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Passionate About Baking

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My passions in life...baking, cooking, nature, art, photography. I believe in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. I enjoy blogging immensely, & am part of a wonderful online community.
I blog from India, where my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients. Join me in my adventures as I wriggle my way thorugh the kitchen!

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Chocolate'

Aug 13

{Baking} NO FEET, PRAY, LOVE ...Oooops I mean EAT, PRAY, LOVE Chocolate Macarons

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do!"John WoodenWhat's not to love about the name of this much awaited film that is being released today on Friday the 13th - Eat, Pray,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website (read full article)

Chocolate, Eat Pray Love, Mac Attack, Mac Tweets, macaron

Jul 20

{Baking} Deluxe Triple Vanilla & Chocolate Cupcakes... and a winner for the business card giveaway

"The 12-step chocoholics program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!" Terry Moore I had these little beauties tucked away in my drafts folder for a bit. They are a variation on the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi (read full article)

Chocolate, cupcakes, giveaway, vanilla bean, vanilla extract

Jul 12

{Baking} ROBERT'S ABSOLUTE BEST BROWNIES ... Ready for Dessert, David Lebovitz

“The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”David Russell Ready For Dessert? Always!! Our home is always ready for dessert and it gurantees making the main meal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my (read full article)

brownies, Chocolate, David Lebovitz, Dessert, Walnuts

Jul 08

{Baking} STONE FRUIT & CHOCOLATE CLAFOUTIS ... with flaxseed!

"A man's worth has its season, like fruit." Francois de La Rochefoucauld As usual, my fridge is stuffed to the gills with an assortment of stone fruit. The weather is wonderful with the monsoons... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we (read full article)

cherries, Chocolate, CSN Stores, Dessert, flaxseed, giveaway, healthy, Linwoods, peach, Plum

Jun 26

{Daring Bakers/Baking} Chocolate Pavlovas with Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse & Preserved Stone Fruit

"To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater. It lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment."... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi (read full article)

cherries, Chocolate, Chocolate Epiphany, daring bakers, Dessert, giveaway, mascarpone, mousse, pavlova, peach

Jun 14

{Baking} SWISS BLACK FOREST CAKE ... whipping up low fat cream into submission!

"Bakers are born, not made. We are exacting people who delight in submitting ourselves to rules and formulas if it means achieving repeatable perfection" Rose Levy Beranbaum Was missing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit (read full article)

Amul cream, birthday, Black Forest Cake, cherries, Chocolate, genoise, low fat cream, Rose Berenbaum, the cake bible, whipped cream

Jun 11

{Baking} DOUBLE COFFEE MACARONS ... finding FEET in failure! Mac Attack 8

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."Harry S. TrumanAll aboard! The Mactweets Express took off for adventure this month! Jamie and I tugged you along with us at your own peril,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website (read full article)

Chocolate, coffee, Gangtok, india, Mac Tweets, macarons, vacation

May 27

{Baking} CROQUEMBOUCHE with the Daring Bakers ... time for 'crunch in the mouth'!

"The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us...."Marcel Proust The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake. Cat... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website (read full article)

baking, caramel, Chocolate, choux, coffee, daring bakers, Dessert, french, pastry

May 10

COFFEE & VANILLA BEAN MACARONS ... Mac Summers Night Dream

"We mac-a-holics are like cats, we will ALWAYS land on our feet, especially when we have each other 4 support!" Julia @ Always Room For Dessert on twitter My childhood whizzed by in careless abandon. All her time went in telling me to read more book (read full article)

almonds, Chocolate, coffee, Mac Tweets, mac twitter attack, macarons, Ottolenghi, vanilla bean

Apr 28

COFFEE CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIES... and a winner for the ice-cream maker giveaway!

"Baking chocolate-chip cookies - an act that makes all seem right with the world...." Dorie Greenspan on twitter Don't you just love that line? I chanced upon the tweet from Dorie Greenspan a few days ago and the words stuck to my mind. Strangely eno (read full article)

Chocolate, coffee, cookies, CSN Stores, giveaway

Apr 06

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY AND OAT ENERGY BARS ... healthy & delish!!

