Thali sweet, a coconut and semolina cake, is an East Indian specialty, particularly associated with Christmas and traditional weddings, and is baked in a round, shallow pan, hence the name “thali”. A Thali is a shallow pan used in kitchens all over India, if not to eat in, to prep food in and in this case …
Life is life a box of Chocolates, only better if it’s a box of Mithai. Mithai refers to traditional Indian sweets and desserts, which are often made from ingredients like milk, sugar, and flour, and sometimes flavored with cardamom, saffron, nuts, and dried fruits. These sweets are integral to Indian festivals, celebrations, and rituals. There …
Walnuts & Pistachios are crushed and added in between layers of buttered phyllo pastry and baked. An orange blossom cheesecake filling is poured over and baked. A final layer of buttered pastry and nuts are added and this is baked again! Finally nuts and sugar syrup is added and it’s baked for a few more …
These Goan coconut cookies called Bolinhas are crispy on the outside and moist and delicious on the inside. First Semolina is roasted and cooled. Egg white is beaten till white and foamy and kept aside. Butter & Sugar are then creamed together and egg yolks are added and incorporated into the butter and sugar. Fresh …
Profiteroles are a type of French pastry that are made from choux pastry dough, which is piped into small balls and baked until they are crisp and hollow inside. The pastry balls are then filled with whipped cream or pastry cream and typically served with a drizzle of chocolate sauce. Although these are easy to …
Yep, you heard me right – Jalebi & Cheesecake in one delicious cake. I made my own Jalebis – but you can also just buy them! I made this in my Instant Pot, but you can also cook this in your oven over a water bath. If you wish to make a no bake version, …
I tried this cake for the first time at New Year’s Eve and was blown away. The cake is made with 100% semolina, no flour and special ingredients like cashews, pumpkin preserve, rose water, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, lime zest and vanilla. You can tell why this is really special! I learned how to make this …
Christmastime calls for fruitcake! My original recipe is boozy and loaded with fruit and buts. Typically a dense cake, this cake does not rise much and is heavy. In this version of my recipe, I’ve lightened up the batter to give it enough rise to fill the cavities of my cake pop pan, if you …
To celebrate our 8th year on YouTube, I decided to make a Tutti Frutti cake. The pandemic had other plans, no Tutti Frutti in stock. I wasn’t about to give up, when you have to have Tutti Frutti cake, you HAVE to have Tutti Frutti cake! I looked up how to make it myself. I …
Let me come clean – I don’t like Bananas at all, but the rest of my family does and very often I’m left with Bananas that get overripe and then nobody wants to touch them. Most of the time with my busy schedule these just gets chucked in the garbage but since we’ve all been …
