to find blueberries in Indian markets. I had been trying to find them for a long time. And then these lovely blueberry muffins were born when I finally saw blueberries at Natures basket. This is a fine place to look for all fresh and frozen fruits! These gorgeous muffins are stacked with juicy blueberries. Perfect for your breakfast or lunch or evening snack π Basically you can eat them whenever you feel like if they last that long! Mine were eaten up the same day they were baked. It’s a easy recipe and will not take […]