All posts of Shaheen

Homemade Nutella with Nibs

Whats better than Nutella? Homemade Nutella. What’s better than Homemade Nutella? Nutella make with additions of dark chocolate, Valrhona cocoa powder and roasted cacao nibs. Oh, yes. I remember eating Nutella from the jar in college when I needed to study late into the night, hoping that the sugar will work its magic. While I […]
15 years ago

Tahitian Vanilla Cake

Everyone has a go-to pound cake recipe, right? Heck, I have two pound cake recipes around here already. So why would anyone possibly want to use this recipe? Well, no reason really except for the fact that these loaves baking in your oven will make the house smell spectacular. And in this case, it’s the […]
15 years ago

I made it!

A drumroll moment… Successful macarons with the prettiest feet and smoothest tops! Yep, I finally did it. Macarons have got quite the reputation of being tempramental cookies (macarons from this very batch cracked on the tops!), and if you’ve been here long enough you probably know that previous attempts have been far from desired. After a […]
15 years ago

Caramelised Onion and Goat Cheese Tart

You know what’s a good practice? Keeping some tart dough in the freezer. It perfect for times when you want to fix yourself a quick snack, or probably have guests waltzing in. All you have to do it let the dough thaw while you get your choice of filling ready. I had some goat cheese at […]
15 years ago

Cinnamon Butter and Applesauce

For the past few minutes, I’ve been pondering over how to start this post. All attempts were defeated as I stared at the words  – cinnamon, butter and applesauce. Biting into three of my favourite things spread rather generously on a piece of toasted bread – I’m not thinking clearly. If you were next to […]
15 years ago

The Flavour Thesaurus

I realise I don’t talk about books that I like as much as I should. And that’s about to change with this post on my new favourite book: The Flavour Thesaurus. The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnit is hardly a cookbook, but a treasure trove of endless inspiration with 99 flavours divided into 16 categories […]
15 years ago

The Fluffiest Cinnamon Sugar Rolls

I’ve got to admit, I’m quite a hoarder when it comes to hard-to-find ingredients. The problem with food shopping for me is that I always buy more than I should because, you know, I am utterly positive that I will never find it anywhere else. I bring sneak it back home and then find a […]
15 years ago

Spain in a Box

I had an unexpected visitor yesterday – the postman. With a box. And when that happens to a food blogger, it’s highly likely that it’s filled with delicacies from a land far off. As soon as I saw yellow tape with ‘Correos’ written all over it, my heart skipped a beat. I wasn’t expecting this […]
15 years ago

Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers

The last time I had stuffed peppers with cream cheese at a brunch, I wasn’t impressed. In fact, I was so disheartened that I didn’t feel like using these peppers to stuff with cream cheese because it reminded me of that bland pepper. When I got these robust peppers at the farmers’ market, I knew […]
15 years ago