Author: Deeba @ PAB

About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.

Addictive Pistachio Panna Cotta with Raspberry Sauce… colourful dessert you will love

Pistachio Panna Cotta with Raspberry Sauce … a gently set, smooth, soft no gelatine panna cotta, with pistachios really adding Spring feels. The bright, vibrant raspberries add just the right tang to every spoon of this dessert. You could use a strawberry sauce too or perhaps a deep saffron jelly to top it.

Hello Spring. There’s an energy in the air and everything feels lighter already. It’s a welcome break from a long, cold winter, though it’s turning out to be a very short Spring. We barely had two weeks of below 20C temperatures and now we’re well into the 30’s, a sign that summer is well on it’s way.

I had some pistachios left over from an earlier collaboration with the USDA and had been waiting to make a pistachio panna cotta for a bit. The set is never easy to get when you go the no gelatine way. It’s also not the same as a jiggly, smooth, jelly like classic gelatine panna cotta set because of differing properties of the plant based setting agent, agar agar. This is the brand I use. The good thing about using agar agar is that you can adjust the quantities, reheat the mixture and begin again if the set is not to your liking.

I reached this panna cotta set after several attempts. Even if the classic panna cotta jiggle was missing, the taste of this Pistachio Panna Cotta with raspberry sauce was sublime. Smooth, soft, gentle, rich, delicious, indulgent … pistachios can offer so much to a simple dessert, it’s amazing!

One look at the collage above, and you can easily tell that pistachio is one of my favourite ingredients in desserts. It’s also so absolutely versatile as a topping, a garnish for a pop of colour. Pistachios pair beautifully with some of my favourite flavours – saffron, strawberries, chocolate, rose, orange, mangoes, apricots, cherries, plums, vanilla too. And of course with raspberries like in the Pistachio Panna Cotta!

Do tag me on Instagram at Passionate About Baking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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Pistachio Panna Cotta with Raspberry Sauce

I love using natural colours of ingredients in desserts and this pistachio panna cotta is one of my new favourites. The #nogelatine dessert is as simple as can be, and requires just 4 ingredients.
Makes 4 X 150g servings
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian, Italian
Keyword agar agar, chocolate, cream, eggfree, eggless, gluten free, no bake, vegetarian
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 5 minutes
Setting 8 hours
Total Time 9 hours 5 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

Pistachio panna cotta

  • 300 g cream 25% fat
  • 2 1/4 tsp agar agar
  • 100 g milk
  • 75 g castor sugar
  • 200 g pistachios blanched/peeled

Raspberry sauce

  • 85 g frozen raspberries
  • 25 g sugar
  • 1/8 tsp agar agar

Instructions

Pistachio panna cotta

  • Whisk together the cream, milk, sugar and agar agar in a heavy bottom saucepan. Simmer stirring constantly for 2-3 minutes to activate the agar agar.
  • Add the pistachios and blend until smooth.
  • Pour into molds and refrigerate to set overnight. If you are using silicon molds, you can place them in the freezer until frozen, then demold and leave in the fridge for 2-3 hours to defrost.

Raspberry sauce

  • Simmer together until soft and slightly thick.
  • Strain and use.

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So Delicious! 10 Eggless Spring Desserts almost too pretty to eat. Make them now…

So Delicious! 10 Eggless Spring Desserts almost too pretty to eat, so refreshing, so fun! That favourite time of the year where there’s new energy everywhere … new leaves, buds, shoots, nests being made, baby birds fluttering around; the world is literally born again!

Hello Spring! It’s only late February and this year Spring has arrived too early, the temperatures already hitting an astonishing 30C. It’s been the hottest February in decades yet somehow it’s a sign of the times with unpredictable weather. The mulberry tree is already showing fruit, and the festival of colour Holi is around the corner.

Staying in tune with the weather, here are some pretty and pretty refreshing desserts for this time of the year. They are eggless, they are simple and they have light, fresh appeal! These are charming, colourful desserts that find their way to our table over and over again. Hopefully they will keep you charmed too, make you happy!

