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Salted Caramel Sauce … simple goodness back to the basics
Salted Caramel Sauce ... some recipes are so simple yet so amazing that you keep going back to them over and over again. This recipe for Salted Caramel Sauce is one of them.…
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Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes … Happy World Chocolate Day
Deep, dark, CHOCOLATY, indulgent and gluten free, these Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Dessert Cakes do really please the die hard chocolate lover. Use a semi sweet chocolate if you like instead, top these with…
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Jamun/ Wild Indian Java Plum Mousse … simple summer dessert
When Jamuns {wild Indian Java plums} are in season, a Jamun/ Wild Indian Java Plum Mousse is always on the cards. Jamuns are an acquired taste because of their astringent edge, so the…
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Saffron Cheesecake … inspired baking!
Saffron Cheesecake …the best thing ever! Smooth, beautifully flavoured, most addictive, so satisfying. I know I’ve said this before, but honestly, this is my ALL TIME favourite cheesecake. Flavouring this beautiful recipe is…
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Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta … simple pleasures of life
Delicious, divine, sinful and silky, if you love a good panna cotta and chocolate is your flavour, then dive right in! This Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta might just be the dessert you are…
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Orange Caramel Custard … fast tracking a simple recipe, making it simpler!
Orange Caramel Custard in yet another version of the quintessential ‘Caramel Custard’ that showed up on our frugal dessert table quite often when we were young. This one is slightly more luxurious, and not…
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Coffee Mascarpone Layered Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache
Coffee and chocolate are a pairing made in heaven, and this Coffee Mascarpone Layered Cake doesn't disappoint. Make it the previous day if you like, the flavours mature well over time. It'll certainly…
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Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse
Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding...with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse is a simple, fast track dessert, which is quite healthy actually. The layers are oat chocolate pudding, spiced sweet pumpkin puree, and a whipped pumpkin…
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Zafrani Phirini | Saffron Almond Indian Rice Pudding
Zafrani Phirini | Saffron Almond Indian Rice Pudding… some desserts become your signature and this is one of those. I have been making phirini or rice pudding for years. Each time I try…
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Mousse-a-cotta with salted caramel … dessert ideas that keep getting reinvented
Mousse-a-cotta with salted caramel. Some desserts are classic no matter how you serve them. This one is where a silky mousse meets the panna cotta, resulting in a sublime, deep, chocolaty dessert. A…
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GF Peach Cherry Quinoa Crumbles … how my quinoa crumbled!
GF Peach Cherry Quinoa Crumbles.... that's how my quinoa crumbled and we loved it! With peaches and cherries falling off carts this year, and my quinoa obsession, the options are unlimited! Honestly, this…
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Dark Chocolate Quinoa Cake with Balsamic Cherries & Whipped Almond Cream
Flourless and wholegrain cakes generally have heavier crumbs, and it's all a matter of taste. We love the bite and luxury whole grains offer. This Dark Chocolate Quinoa Cake with Balsamic Cherries &…
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Baked White Chocolate Cheesecake with Mascarpone & Strawberries … BEST CHEESECAKE EVER
Baked White Chocolate Cheesecake with Mascarpone & Strawberries might well be my best cheesecake to date. Smooth, rich, indulgent, satisfying and quite impressive for something made so simple. A quick jam like reduction,…
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Dark Chocolate Wholegrain Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Dark Chocolate Wholegrain Cupcakes with Maple Syrup Cream Cheese Frosting. It's been forever since I baked cupcakes or muffins. I bake cakes and cookies more often I guess, possibly, lazy me. Yet when…
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Strawberry Red Wine Jelly with orange whipped cream
Light, fun, easy to make, and a visual delight, the Red Wine Strawberry Jelly with orange whipped cream is a great make ahead dessert. Visually exciting and flavours that pop, berries work really…
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Rich Spiced Hot Chocolate & Masala ‘Kadhai’ Doodh
Rich Spiced Hot Chocolate might well be the simplest thing to enjoy this season. It's simple things that matter, and with recipes like these, ingredients are of prime importance. You can't go wrong…
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Tea Rose Chocolate Truffles … let’s talk about tea
Tea Rose Chocolate Truffles, simple chocolate goodness with a few of my favourite things. Chocolate, single cream and Mountain Rose Tea from Teabox, so you can well imagine the lilting flavours it added…
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Wholegrain Chocolate Buckwheat Sablés
Crisp, deeply chocolate, buttery, wholegrain, eggless, Wholegrain Chocolate Buckwheat Sablés are the yummiest cookies ever! Adapted from The Boy Who Bakes.Gift them with something from the Gold Collection by Chumbak this Diwali!
