Now this is a cake that I have been meaning to make for ever. I have looked at several recipes over the past few years and saved a few too. But somehow not got around baking it. Growing up in Mumbai, Plum Cake was a common pantry item. Yes I am serious – you would […]
Cakes and Cookies
Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies (Peanut Butter Jelly cookies)
Last time I asked my husband to get peanut butter for the kids snacks, he got a giant jar of it. Which of course the kids were only too happy about. But that instantly got me thinking about utilizing this peanut butter into other recipes! I had also been wanting to bake healthy recipes and had purchased […]
Chocolate Strawberry Ice Cream Cake
The three months of summer just breezed by! I had been on a sabbatical from work yet I don’t know how the months flew by! I spent 5 weeks in India so that explains partly why I felt the time go by so fast. I spent half the time in kerala undergoing Ayurvedic treatment for […]
Blueberry Banana Muffins (Blueberry Banana Bread)
Banana Bread is a favorite in my house. I must make it at least once a month. Actually whenever I have over ripe bananas. Most of the time I substitute some part of the flour with whole wheat flour. And then lots of walnuts and dried fruits also go in. Hence I like to make […]
Chocolate Love Cake (Vegan Chocolate Cake with a berry filling)
February brings mixed emotions in me. One one hand it brings us a lot of snow storms but on the other hand it also is so romantic because of Valentine’s day. Our wedding anniversary also falls close to V day so for me Feb says ROMANCE in capital letters 🙂 And so once again I got my twin heart […]
Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake (Dairy free version)
Ok so the holidays are officially here! Next two days are for baking holiday treats. Love to do that with the kids. After all that’s what holidays are for right? Spending more time with the kids….letting go of all the stress… Being with friends…And partying! There is definitely going to be food. Too much of it. Almost […]
Baked Chocolate Pumpkin Donuts
It is Pumpkin galore! Last fall I had made ‘baked Pumpkin donuts’ that the kids had just loved (and devoured). So this year again my munchkins were demanding the same. Being a blogger mom, I needed to make it even better for them right? And so what did I do? I added chocolate to the batter […]
Apple Streusel Cake (Apple Coffee Cake)
It’s apple season once again! We didn’t go apple picking this year but since I have joined our local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), we get loads of fresh fruits and veggies every week. Since the past two weeks, apples have been part of my weekly CSA bounty. Apple pie is my son’s favorite and he […]
Date and Walnut Squares
Being in the dead of summer and having kids around the house for more hours than usual only means you need more snacks to assuage those ‘ Mom, what can I eat? I am bored ‘ calls! I was looking for date recipes since I was having a large pack of dates lying around in […]
Vanilla Strawberry Cupcakes with a Strawberry Rhubarb compote
Vanilla Cupcakes with a strawberry surprise! How cute is that isn’t it? I don’t know how this idea came to my mind. But it did and I just had to try it! Especially now when it is strawberry season and when for the last two weeks my weekly share in the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) […]
Chocolate Pudding Cake
Oeey Gooey So Chocolatey! Dreamy, Ethereal… The best chocolate cake ever! – Now even that description does not do justice to this cake. This cake is beyond ordinary words! Just one bite of it and you are in heaven!. Last weekend was fabulous. Mainly because it was the long weekend…Memorial Day weekend. Fortunately for us, we didn’t […]
Around the World #2: Mexican Wedding Cookies (Pecan cookies)
The name ‘Mexican Wedding cookies’ sounds quite romantic and alluring right? These cookies are actually indeed quite cute and seductive looking – small cookie balls rolled in powdered sugar. And when you bite into them you get the flaky cookie with a delicious buttery pecan flavor. You could use walnuts too instead of pecans. And the best part is […]