"If you don’t quit, you will succeed by accident as long as you keep going."Diane Walker I'm always in the mood for fruit in baking, energy bars, snacks with healthy oats in them, healthy stuff, cutting back on butter etc. If I take care of a few g (read full article)

Bar cookies, Chocolate, Conserve, healthy, oats, strawberry

Apr 04

CHOCOLATE CHIP & BUCKWHEAT COOKIES ... Hot Cross Cookies for Easter!!

“And if the Easter Bunny had wings, he would fly.”John ReevesBack from a short holiday and back to the mundanities which include making breakfast! Why do vacations come to an end so quick? Egg time with the kids on an Easter break ... Roald Dahl (read full article)

Buckwheat, Chocolate, cookies, easter, eggs, healthy

Mar 21

Double Chocolate Espresso Biscotti ... Eating Your Words!

"Coffee smells like freshly ground heaven." Jessi Lane Adams   Some time back I received a beautiful parcel from Asha, a NYC blogger who blogs at Fork-Spoon-Knife, or the FSK gal as I call her. There was so much excitement in my little boys' l (read full article)

biscotti, Buckwheat, Chocolate, coffee, cookies, Eating Your Words

Feb 12

Chocolate chip, Cranberry & Walnut Sconies (Scones+Cookies=Sconies) ... we l♥v them!

"Sometimes me think what is love, and then me think love is what last cookie is for. Me give up the last cookie for you."Cookie MonsterI love making cookies, and I love making scones. This time I decided to combine my love forthe two, using a recipe (read full article)

Chocolate, cookies, healthy, oats, scones, ten in 10, Valentines

Feb 06

Mini Chocolate Cakes with Nutella, Mascarpone & Fresh Fruit ... & I've adopted!!

"I am addicted to Nutella, the chocolate hazelnut spread? I can't live without it. I need a daily dose of Nutella."   Michelle TrachtenbergI'm late, a little late to catch the Nutella wave ... but fortunately when the globe is as large as o (read full article)

Chocolate, Dessert, fruit, mini cakes, ten in 10, World Nutella Day

Feb 01

NUTELLA, WALNUT & ORANGE ROLLS ... 'Chocolat et pain ... what else?'

"There's nothing better than a good friend - except a good friend with chocolate!" Linda Grayson Bonjour. Welcome February, the month of love. And when there's World Nutella Day just around the corner, there can be nothing better than chocolate. At (read full article)

bread, Chocolate, Monthly Mingle, Nutella, orange, Walnuts, yeast, Yeastspotting

Jan 26

DARING BAKERS SING NA-nye-MOH ... Nanaimo Bars!!

"I never met a chocolate I didn't like."   Deanna Troi in Star Trek TNG The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The (read full article)

Bar cookies, Chocolate, daring bakers, Peanuts

Dec 18

FRESH GINGER CAKE & FRESH GINGER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

"Nose, nose, jolly red nose,Who gave thee this jolly red nose?†Nutmegs and ginger, cinnamon and cloves,And they gave me this jolly red nose"Anonymous I'm on a GINGER high, or call it a roll, but my days are full of ginger. It's a flavour, with shar (read full article)

cake, Chocolate, Christmas, cookies, David Lebovitz, Eat Christmas Cookies, ginger

Oct 07

CHOCOLATE & STRAWBERRY MASCARPONE CAKE FOR PINK OCTOBER

“Well, we don't expect him to look pink and wonderful, do we?”Roger WilliamsI love October. The weather's finally changing. There's a nip in the morning air, every so slight, but it's there. It's October, and with October comes DH's birthday. DH, (read full article)

birthday, cake, cake decoration, Chocolate, Claire Clark, Dessert, INDULGE, mascarpone, pink, strawberry

Sep 16

DARK CHOCOLATE ICE-CREAM...for days when life hands you yolks!!

"O when the yolks, come marchin' in, O when the yolks come marching in,There's gonna be dessert tomorrow, O when the yolks come marchin' in..." These are pretty happy days for the family. Desserts of every kind entice them, and footfalls from the mac (read full article)

Chocolate, Dessert, eggs, ice cream

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