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Dark Chocolate Cheesecake … life’s guilty pleasures simply served up
Dark, divine, sinful, creamy, chocolaty and above all, as simple as can be, this Dark Chocolate Cheesecake will leave you wanting for more. Recipe minimally adapted from Ruchira @ thegreatcookaroo.com. You won't need…
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Oat Walnut Trifle Bowls with Roasted Stone Fruit … bowls of happiness!
Oat Walnut Trifles with Roasted Stone Fruit came together like they were just meant to be. Every element paired beautifully with the other. The oat walnut sponge offered great texture to 'drink up'…
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Eggless Baked Cheesecake with a Mango Lime Sauce … desserts for summer
Quick, eggless delicious, the Eggless Cheesecake with Mango Lime Sauce is the Western take on an old Indian classic, 'bhapa doi'. Make it a day ahead, chill well, and then enjoy the compliments…
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Overnight Thandai Oats with Peaches & Plums…. summer is for breakfast like this
What can be better than waking up to a chilled healthy and delicious breakfast on a warm summer morning. These Overnight Thandai Oats with peaches and plums are the best thing to wake…
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Dark Chocolate Layered Cake with Almond Meringue Topping … moist, dark, delicious
Moist, dark and absolutely delicious are words enough to describe this Dark Chocolate Layered Cake with Almond Meringue Topping. The base is a simple chocolate genoise sponge, layered with a low fat whipped…
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Of Caramel Custard, Mother’s Day and Sunday Stills. The Yin and Yang of life!
My version of the quintessential ‘Caramel Custard’ that showed up on our frugal dessert table quite often when we were young. This one is slightly more luxurious than the wobbly one we had…
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Dark Chocolate Wholewheat & Walnut Cupcakes
These Dark Chocolate Wholewheat & Walnut Cupcakes are easy to stir together with almost staple pantry ingredients, they are light, moist and full of chocolaty flavour. Have them as they are 'naked' if…
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Blueberry Frangipane Wholegrain Tray Bake, the galette that became a tray bake!
Moist, full of wholesome almond and fruit flavour, here's a tray bake that you might enjoy. The Blueberry Frangipane Wholegrain Tray Bake is a quick and fuss free bake for times when berries…
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Chocolate Berry Wine Gateau … a delicious, indulgent GF cake this Christmas
A deeply indulgent, satisfying flourless {read glutenfree} dark chocolate cake that celebrates the best of the holiday season. Sweetened with dessert wine and strawberry wine jam, festival baking doesn't get better than this…
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Orange Almond Chocolate Gateau … as delicious as cake can get
Orange Almond Chocolate Gateau, actually as delicious as cake can get. These are flavours that really gel well together, bring out the best in each other, and are quite easily available. Simplicity is…
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Flourless GF Mini Dark Chocolate Layered Cake
Deep, intense, chocolaty and sinful, this Flourless GF Mini Dark Chocolate Layered Cake makes for a creative and fun holiday bake.
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Dark Chocolate Cream with Coffee Panna Cotta
Indulgent and ever so pleasing, this Dark Chocolate Cream with Coffee Panna Cotta offers a match made in heaven. Set in glass goblets to enjoy its visual appeal! The dark chocolate cream on…
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Almost Flourless Bittersweet Chocolate Cake
Almost Flourless GF Bittersweet Chocolate Cake ... just one of those thoughts you wake up with and possibly one of the easiest cakes to bake. One of the most indulgent too, if you…
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Ptasie_mleczko Cake or Birds Milk Cake … moist and delicious dessert cake
Ptasie_mleczko or Birds Milk Cake finds it's roots possibly in the Old Soviet Union. A preparation for the light as air filling quite as intriguing as the name 'birds milk', it's a moist…
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Strawberry Kiwi Fruit Salad … go light with summer
Strawberry Kiwi Fruit Salad is a simple, refreshing, make ahead or make instantly glass of joy. Strawberries and kiwi are two very vitamin rich fruit. Throw in a bunch of fresh herbs from…
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Baking | Wholewheat Apple Walnut Cheddar Thyme Hand Pies … it’s Pi{e} Day after all #wholegrain #together #healthy #pie
Wholewheat Apple Walnut Cheddar Thyme Hand Pies ... these pies carry a tale of their own, pie memories too. They turned out to be quite delicious. I think they are a fab fit…
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Coffee Dark Chocolate Roulade … for when March rolled in
A quick Coffee Dark Chocolate Roulade that comes together with mininal fuss. If you like coffee then this is for you. Paired with a dark chocolate ganache, flavoured with a hint of Kahlua,…
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Chef Talk | A day in the kitchen of Corporate Pastry Chef Bungla, the Hyatt Regency, Delhi …behind the scenes for Valentines Day
A day in the kitchen of Corporate Pastry Chef Bungla ... behind the scenes in the kitchens of the Hyatt Delhi for Valentines day bakes and sweets!A day in the kitchen of Corporate…
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Espresso Panna Cotta … sweet dreams are made of these
Espresso Panna Cotta. Smooth, silky, seductive with coffee written all over it, how can dessert be so indulgent. The simplest make ahead dessert ever!
