Update, March 2020: I made an upgraded blueberry cheesecake with compote for extra berry flavour! Cheesecakes were meant for weeknights. Make a buttery biscuit base, press it into a pan not being bothered with perfect edges, whip the cream cheese filling together, pour, bake, pat self on the back. Somehow deal with an overnight wait…
Cakes & Brownies
Mawa Cake with Chocolate Frosting
We got married on a cold, wintry December evening in Delhi. And most of it is a blur. I know I had 57 hairpins poked into my head and was oddly comfortable. I know I smiled more than I ever have in my life. And for the most part, I was operating on auto-pilot. What…
Plum Cake
There are some things that are meant to happen. Like baking this cake on weeknights. Apart from preparing the plums, there’s really no work involved and it tastes best left out overnight. Get home from work, make a cake, go to sleep, wake up, eat a cake. I bring to you the softest butter cake…
Chocolate Whiskey Cake
I almost didn’t put up this post. Right now, looking at all this chocolate, I honestly don’t know how I even contemplated that. I baked this for my husband’s birthday to go with whiskey themed presents 🙂 The cake is moist, rich and bursting with whiskey and chocolate along with some very pleasing hints of coffee and spices. An…
Peanut Butter Brownies
I’ve spent a lot of February giving new life to old recipes and I’ve been eyeing these peanut butter brownies for some time. Originally, I’d used peanut butter chips and baked them in a smaller pan. But this time, I wanted thinner, fudgier brownies with a slight bite from the peanuts themselves. Enter, crunchy peanut…