Do tag me on Instagram at Passionate About Baking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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More FRUIT BASED recipes here

Eggless Strawberry Charlotte Cake
As delicious as it is pretty! Light buttery addictive eggless homemade lady fingers build up the sides, a spiral baked of the same dough make the base. The filling is a silky smooth cream in two flavours, strawberry and vanilla bean, separated by a layer of fresh strawberries. It's a special cake, quite irresistible.
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Eggless Baked Lime Curd White Chocolate Pudding
Light, dreamy, mousse like and bowl scraping good, here’s a baked eggless pudding that’ll have you hooked.
Check out this recipe
Eggless Strawberry Love Cake
This is a cavity cake filled with everything that screams love – the most perfect strawberries, luscious dark chocolate cream, then an indulgent vanilla bean cream, all wrapped in a mandarin flavoured eggless sponge.
Check out this recipe
Eggless Saffron Pistachio Cupcakes with Saffron Buttercream
Sweet dreams are made of these! Festive, simple and ever so delicious, these are literal cupcakes baked in demitasse cups. Perfect for anytime, especially now. 
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Eggless Strawberry Fraisier Dessert Box
The one bowl, simple eggless sponge flavoured with the zest of orange pairs with luscious, red strawberries to create a certain kind of magic. The flavours come together really beautifully and each spoon of the dessert is refreshing good!
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Eggless Lime Curd Trifles
When life gives you limes {or lemons}, you just have to make these! Also, the eggless lime curd is just amazing!
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Eggless Strawberry Orange Tart Cake
A delicious burst of flavours and colours in a tart which is a cake OR a cake that looks like a tart! It's now officially the season I love most where luscious strawberries paint the bazaar red, and the best oranges are here too. I'm back to making my favourite bake, a cake in my new tart tin, and I'm loving it. The cake is as simple as can be. A one bowl, part wholegrain eggless sponge to which I added orange zest. I loved the natural orange hue the cake took on. 
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Vegan Rose Coconut Pudding
A light, refreshing vegan jelly pudding perfect for spring and summer. With just 4 ingredients, this wobbly pudding is as simple as it is delicious!
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Eggless Strawberry Curd & Cream Trifles
When strawberries are in season, there's always room for dessert, especially desserts as fun as these!
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Strawberry Matcha Cheesecake Tart
A really quick, simple, delicious dessert where the name literally takes longer to say than the time it takes to put the tart together
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3 Ingredient Most Delicious Chocolate Pudding … old school comfort

3 Ingredient Chocolate Pudding… Rich, deeply delicious, satiny smooth and ever so easy, anyone can stir this up in a matter of minutes. Nothing can comfort the soul like a good indulgent old school chocolate pudding.

This eggless pudding ticks off all the boxes. It uses simple pantry ingredients, is gluten-free, has no added sugar, cooks quickly on the stove top and needs just a few hours to set, so is a great make ahead option too.

It’s also delicious served warm, so win win, you can enjoy it as a great winter pudding too. Do make sure to use a good quality couverture chocolate to enjoy the depth of this dessert.

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Do tag me on Instagram at Passionate About Baking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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3 Ingredient Chocolate Pudding

Rich, deeply delicious, satiny smooth and ever so easy, anyone can stir this up in a matter of minutes. Nothing can comfort the soul like a good indulgent old school chocolate pudding.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, British
Keyword chocolate, dessert, eggfree, eggless, gluten free, no bake, nobake, one bowl, pudding, stovetop, sweet, vegetarian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Servings 3 people

Ingredients

  • 350 g low fat milk
  • 150 g 46% dark couverture chocolate chopped
  • 3 tbsp cornflour

Instructions

  • Whisk all the ingredients in a heavy bottom saucepan. Simmer, stirring constantly, until the pudding begins to thicken slightly like a custard. Take off the stove and whisk well. Let it cool for a short while, whisking on and off to prevent a skin from forming on the top. Pour into dessert glasses and refrigerate to set for 4-6 hours or overnight.
  • Dust the tops with cocoa powder and garnish with chocolate flakes, edible flowers etc.
  • Note: You can also whisk the milk and cornflour in a saucepan and simmer, stirring constantly, until it begins to thicken slightly. Take off heat and add in finely chopped chocolate. Stir until smooth.
  • Add ins: Instant coffee, cinnamon, orange zest, vanilla, garam masala, a dash of liqueur etc.

