BAKING
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Lebkuchen Genoise Verrines with Apple Craisin Compote
I love verrines for their appealing looks. Play around with layers if you like. The space within is your canvas. Lebkuchen flavoured cream whipped to soft peaks mingles gently with the vanilla genoise…
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Baking | Chicken, Mushroom & Roasted Pepper Julienne … where French cuisine deliciously meets Russian Cuisine in India!
A luxurious creamy main course make-ahead dish. Chicken, mushrooms and roasted bell peppers held together by a dreamy rich sauce, topped with cheese & baked till done. Great for the festive season ...…
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Delicious & Indulgent Lavender Chiffon Cake with Whipped Lemon Curd Frosting
A Lavender Chiffon Cake dressed up in whimsical and light as cloud whipped lemon curd frosting. A cake added very fast to my list of favourites, and a welcome change from coffee and…
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Coffee Macarons & Pumpkin Pie Spice too – I’d FALL for these anyday!
It's MacTweets Attack Season 13...lucky for some, unlucky for none we hope! It's to do with fall. This is the time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere where the leaves turn red,…
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Baking | Dorie Greenspans PEAR VANILLA & ALMOND FRANGIPANE TART … Thanksgiving
Warm and comforting, delicious as can be, a pear, vanilla and almond frangipane tart from Dorie Greenspans 'Baking From My Home to Yours'. Just right for fall, just perfect for Thanksgiving!
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Espresso Coffee Cream Cake … Happy Birthday to me!!
A deep, delicious espresso genoise sponge, smothered in espresso cream, with a dark chocolate lace border...doesn't get better than this for me! The basic cake recipe from White House pastry chef Roland Meisner's…
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In love with Apple Cinnamon Walnut Rough Puff Pastry Parcels … perfect for Fall
A made from scratch, rough puff pastry from Ottolenghi, meets a delightful apple filling from Dorie Greenspan in these delicious Apple Cinnamon Walnut parcels. They were like something you would find in a…
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Baking| Cheddar Rosemary Cheese Straws & Chocolate Walnut Fudge … Diwali
“The true essentials of a feast are only fun and feed.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. The past week was hectic, like being on a baking express! It was the festival of lights, Diwali,…
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NUTS about Alton Brown’s DOUGHNUTS …Yeastly tales with the Daring Bakers
Yeast doughnuts from Alton Brown's recipe for Daring Bakers...light, fluffy and addictive!
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Apple Pear Open Pie … come mingle with ‘Fruit in Baking’
Having your pie and eating it too? Yes, possible this time. An open apple-pear pie which has a single crust, and is delicious too. It's a smart way to cut back calories, and…
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Baking | PINKARONS – MACARONS FOR PINKTOBER
“We’ll drink a drink a drink To Lily the pink the pink the pink The savior of the human race. She invented medicinal compound. Most efficacious in every case.” Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales The…
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Baking | RUSTIC GARLIC LOAVES for World Bread Day – Dough from Mark Bittman
“Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread—there may be.” David Grayson When you have friends who charm you into posting for World Bread…
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Comfort Food – Chocolate Buttermilk Pound Cake… Change is the only constant!
“The only constant is change” Ηράκλειτος /Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher A short while ago I revisited one of my all time favourite cake, the Lime Buttermilk Pound Cake and blogged about it. Was thrilled…
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CHOCOLATE & CHERRY POTS de CREME … the yolks head home!
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” Stephen King If you know a little about me, you might figure out where the egg yolks came from. No…
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{Food Bloggers & Critics Meet} FUN, FOOD & OLIVE OIL … Bagna Cauda, Aioli, Panzanella & Chilean Sea Bass served with Garbure Catalane … recipes included!
‘The belly rules the mind.’ Spanish Proverb The Delhi food bloggers got together once again, this time for a meet hosted at the beautiful 19 Oriental Avenue, Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel, New Delhi, with…
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WHOLEWHEAT CHICKEN BASIL WRAPS with BELL PEPPERS … & winners for the Mainland China Book Giveaway
“When I walk into my kitchen today, I am not alone. Whether we know it or not, none of us is. We bring fathers and mothers and kitchen tables, and every meal we…
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Vanilla Chocolate and Chocolate Walnut Eggless Cake … back to the basics
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden It’s time for the Daring Bakers and this time I have to say I’m sorry I couldn’t keep…
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{Baking/Preserving} SLOW ROASTED TOMATOES … Preserve the Bounty Week # 2
“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.” Lewis Grizzard Tomatoes form an integral part of our everyday food, often like the butter on our daily bread. Whether…
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{Baking} NO FEET, PRAY, LOVE …Oooops I mean EAT, PRAY, LOVE Chocolate Macarons
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do!” John Wooden What’s not to love about the name of this much awaited film that is being released today on…
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Chocolate Almond Biscotti
“There’s nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE!” Linda Grayson, “The Pickwick Papers” Sometimes life springs wonderful surprises, and I sit back reminiscing about how far I’ve come…
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{No Bake/ Cooler} PLUM LEMONADE!
If life gives you lemons, and you are lucky enough to have plums too, …make plum lemonade! I bookmarked this the minute I saw it. The summer through, I keep a pitcher of…
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Chocolate & Vanilla Swiss Roll Ice Cream Cake … of ice creams & beautiful desserts
Chocolate & Vanilla Swiss Roll Ice Cream Cake ...and exciting baking challenge. It's a bit of work but the end result is totally worth it!
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{Baking} Stone Fruit Almond Crumble … baking in the midst of rubble, and LOVING it!!
