
Colorful Holi

Gujiya - Indian Sweet
When you think of gujiya your think of HOLI (the colorful festival of India) or vice versa. I have fond memories helping my mom in the kitchen making gujiya and storing them in huge containers more for our consumption than distribution
Ahh…those were the days!
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Kiwi White Forest Cake image: Priya Q
Rich whipped cream topping with green kiwis on a super soft spongy cake. Kiwi White Forest is my favoritest (just coined to emphasize how much I love baking and eating this cake
).
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image : Priya Q
Indians love their halwas, be it be carrot halwa, kesari / suji halwa or aate ka halwa (made from wholewheat flour). This one just melts in your mouth as your devour it. The best one I have ever had is at the Gurudwara (religious place for the Sikhs) where aate ka halwa is distributed to the devotees as khada prasad. No matter how many time I tried, I must admit I never even was close to the one we get at Gurudwaras! But, it is still doable…so do try it out
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photo credit: *saxon*
The measurement are for a 1/2 – 1 kg cake
Initial Spread : This is the basic spread to beging with any icing on the cake
- Cream 200 gms of butter
- Add 3 tbsp of icing sugar (heaped) little by little and cream well
Butter Icing (for piping)
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photo credit: a little tu
Something that really excites all, kids or adult is a warm freshly baked chocolate chip cookie. The buttery crumbly texture as you bite into thick chunks of chocolate, the feeling is absolutely divine!
Check it out!
Butter – 120 gms
Sugar Powder – 135 gms
Egg – 1 no. (beaten)
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photo credit: Edd Morgan
This is the recipe for a basic chocolate cake that can act as a base for other more exciting cakes like truffles etc
. Its absolutely yumm
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Nothing beats the waft of freshly baked cake from your kitchen as you come back from play in the evening. That’s my old childhood memory. This one used to be quite popular in my family and my mom ended up making it for us every now and then. It tastes lovely. Do try it out…I will be waiting to hear from you !
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I simply love baking cakes. If not for the calories, I could have baked one every day! Nothing beats the gentle aroma wafting from the oven as the cake gets done. I remember how excited my sister and myself used to get on getting back home and smelling a hot freshly baked cake! I am sharing here a simple carrot cake recipe which also happens to be one of my favorite. Coming to think of it, there are not many cakes that I do not like but nevertheless!!
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Tour de France took us to the stunning Bourg St. Maurice. a ski resort town in France where I met lovely Lucie and her family who stay in Les Arcs ski resort with a mind blowing view to the Alps! Check my travel diary on Composed Volcano for more information.
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You can safely call this the healthiest dessert for we use apples and oats as 2 of our main ingredients. And unlike other recipes it doesn’t call for lot of work from you. Check out the recipe for Apple Crumble!
Apples – 4-5 nos
Oats – ¾ cup
Refined flour/maida – ¾ cup
Sugar – ¾ cup
Lemon juice – 5-6 drops
Cinnamon powder – 2-3 tsp
Butter – 50 gms
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