Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate banana muffins

Had some over ripe bananas with me and had nothing to do with them. So, I took Nigella Lawson’s book out and found this wonderfully aromatic recipe. My whole house is smelling like a mixture of caramelized bananas and brown sugar, lovin’ it! Wanna make...

No camera, no posts

It’s been over a month now. Over a month since I saw that flashy silver camera of mine. Lying cozily in its black casing. It’s been a month since I have taken any shot of my food. A month, alas! I long for a camera. It’s a shame because during this...

Perfect tea cake

I’ve tried three to four pound cake recipes but none, none tasted like our desi, bought from local bakery yellow tea cakes that we get for a quick trifle or as it is for tea until now. This is Rida Aftab’s tea Cake or Yellow cake and it’s lovely....

Buttermilk

Buttermilk? Buttermilk? Well you don’t get buttermilk in Pakistan very easily. Well it’s basically residual liquid which remains after butter is churned, i-e. milk from the butter or buttermilk. It was usually flecked with tiny spots of sweet, creamy...

Making caramel, yes we are

There are tons of ways in which you can show off your cakes, desserts, cupcakes or ice cream scoops with decorations made from caramel. It’s very fragile so, handle with care and some love would also be nice 🙂 I used it in my last cake as a filling +decoration....

Coffee crunch cake

I made this cake for my father’s birthday. Technically it was a four layered cake but since it was getting too tall so, I left one layer out. Eventually it was three layered cake, each layer covered with freshly whipped cream and sugar crunch, after being...