COVID-induced travel restrictions meant that my daughter and I spent 6 months continuously in Pennsylvania with my husband and son – the four of us have never been together for so long a stretch in over 9 years. An additional happy side-effect of this stay has been my son’s attempting…
Warm chocolate chip cookies – crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside with the chocolate chips warm and melty on the tongue! Few can resist this decadence, be it plain or dressed up (ideas below). It has been a favourite with literally every single person who has ever tasted…
This, to me, is the ultimate in chocolate desserts – for three reasons. Firstly, it is VERY chocolatey with a creamy, silky consistency to die for – rich, smooth, velvety – perfection in other words. Secondly, it requires only four ingredients and can be put together with the most minimal…
In the family I was born into, sugar tolerance is very high. As a friend put it a long time ago, “your family needs sugar as a side for desserts.” I was the only exception. “I just wish it was less sweet,” was my stock comment to my mother. Of…
I had to eat my words. Beautiful looking cakes are never tasty, I was convinced. Until I met this Eggless Gulab Jamun Cake that was as lip-smacking as it was eye-catching. And no, I did NOT make it. But Adheshwari Ramesh is not a professional baker. She is a Researcher…
I developed this recipe years ago when I wanted a simple cake using ingredients we literally always have at home. It is beginner-friendly and fuss free with no special mixing directions. I have made the all-purpose flour version literally hundreds of times and it has NEVER failed to deliver. It…