I had an eye on this White Chocolate and Passionfruit Cake
for a long time and was waiting for an occasion to try it. Finally on our 20th
Wedding Anniversary last week I decided to make this cake to celebrate.
This is a time consuming, very rich and dense cake and just as its name
suggests "a true celebration cake". The whole cake is huge for a
small family like ours, so I halved the recipe and baked two 8 inch round cakes
which gave me a two layer cake. If you are making half the amount you can also
bake it in three 5 inch round pans to get 3 layers. Finally, I decorated the
cake with sugar paste roses.
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Sunday, 6 September 2015
Espresso Panna Cotta
It’s
been a long time since I updated this little space of mine. Helping my son with
his studies, few cake orders, summer vacation and laziness are some of the
reasons for the absence of regular posts here. Hope to be more regular from now on :) ....
Espresso
Panna Cotta was in my draft folder for more than six months. This smooth and
silky Espresso panna cotta topped with dark chocolate ganache is very addictive
and is a current favourite in our home.
Friday, 27 February 2015
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Lemon Meringue Pie
I am re-posting one of the recipes from my initial days of
blogging. This was our 2015 New Year day dessert and I thought of changing the
old pictures with new ones. This Lemon Meringue Pie is a very easy to make
delicious dessert with easily available ingredients... A perfect dessert to
include in a party menu!
Thursday, 1 January 2015
Tiramisu ~ Heaven on a Dessert Plate!
I always wanted to make Tiramisu, but here in Kuwait we rarely get Mascarpone cheese and it is inevitably always highly priced. When I found the recipe for homemade mascarpone cheese on Vera’s blog I really wanted to make the mascarpone and Tiramisu at home, and so began the search for the perfect Tiramisu recipe. And in February when the Daring Bakers Challenge hosted by Deeba and Aparna was announced, I saw the entire blog sphere was filled with Tiramisu recipes. I knew I could trust Deeba’s recipe blindly as I had already tried several of her other recipes earlier and they were all really good. So when my brother visited last week I made Tiramisu for him and we all really liked it. So here is the Tiramisu recipe I tried from Deeba’s place.
Thursday, 25 December 2014
Passionfruit Satin Chiffon Pie
Hi
everybody, How are your holiday celebrations coming along? Hope you are all set
for Christmas. It’s been a very busy time for the past couple of weeks, hence
couldn’t update my blog even though I had a couple of posts already drafted!
Son had exams and I got busy with him… Now his school is closed so I may get
some time to spend on my blog, hopefully :).... Like every year I made the Christmas Cake, but couldn’t
do the icing yet:( .... Today’s recipe is a Passionfruit Pie I tried recently and if you are still
thinking of dessert for Christmas or New Year you can try this! If you are a
regular reader you know my love for passionfruit by now :P... So here is another
passion fruit recipe to add to my list :)...
For the crust you can either use the Buttery Vanilla Nut Crumb Crust recipe given below or can use vanilla biscuit crust or Ginger Biscuit crust
For the crust you can either use the Buttery Vanilla Nut Crumb Crust recipe given below or can use vanilla biscuit crust or Ginger Biscuit crust
May this Christmas fill
your hearts with warmth, peace and joy!
Merry Christmas from our
home to yours!
Passionfruit Satin Chiffon
Pie
Serves -8
Recipe from 365 Great
Cakes and Pies
Buttery Vanilla Nut Crumb
Crust
Ingredients:
½ cup nuts (can use
pecans, walnuts, almonds or cashew nuts)
1 ¼ cups vanilla cookie
crumbs
5 tbsp butter, melted
Method:
- Preheat oven to 350°F / . Arrange nuts on a small cookie sheet. Bake 5 to 7 minutes, or until lightly toasted and fragrant. Cool and finely chop.
- In a medium bowl, combine cookie crumbs and nuts. Stir in butter, tossing until mixture is evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture evenly over bottom and sides of a 9 –inch pie pan. Bake 8-10 mints, or until crumbs are lightly toasted. Cool completely on a wire rack before filling.
Passionfruit Filling:
Ingredients:
10 fresh passionfruit or ½
cup frozen passionfruit puree, thawed
1 tbsp unflavored gelatin
4 large eggs, separated, at
room temperature3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp fresh lime juice
½ tsp grated lime zest
½ cup heavy cream
Whipped cream and
passionfruit puree for decoration
Method:
- Cut each fresh passionfruit in half and scoop out pulp and seeds with a spoon. Transfer to a fine sieve set over a bowl; strain pulp through sieve, pressing with back of spoon. Discard seeds. You should have ½ cup passionfruit puree.
- In a cup, sprinkle gelatin over ¼ cup water; let it stand 5 minutes to soften.
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together egg yolks and ½ cup sugar. Whisk in passionfruit puree and lime juice until smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and coats back of a spoon, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in softened gelatin and lime zest until gelatin is completely dissolved. Place the mixture in a larger bowl filled with ice water. Let cool, stirring occasionally, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from spoon.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat egg whites with an electric mixer to soft peaks. Gradually add remaining ¼ cup sugar. Increase mixer speed and continue to beat until stiff peaks form when beaters are lifted. Remove partially set gelatin mixture from ice water. With a rubber spatula, fold in beaten whites until blended.
- In another bowl, beat cream with an electric mixer until stiff. Fold into passionfruit mixture. Turn filling into Buttery Vanilla Nut Crumb crust. Cover and refrigerate until filling is set, several hours or overnight. Uncover, decorate top with whipped cream, passionfruit puree and lemon zest.
Friday, 12 December 2014
Corona Beer Bottle Cake
A small new venture I have started and..... My first Cake order :)... A surprise gift from a wife to her husband :)... Use the Contact Me form if you need custom made cakes.......
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Sunday, 23 November 2014
Nadan Mutta Roast / Kerala Style Egg Roast
Mutta
(Motta) Roast is a very popular side dish of Kerala, which can be served for
breakfast, lunch or dinner!.... A very simple, easy to make side dish usually served
with Palappam, Vellayappam, Idiyappam or Puttu for breakfast or as a side dish for chapathi or
porotta for dinner or as a quick fix when guests shows up unexpectedly :) :) …
Mutta Roast is also a very popular item in “thattukada” or road side eatery
…. Mutta roast can be used as a stuffing to make Mutta Puffs :)…
Monday, 10 November 2014
The Fashionista Doll Cake
I was wanting to try the Fashionista
Doll Cake for some time and was looking for an opportunity to do so. Last week
it was my birthday and I made the Cake for myself :)… I am quite happy with the
outcome even though I need to perfect some areas... Here are the pictures of my
Fashionista Doll Cake design inspired by Ipoh Bakery :) :)
Monday, 3 November 2014
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