When I first started off with this baking thing, my brownies turned out cakey. Not bad to taste, but not fudgy and chewy like a brownie should be, you know? And that just wasn’t acceptable. Brownies should be moist and fudgy, with perfectly crackly tops. A really good brownie doesn’t need vanilla ice-cream or chocolate…
Cakes & Brownies
Mud Cake Cupcakes
My mom has two legendary recipe books. One was a notebook she used in college, but now has scribbled recipes for almost everything under the sun. The other is a large sketchbook, whose beautiful pages are filled with cutouts of yet more recipes from magazines and newspapers of all kinds. Between my mom, my sister…
Amarula Chocolate Mud Cake
A few years ago, when I first heard the name ‘mud cake’, I said “Well, that’s unappetizing.” It turned out to be the most delusional statement I had ever uttered. This is a rich, chocolatey, dense, finger-licking good kind of cake. It is proof that there is a heaven and it’s not that hard to…
Mango Cheesecake Bars
There is only one good thing about summer in India. Mangoes!! I’ve been wanting to try out a cheesecake for ages and thought why not make one with mangoes. Update: there is a more recent baked mango cheesecake here! This version makes a smaller one, baked as bars and it’s equally good!
Chocolate Curd Cake
This is a family favourite. It’s just good old chocolate cake. No pretenses, no frills. My mom made this countless times when I was in school and it just never got boring. What gives it its amazing texture is curd. Crusty on the outside and melt-in-the-mouth soft inside, I promise you’ll make this more than…