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Making a 3 dimensional cake – Wellies for a keen gardener
This is a birthday cake I made recently for a lady who loves gardening. I was told she practically lived in her Wellies and that’s how my customer came up with the idea for this cake. The customer had requested … Continue reading
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Tagged "Gardening boots cake", "Wellies cake", 3D cake, Wellies
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Cookies for the Christmas fair
Each year, during the week before the school Christmas fair, my little one comes home with an empty paper plate for filling up with home bakes. I usually send back cakes or cupcakes. This year, I decided to try something … Continue reading
A heart shaped cake without a heart shaped pan
Hardly any shops seem to stock heart shaped cake pans throughout the year. As it turns out, they are only available around Valentine’s day. If you haven’t bought one around this time of the year, you may find this little … Continue reading
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Tagged "egg free", "Heart Shaped cake" "without heart shaped cake tin", Eggless, tricks
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Steamed modak with passion fruit sauce
Another one for the Indian desserts project… Steamed rice flour dimsums with a sweet coconut and jaggery filling. Served with a dried pineapple slice, passion fruit and raspberry coulis.
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Tagged "Sweet dim sum", Coconut, jaggery, Modak
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A Rangoli you can truly savour!
Diwali to me is all about lights and vibrant colours. It always brings to me sweet memories of hours spent making colourful rangolis outside the house and then lighting it up with diyas. This is the one thing that I … Continue reading
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Tagged "edible Diya", "edible Rangoli", Diwali, rangoli, Rangoli cake
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Black forest cupcakes
These cupcakes are a mini version of the once popular Black Forest gateau. Cupcakes: 3 medium eggs Yolk of 3 eggs 130g sugar 100g plain flour 30g cocoa powder I made the batter using the genoise method. The above quantity … Continue reading
Madeleines
These light and fluffy scallop-shaped cakes are perfect as an anytime snack! Ingredients: 1 large egg 50g caster sugar 7g Demerara sugar 10g honey a pinch of salt 3/4th tsp baking powder 60g plain flour 60g melted butter zest of … Continue reading
Apple and cinnamon rabdi
A rich and creamy Indian dessert, made fresh and fruity by a single Bramley apple! I’m serving mine with an apple crisp and a couple of caramel decorations
Pineapple and semolina halva
… served with rum and raisin cream. A tangy and sweet halva with smooth rum and raisin cream. Perfect after fiery hot South Indian food!
Indian desserts re-imagined
If I were to review all the Indian restaurants in the UK, I would have one common complaint – a lack of choice and imagination in the desserts menu. Of all the delicious sweets from every region of the country, … Continue reading
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