Recipe: Cherry Almond Cake, Eggless Cherry Almond Cake, Eggless is a delicious, moist cake full of almonds and fresh cherries. To bake it without eggs I add thick yogurt along with leavening agents. This results in a cake that has an amazing soft crumb. What I like about this recipe is that you can bake it in a round, square, rectangle or loaf tin. When serving this cake for tea, I prefer to use the loaf tin. Sharing Cherry Almond Cake, Eggless Recipe With The Group Sunday Funday Amy, our host for this Sunday requested the following “It’s my birthday later this month and I need cake ideas! Share your favorite cake recipe OR favorite decorating technique/design”! While I am not that good at…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Blueberry Muffins, Egg free Blueberry Muffins, Egg free are easy to make, lemony and bursting with fresh blueberries. Addition of yogurt makes the muffins light,soft and moist. Making these muffins is super easy. I bake them often especially when I am having friends over for tea or I when I want to give some edible gifts to them. I love how on baking the blueberries burst open and spread that lovely purplish pinkish colour, making the muffins appear beautiful. A little sprinkle of sugar on top makes it a bit crusty. I bake Blueberry Muffins with eggs and without eggs. However, thought of sharing the egg free version. Sharing Blueberry Muffins, Egg free Recipe Sunday Funday For this Sunday Amy requested us to…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Pistachio Saffron Muffins Pistachio Saffron Muffins are simple to prepare, fragrant, delicious, and free of eggs. They are ideal for any celebration, whether it’s a festival or a special event. I often bake these for Diwali. However, I am redoing the old post for Mother’s Day. Both my mum and mother in law had a sweet tooth. Whenever possible, I would bake pistachio saffron muffins for them. Memories I made Pistachio Saffron Muffins for the first time during the Gujarati New Year celebration on November 6, 2013. And the muffins disappeared pretty fast. New Year In Different Parts Of India Not all communities in India celebrate New Year at the same time. For starters I think the Gujarati community is the only one that…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Muffin Tin Pancakes Muffin Tin Pancakes are a fun way to enjoy pancakes but in a muffin style. Easy to make and super convenient, you don’t have to worry about flipping and cooking pancakes one by one. Mix the batter, spoon it into a muffin tray or cups and bake in a preheated oven. It takes only 15 minutes and hot pancakes are ready. Why Pancakes In A Muffin Pan Or Tray? For one, super easy to make a whole batch load. Time saver. Grab and Go Snack or Breakfast. Make a big batch and store them in the fridge. Warm them up in the microwave as you need them. They turn out fluffy and soft without adjusting the heat like you need…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Whole Orange Cake Whole Orange Cake is a light, moist, gluten free cake bursting with flavour of orange. Whole oranges, including the rind are used to make this unique and impressive cake. Memories Pre Covid time my cousin’s son just about 3½ years old had come to Nairobi to spend his holidays with his grandparents, my aunt and uncle. A shy and quiet boy, well back then, he instantly got talking to me which surprised my aunt. I had two weeks with him, playing games, him wanting me to stand by as he rode his scooter and loads of questions and answers. One day we were talking about cakes and he so proudly told me that his paternal grandma made the best orange cake.…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Egg-Free Date Cake This Egg-Free Date Cake is moist, flavourful, full of nuts and dried fruits, wheat cake. Makes an excellent teatime, breakfast or picnic cake. No icing or frosting required as it tastes so good on its own. Best part is that once you’ve got all the ingredients, the cake is so easy to make and bake. Memories Being away from family is not very nice. Most of my family live either in India, UK, US, Europe, Dubai, Canada or Nairobi. That means I hardly ever get the opportunity to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, festivals with them. Though a disheartening reality, I tend to make the occasions special by making something sweet to celebrate with my hubby. It sometimes results in something sweet within…
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Continue ReadingRECIPE: THANDAI RAVA CAKE Thandai Rava Cake is so soft, egg free and with amazing flavours of thandai spices,rose and saffron. A perfect bake for the Holi Festival. Who doesn’t love cakes, whatever the festival maybe. What Is Thandai Rava Cake? Thandai is a spice mixture that is quite popular during the Holi festival. Besides making thandai drink, it can be used for several other festive dishes like kulfi, mousse, cookies, muffins, chia pudding, malpua, etc. Rava is the hindi word for semolina. Semolina cakes turn out so soft and are easily to bake. Add a sugar syrup on top to keep it moist or don’t. The choice is yours. A Bit About The Group Shhh Cooking Secretly This group brings like minded food bloggers…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Corn Spinach Muffins Corn Spinach Muffins are so good for kids to take in their lunchboxes for either mid morning snack or for lunch too. Healthy, filling and delicious, these muffins are very easy to prepare. Truthfully, haven’t packed lunchboxes for kids in a very long time.. it like in another era! That too it wasn’t lunchboxes as that I was packing but more like mid morning snacks for their break time. In the 90s kids use to come home for lunch. Though Mombasa is a small town and kids could still come home for lunch, things have changed because of traffic. The school can be about 15-20 mins drive away from home but will take sometimes over an hour. Traffic management is poor…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Raspberry Lemon Pound Cake Raspberry Lemon Pound Cake is a light but moist cake with a soft crumb. The lemon flavour, fresh raspberries and sour cream makes this cake a perfect summer time dessert. Enjoy it on its own, with some whipped cream or Greek Yogurt. We couldn’t resist enjoying it with a cup of coffee. What Is A Pound Cake? Traditionally, a pound cake gets its name from the fact that a pound each of flour, sugar, butter and eggs were used to make the cake. And usually a pound cake is baked in a loaf or bundt pan. However, nowadays there are several variations of pound cake. What remains the signature of a pound cake is the slightly thin dark crust, melt…
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Continue ReadingEvent: Sunday Funday Theme: Yogurt Recipe: Lemon Yogurt Cake – Eggless Lemon Yogurt Cake – Eggless is so easy to make, moist with a soft crumb and refreshingly delicious. Slightly tangy, the addition of black poppy seeds adds a delightful texture to the overall flavour. A Bit About Lemon Yogurt Cake – Eggless The first time I baked a lemon yogurt cake, with eggs I simply fell in love with the flavour and soft texture. My friend tasted the cake and asked if I could bake one without eggs. I just increased the amount of yogurt and voilà it worked. Subsequently, baked it several times without eggs. I just cannot resist the lemons we get here in the grocery stores. So different from the…