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Biscoff Banana Bread… if there’s one bread to bake now, this is it! #noeggs

Biscoff Banana Bread … eggless, wholewheat, one bowl, fuss free and just so delicious, you must bake this soon! It might not look very pretty and banana breads generally don’t, but the taste, OH MY! This is the most addictive one I’ve baked yet, and I’ve baked many!

Sunday usually begins with baking my favourite eggless banana bread, and this time I gave it a Lotus Biscoff twist. Played around with ingredients yesterday what with a half jar of smooth Biscoff spread staring at me, and came up with the most amazing banana bread with deep caramel flavours.

My Eggless Whole-wheat Biscoff Banana Bread is very, very indulgent. It’s also very moist and satisfying. The simplest recipe ever, one bowl and hand mixed, this is a great breakfast, tiffin or snack option. Use oil instead of clarified butter/ghee and make this vegan since Biscoff is a vegan plant based product.

Dare I also say dessert? Yes, that too! I love to reheat thick slices, 15-30 seconds in the microwave, and serve them with a drizzle of melted Biscoff or a scoop of good quality vanilla ice cream! Enjoy!

If you’re looking for more inspiration of the Biscoff type, and I don’t blame you for that, I’ve got you covered! You can find a whole selection of reels on my Instagram handle at Passionate About Baking. I absolutely love making desserts with this delicious and addictive Lotus Biscoff spread and can offer you a delicious Biscoff dessert recipe for each day of the week! They’re all eggless recipes too. How’s that?

Do tag me on Instagram at Passionate About Baking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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Eggless Whole-wheat Biscoff Banana Bread

Eggless, wholewheat, one bowl, fuss free and just so delicious, you must bake this soon. It might not look very pretty but OH MY! This is the most addictive one I've baked yet.
Makes 1 loaf (750g approx)
Course Appetiser, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword baking, Biscoff, cake, dessert, eggfree, eggless, eggless baking, homemade, one bowl, simple, sweet, vegetarian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  • 80 g clarified butter/ghee melted
  • 100 g smooth Biscoff spread melted
  • 165 g 2 medium ripe bananas mashed well
  • 100 g castor sugar
  • 180 g whole wheat flour/aata
  • 1.5 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips
  • To top
  • 3 broken up Biscoff biscuits & chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a 8″x4″ loaf tin with baking parchment.
  • Add the ingredients to a large bowl and stir lightly to combine until just mixed.
  • Transfer to the prepared loaf tin and bake for 40-45 minutes/until the tester comes out clean, tenting the top after 14 minutes to stop it from overbrowning.

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Eggless Tiramisu Heart Cake … delicate, delicious ♥ cake for V Day!

Eggless Tiramisu Heart Cake … .. gentle, indulgent, delicious dessert for tiramisu lovers and coffee lovers, dessert lovers too! It’s a heart cake like no other and literally screams pick me up and is quite perfect for V Day! One bite in and you’ll know what I mean!

The flavours inspired by the classic tiramisu, this eggless version leaves you wanting for more. With a base of an eggless coffee sponge, soaked with Kahlua & smothered in the smoothest set mascarpone cream with a surprise coffee cake heart at the centre, each bite is divine. This is my all time favourite kind of dessert!

Actually if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you will know that coffee in desserts is my favourite flavour ever. And if you are new, hello there, I absolutely love coffee. In desserts especially, I think coffee has immense possibilities and pairs beautifully with mascarpone, with chocolate, with coconut and Biscoff too. If you haven’t tried Biscoff, then you are definitely missing something!

Take my word for it, the Eggless Tiramisu Heart Cake is absolutely divine. It has a smaller heart insert, somewhat like an entremet that adds a really nice bite to the cake. That the hidden heart is also drizzled over with Kahlua just adds beautiful flavours to every spoonful. The smoothest mascarpone cream ever, sweetened gently with white couverture chocolate that smothers the cake is indulgent good. And yes, it’s heaven!