“Mind like a sieve these days and the attention span of a flea!!” Jeanne Horak @ Cooksister I love the quote above. Words from Jeanne @ CookSister in emails being exchanged a…
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Deluxe Triple Vanilla Chocolate Cupcakes…
“The 12-step chocoholics program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!” Terry Moore I had these little beauties tucked away in my drafts folder for a bit. They are a variation…
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Stone Fruit Chocolate Clafoutis … with flaxseed!
Stone Fruit Chocolate Clafoutis ... with flaxseed! The fruit got stewed in there, and delicious syrup rose up the sides once the custard was baked making way for delicious desserts!
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{Frozen Dessert/No Bake} FRESH CHERRY FRO YO
“My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate – that’s my philosophy” Thornton Wilder He said this is…
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{No Bake/ Summer Drink} GINGER & PEACHY BUBBLES … Ginger Ale & Peach Consommé
“Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun” Noel Cowards The origin of that expression is from Rudyard Kipling who once described the delirium produced by the sun in India, observing…
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Swiss Black Forest Cake … whipping up low fat cream into submission!
“Bakers are born, not made. We are exacting people who delight in submitting ourselves to rules and formulas if it means achieving repeatable perfection” Rose Levy Beranbaum Was missing from bloggerville for a…
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{Baking} DOUBLE COFFEE MACARONS … finding FEET in failure! Mac Attack 8
“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” Harry S. Truman All aboard! The Mactweets Express took off for adventure this month! Jamie and I tugged you along with us…
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{Baking} CROQUEMBOUCHE with the Daring Bakers … time for ‘crunch in the mouth’!
“The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us….” Marcel Proust The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake.…
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{Baking} FINNISH CHAI SPICE PULLA … Bread With a Twist for BBD!
“Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread; there may be.” David Grayson This month’s Bread Baking Day theme is Breads with a Twist!…
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{Baking} VERLET’S APRICOT TART … with peaches & cherries too
“Do something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” Julia Child My first introduction to Julia Child came in Feb 2008 via the Daring Bakers challenge of her French Loaf, when…
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The best BUTTER CHICKEN recipe … add zest to life with curry!
“I’ve been fascinated by Indian cookery since my mum took me for a curry when I was a child. It wasn’t me running away. It was doing something that excited me.” Gordon Ramsay…
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{Baking} COFFEE & VANILLA BEAN MACARONS … Mac Summers Night Dream
“We mac-a-holics are like cats, we will ALWAYS land on our feet, especially when we have each other 4 support!” Julia @ Always Room For Dessert on twitter My childhood whizzed by in…
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{Baking} MIXED CHERRY & BERRY PIE … the day dessert was on Jamie! Great for Mother’s Day!
“Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again” Lazarus Long I really shouldn’t have stopped by. The minute I saw Jamie’s post title in my reader I was mesmerised but…
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{Baking} Ottolenghi’s Individual Cherry & Plum Clafoutis … & a chance to win a Kitchen Aid Mixer
“If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, what Am I Doing in the Pits?” Erma Bombeck YIKES I did it again!! Yes, it was back to the Ottolenghi cookbook for the nth time.…
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Baking| COFFEE CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIES… and a winner for the ice-cream maker giveaway!
“Baking chocolate-chip cookies – an act that makes all seem right with the world….” Dorie Greenspan on twitter Don’t you just love that line? I chanced upon the tweet from Dorie Greenspan a…
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Traditional English Pudding …Daring Bakers land in England!
Traditional English Pudding from scratch... I loved the texture and crumb of the pudding, especially when it stepped out of the steam bath. Gorgeous flavours. It's a great great dessert, one that I've…
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To the land of STRAWBERRIES we went … Mahabaleshwar!
“No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.” Elbert Hubbard Time to post the second part of what we did when we visited the Oxford of…
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BACK FROM PUNE… the Oxford of the East!
“Oh, why can’t we break away from all this, just you and I, and lodge with my fleas in the hills? I mean, flee to my lodge in the hills” S.J. Perelman, Will…
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Ottolenghi’s Carrot Walnut Cake … with mascarpone frosting
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” Jim Davis That Ottolenghi cookbook has me completely smitten! I think it follows me around, planting itself on…
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Strawberry Cake with Quark & Mascarpone … Delicious, Light and Fruity!
“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” Author Unknown I made this cake a long while ago for my SILs birthday. While the cake itself tasted fabulous in every…
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Tartine’s Zucchini and Orange Marmalade Tea Cake … as healthy as it gets
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” Jim Davis Saw something stunning the other day – Zucchini & Orange Marmalade Tea Cake. The minute…
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Amici Café … ♥ Good food, friends and menu sampling ♥
“Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant – I don’t know if that’s the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health.” Sally…
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Strawberry Galette with Vanilla Scented Frangipane
Strawberry Galette with Vanilla Scented Frangipane because it's pure joy to work with fruit, and a rustic, free form pastry makes it even better. The aromas of the tart baking were instantly mood…
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CHICKEN CURRY, OLYMPICS & BLOGGER AID … Culinary Connections!!
“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” Harriet van Horne My curry conversations are back. What’s not to love about curries? Was on Twitter the…
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Mini Manqué Pear Cakes with Black Grape Compote
“There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.”Ralph Waldo Emerson Yesterday was a day I needed to bake. The morning wasn’t kind to me.…
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An easy way to make rich, delicious Nanaimo Bars from scratch!!
“I never met a chocolate I didn’t like.” Deanna Troi in Star Trek TNG The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers…
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MILLED NUT FLOUR MACARONS WITH DARK CHOCOLATE GANACHE
“Memphis: Whatcha doin’ there, boy? Baby Mumble: [tap dancing] I’m happy, Pa!Memphis: Whatcha doin’ with your feet?Baby Mumble: [looks down] They’re happy, too!” Happy Feet, the movie Time to ring in the new…