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Dark Chocolate & Walnut Wholewheat Cake … a nostalgic favourite with jaggery & ‘top of the milk cream’ or ‘malai’
Dark Chocolate & Walnut Wholewheat Cake … a nostalgic favourite with 'top of the milk cream' or 'malai'. It brings back memories of the quintessential ‘malai’ or ‘top of the milk cream’ cakes…
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Orange Almond Cake {gluten free} … light, healthy, delicious
Orange Almond Cake {gluten free} … wafts of sweet almond with citrusy notes of orange float through the kitchen, virtually transporting you to the Mediterranean. One bite and you will find it hard…
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Wholegrain Lingonberry Thumbprint Cookies – with LumiaApptasting & World Feast by Vikas Khanna
“BE OPEN TO new thoughts, to new people, to new principles, to new ideas, to new experiences. “NEW” MAKES US GROW” Rossana Condoleo With the Chenin Blanc chilled just right and a good…
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Whole Grain Apple Crumble … fall in love with delicious dessert
The Whole Grain Apple Crumble is an autumn / winter dessert which is pure comfort food. Here's a version of the apple crumble gone healthy. Serve with some good quality vanilla ice cream,…
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Light Pumpkin Pie … pie that thinks it’s a cheesecake
“Cut my pie into four pieces, I don’t think I could eat eight.” Yogi Berra Light Pumpkin Pie. It’s difficult to not think pumpkin and get deluged by orange thoughts once fall is…
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Saffron Pistachio Indian Bread Pudding {eggless}
Rich, sweet, festive yet made with staple pantry ingredients, the Saffron Pistachio Indian Bread Pudding is a quintessential Indian dessert, kept light by toasting the bread. Feel free to play around with spices…
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Avocado Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Cake #glutenfree
Avacado Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Cake {Gluten Free} is divine. Fudgy fudgy fudgy. Sinfully chocolaty too, this fallen chocolate cake tasted even better the next day. It was fudgier, the chocolate taste was deeper,…
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Dark Chocolate Wholegrain Brown Sugar Cake … wholesome and delicious
Dark, moist and divinely chocolaty, this Dark Chocolate Wholegrain Brown Sugar Cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser. A great tea tray bake, a picnic cake or a tiffin filler, this is…
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Peaches & Cream Cake … light summer cake. Trifles too!
A light summery birthday cake, the crème patisserie lends a nice, deep flavour to the frosting on the Peaches & Cream Cake. Use fresh peaches or even apricots in season. The cake would…
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Phalsa Berry Sharbat – ‘Blendit’ like Vikas Khanna #summer #cooler #inseason
Refreshing, cooling and right for the Indian summer, the Phalsa Berry Sharbat is just what the doctor ordered! Sweet, tangy, uplifting, it's a summer cooler packer with vitamins and antioxidants.
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Mango Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta … Mother’s Day Special – Delicious Creamy Indulgent
Delicious, creamy, sublime, indulgent and simple, Mango Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta is a great make ahead dessert option.
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Wholewheat Almond Buttermilk Pound Cake … with almond cream & fresh strawberries
A healthier & delicious version of the pound cake, one that works with infinite combinations; a recipe never short on ideas! The good thing about the Wholewheat Almond Buttermilk Pound Cake is that…
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Amaranth Oat Walnut Ginger Cookies … inspiration in every crumb
For eggless, gluten free baking, these Amaranth Oat Walnut Ginger Cookies were fabulous! Slightly crumbly, reminiscent of the quintessential Indian nan khatai that we used to bake in our childhood, I found them…