You need a little advance planning since the cake needs to set overnight. Other than that it’s quite a simple one bowl eggless cake. For the collar, I made folds on a mousse strip/acetate strip to snugly fit the heart. It took a little trial and error but once done it worked beautifully. You could probably set the cake in a heart mold if you like, else a silicon heart mold if you have one.

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Mascarpone recipe here

Do tag me on Instagram at Passionate About Baking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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Eggless Tiramisu Heart Cake

Gentle, indulgent, delicious dessert for tiramisu lovers and coffee lovers, dessert lovers too! It's a heart cake like no other and literally screams pick me up and is quite perfect for V Day! One bite in and you'll know what I mean!
Makes a 6" heart cake
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Keyword agar agar, baking, cake, coffee, cream, dessert, eggfree, eggless, eggless baking, eggless cake, eggless layered cake, homemade, one bowl, sweet, vegetarian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Time to set in freezer and fridge 12 hours
Total Time 13 hours
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  • 105 g cultured buttermilk
  • 25 g oil
  • 50 g castor sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 tsp instant coffee powder
  • 85 g all purpose flour/maida

Mascarpone filling

  • 200 g cream / 25% fat
  • 2 tsp agar agar
  • 20 g sugar (to taste}
  • 100 g white chocolate chopped
  • 200 g mascarpone
  • 25 g Kahlua {or a shot of strong coffee}

Cocoa powder to dust over

Instructions

Eggless coffee sponges

  • Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a 6″ and a 4″ heart mold/tin with foil/parchment and grease lightly.
  • In a large bowl, add all the ingredients and give them a good whisk.
  • Divide the batter between the tins {about 185g in the 6″ / 75g in the 4″ tin). Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the tester comes out clean. Cool completely, then trim the tops.

Mascarpone filling

  • Place the cream, sugar and agar agar in a saucepan and whisk until smooth. Simmer over low heat for 2-3 minutes stirring often to activate the agar agar. Alternatively, this can be done in the microwave in 30 second bursts.
  • Pour this over the white chocolate and leave to stand until the chocolate melts. Whisk until smooth.
  • Whisk in the mascarpone just before you need to pour it in. Taste and adjust sweetness if required.

Assemble (see video}

  • Secure an acetate sheet snugly around the 6″ heart shaped coffee sponge.
  • Moisten with Kahlua/coffee. Pour over half the mascarpone filling. Place the 4″ sponge in the centre of the filling and very gently push in a little. Moisten the small sponge with kahlua/coffee, then pour the remaining filling over to cover it completely.
  • Place in the freezer for 3-4 hours until frozen, then gently peel off the acetate sheet. Leave to set in the fridge overnight.

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No Eggs, No Worries! 10 Best Eggless Cakes for V Day! I got you covered

No eggs, No Worries! 10 Best Eggless Cakes for V Day! I got you covered for a wide variety of eggless cakes that you can bake this Valentines Day. You can bake these anytime actually what with egg shortages being reported extensively. The more I experiment and bake without eggs, the more I am convinced that the lack of eggs cannot be a deterrent if you love baking like I do.

This Eggless Baked Ombre Chocolate Cheesecake was one of my favourite baked cheesecakes from over a year ago. You can find that video here on my Instagram feed at Passionate About Baking. You can find a truckload of recipes there and on my recipe handle @pabrecipes.

 CNN calls it the Great New Zealand Egg Crisis. With eggs being very expensive and difficult to find currently, there’s never been a better time to try something new like I did during the pandemic! Yes indeed, I went completely eggless or rather egg free with my baking, and I’m LOVING IT! I’ve never looked back and it gives me great joy to share a few of my favourites for you to bake this Valentines Day.

The list of eggless desserts is endless … eggless frangipane tart, eggless sticky toffee coffee puddings, eggless pastries, eggless lava cakes, eggless baked tarts, eggless layer cakes, eggless baked cheesecakes, eggless zuccotto are all an example of adapting to eggless baking! I struggle to perfect a good eggless roulade or Swiss roll, so that’s something I will continue to try.

