Archives of BAKING

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 […]
16 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 […]
16 years ago

Sticky Cinnamon Buns

I’ve made these before and they’re always a hit. For a while I’ve been thinking “I’m going to make them this week” but never did. Finally, I began making them yesterday. These buns are high sugar, high carb, high fat, low protein so forget about it if you’re counting calories.While they’re baking, a wonderful cinnamony […]
16 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

Passionate Baking: French Bread

Why passionate, you ask? Well that is because I was very excited about this month’s challenge (more so, because I had to miss the last one). I signed up for an Online Baking Session that was being hosted by Bread Chick of The Sour Dough. The only problem being that it was to be held […]
17 years ago

Oreo Memories

The first time I had the Oreo cream pie I was completely bowled over – I could not stop eating! With every bite, I kept saying to myself, “this is going to be the last bite.” The smooth and creamy filling against the wonderful pie crust was something I had never had before. This pie […]
17 years ago

Nutty Biscotti

After a friend suggested this recipe to me I knew I just had to make some Cranberry Pistachio Biscottis and more so after the excellent ratings the recipe earned itself at Allrecipes. I made these today morning, and I was quite happy with the results. My health conscious mom couldn’t be happier when she learnt […]
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