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Fresh Mango Cherry Layered Cake … #makeitnow
Fresh Mango Cherry Layered Cake … with a white chocolate lace collar, one of my favourite ways to dress up a cake. Simplest too! Light, refreshing, creamy and so satisfying, one of those ‘you must make at least once in a season’ cakes! Also a mango cake, one of my favourite fruit for dessert. It was my dad’s’ birthday today. A few days ago he fell off the ladder while picking mangoes off his tree. Regular drama followed, an emergency hospital trip, stitches etc since he fell on his head. He’s a soldier and didn’t complain even once; that’s just how he is. Also fit as a fiddle again! His…
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Travelogue | Pune on my mind … another trip down memory lane
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” Anita Desai The sweet Cookaroo stopped by the other day to meet Coco, our little cocker spaniel. She carried some Misal Pav with her. Misal Pav is a traditional Maharashtrian dish usually made with sprouted moong dal/lentils, served with a local bread, pav. Like a blast from the past, the flavours took me back to a visit to Pune a couple of years ago. We were a bunch of food bloggers en route to Baramati invited to visit the Four Seasons Winery. That trip was special as we hit it off well. A common factor tied us together… food! Wine too…
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Cherry Yogurt Tart …. sometimes life can’t get simpler than a two ingredient tart filling. Happy 4th!!
As simple as a tart can get, this Cherry Yogurt Tart is one of the fastest and sweetest ways to a quick dessert. A make ahead tart that sets amazingly, is eggless and uses two basic ingredients for the filling, is quite magical.
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Smoothies … Change is the only constant, and it sure feels good!!
I've discovered a whole new world. A world of delicious smoothies, both sweet and savoury! The mind thinks non stop smoothies now. Herbs, fruit, veggies, nuts, oats, yogurt, soy milk ...
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Savoury Dill Cheddar Buckwheat Sables … a spicy #baketogether
A savoury cookie that packs big-time flavor with a flaky, melt-in-your-mouth texture. Made with butter, cheese, flour and cayenne for a kick, these cheese crackers make for a lovely hors d’oeuvre to serve with wine or cocktails. An Abby Dodge #baketogether recipe for March.
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Mini Apple Upside-down Cakes with Salted Butter Caramel… #applelove
Mini dense, moist apple cakes, flecked with cinnamon and vanilla, dressed up in a warm salted butter caramel ... comforting, warm dessert that is quick to make. Full of apple goodness!