Category: cake

basil / cake / home-grown / home-grown basil / orange zest / oranges

December 27, 2019

Basil & Orange Loaf Cake

One of the greatest culinary joys of last year was discovering the combination of basil and lemon in something sweet. And discoveries happen by endlessly scouring the internet with the hope that the recipe...

baking / cake / candied pansies / chocolate frosting / matcha

February 6, 2017

Matcha Cake With Chocolate Frosting & Candied Pansies

This was a week ago. When we had a sudden shower at night, my first thought was about how glad I was that I had picked my pansies during the day. Or the rain...

baking / cake / cardamom. / pistachios / rose petals / strained yogurt

November 4, 2015

Pistachio & Cardamom Cake With Rose Petals

The days are getting shorter and our sunsets are looking more dramatic with each passing day. I am starting my first post of November with this extra special cake. Special because I don’t use...

baking / cake / chocolate / orange / orange zest

January 16, 2015

Orange Chocolate Cake

When it comes to baking I can’t seem to see beyond oranges at the moment. The season will soon be over and thoughts of more orange recipes cross my mind. So I should get...

alu bukhara / baking / Beans / cake / Delhi / harvest / plums / wooden cake stand

December 5, 2014

Plum Cake

Plum cake Coming back home after a two-week stay in Delhi, I brought a whole lot of ingredients and a small packet of pricey plums! Browsing the tempting shelves at Modern Bazar, I had...

apples / baking / cake / dried figs

July 8, 2014

Apple & Fig Cake

Yes, it’s figs again. I hadn’t cooked much with figs before but Google images keep egging me on.:) The last cake I made tasted so good that I have used them in another cake...

almond meal. / baking / cake / dried figs

June 29, 2014

Dried Fig Cake

Dried fig cake When it comes to food there are images that remain etched in your mind. I had some dried figs and was wondering how to use them in a baked recipe when...

almonds / baking / cake / mustard field

December 28, 2013

Dundee Cake

Dundee cake with mustard blooms in the background Winter is usually the time when I tend to meet more people than the rest of the year. Our getting-together dinners and lunches have started which...

baking / cake / chocolate

October 2, 2013

Double Chocolate Gateau

Like I have said before, although I bake cakes, I usually make the simplest kinds. But I did make more than my usual effort for this cake. The reason being my sister’s birthday (October...

baking / banana. / cake / caramel / guava

August 4, 2013

Upside Down Banana&Guava Caramel Cake

I usually look at plenty of food pictures during my spare time and one that I fell in love with (recently) was the picture of a banana caramel cake. I saw it on The...