Just recently, I figured out how to bake really nice eggless lady fingers or eggless savioardi, hence the Eggless Strawberry Charlotte below. I hope you find what you’re looking for…Happy Valentines Day!

There’s a cake for everyone – chocolate, coffee, raspberry, blueberry, strawberry, saffron, mango, vanilla … hopefully you’ll find a fit for the one you love. There are also different kinds of cakes – bundt cake, charlotte cake, cavity cakes, tart cake, opera cake, layer cakes, a simple entremet as well.

So here goes, please bake something for someone you love ♥!

Eggless Coffee Chocolate ❤️ Cavity Cake
… how deep is your love! If there was cake to demonstrate how deep your love is, this might just be it, the most apt #VDay cake. A heart shaped eggless coffee cake with a heart cavity cut out that is flooded with indulgent dark chocolate will convey your love deeply! This Kahlua moistened cake is delicious, the coffee chocolate pairing my all time favourite.
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Eggless Saffron Persian Mawa Love Cake
… because the month of love can't go by without a Persian love cake! It's almost Spring in the subcontinent and everything is a riot of colours. With the roses in full bloom, this is one cake I love to make at this time of the year. Saffron and pistachio add delicious notes to the simple one bowl eggless sponge, and indulgent beautiful hues to the shrikhand buttercream. What's not to love in a cake which is simple and stunning!
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Eggless Chocolate Strawberry Tart Cake
I love everything about tarts. I got this new tart tin that I've been dying to use and I was so pleased to see how well the cake baked up in it, left the sides and base so easily and looked so pretty! This chocolate tart cake is inspired by a dark chocolate strawberry pudding from my cookbook and it turned out great!
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Eggless Raspberry Vanilla Cake
Delicate, calming and deeply indulgent, this is a special cake for now. The cake has gentle flavours and they all come together in a nice balance. An eggless sponge flavoured with fresh orange zest, Cointreau to moisten it {or a sugar syrup if you like}, a quick raspberry compote to bring in the pink, then a vanilla bean layer… Magic in every bite!
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Eggless Strawberry Charlotte Cake … with homemade eggless lady fingers
Lady fingers are delightful little sponge cakes that are best known to be the base of a tiramisu. They have immense possibilities and this charlotte cake is one of them. That I managed to make it eggless makes me quite happy! Light buttery addictive eggless lady fingers build up the sides, a spiral baked of the same dough make the base. The filling is a silky smooth cream in two flavours, strawberry and vanilla bean, separated by a layer of fresh strawberries. It's a special cake, quite irresistible.
Check out this recipe
Eggless Blueberry Layered Cake
Layered cakes are really fun and always special. This one might look like a bit of work, but trust me, it's as simple as simple can be. A quick one bowl fuss free 'fail proof' batter that is part wholegrain and really moist and flavourful, a 2 ingredient buttercream that is no fail again and has an optional spoon of ghee, then a fruit filling.
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Eggless Opera Cake
Indulgent layers of coffee and chocolate make this very special cake. This is my vegetarian take on the classic French Opera cake, a 6 layer cake that needs little introduction. Eggless almond sponges, coffee syrup, a potent coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache make up 6 layers that are covered in a shiny, simple chocolate glaze. The cake is traditionally finished with Opera written across the top, possibly the part I enjoyed most.
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Eggless Strawberry Love Cake
This is a cavity cake filled with everything that screams love – the most perfect strawberries, luscious dark chocolate cream, then an indulgent vanilla bean cream, all wrapped in a mandarin flavoured eggless sponge.
Check out this recipe
Eggless Baked Cream Bundt Cake
A cake as delicious as it is interesting, that cream baked into the centre is divine! The idea to bake the cream within a cake is really interesting, especially for us on the subcontinent where whipping cream is hard to come by. How fun that you bake two layers of cake with the cream already within!
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Eggless Saffron Mango Tres Leches Cake
The season of love is incomplete without a mango tres leches! Everything is fresh about this cake. The light sponge, the beautifully addictive milk, the sweet mangoes and then the stabilized cream that holds the mangoes together.
Check out this recipe

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Do tag me on Instagram at Passionate About Baking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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