Archives of cakes and sweet bakes

Chocolate Cherry Cake

Last week, I made the most moist and delicious cake. And the reason I’m so happy about it is because it was an experiment and it turned out to be so lovely. I’m very wary of proportions when it comes to baking, because there have been times when things just didn’t go as planned. But […]
17 years ago

Chocolate Cake

This cake is soft and moist and dark and intensely chocolatey when topped with chocolate ganache. It smelled so good when it was baking that I could hardly wait to turn the cake over; only to end up with a broken cake! I frosted a part of the cake completely; while I simply poured over […]
17 years ago

Pain au chocolat et à la banane

Someone at work lent me a French cookbook yesterday. It looked quite interesting and I immediately felt like sampling some of those recipes. To begin with, I picked a chocolate banana bread. Everything was in French and it was kinda fun trying to figure what it meant, and if it was way beyond my understanding […]
17 years ago

German Apple Cake

After having a slice of the German Apple Cake a while ago, I simply had to make some of my own. A layer of chopped apples and handful of raisins between moist layers of cake was something I have been contemplating for a while, and today I finally got around to making it.The recipe I […]
17 years ago

Ho ho ho! I finally made it!

After much procrastination I got down to making my first challenge as a Daring Baker – the Bouche de Noel; and not once but twice in a row! This happened because I was so caught up in looking for the exact size mentioned in the recipe (10×15 inch) that I completely forgot that it wouldn’t […]
17 years ago

Grandma’s Chocolate Chip Pound

‘This cake is my newest fixation. And it’s so easy to make! Just make the batter and push it in the oven. My grandma followed this recipe for family birthdays: 225g butter 225g sugar 225g flour 4 eggs ½ tsp baking powder 1 tsp zest of orange/lime/lemon 1 tsp vanilla essence 150g chocolate chips Preheat […]
17 years ago