Search Results: label/valentine's day (56)

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…three horizontal layers. Traditionally, each layer is soaked with Kirschwasser or Kirsch which is a clear colorless fruit brandy (double distillation of Morello cherries; which is again popular of the region) and sandwiched with generous amounts of whipped cream, pitted Maraschino or Morello (sour) cherries. It is further, fully covered, decorated and garnished with additional whipped cream, chocolate shavings or gratings and fresh cherries. Toda…

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…um/non-stick moulds & cupcake liners Strawberry /Mixed Fruit Jam Dry Dessicated Coconut Edible Red Color (optional) Method : Pre-heat the oven at 170 C. Prepare the cake batter as per the recipe. Add color depending on how rich you want it to be. Fill the cup cake moulds to about ¾ capacity or about a tablespoon or depending on the depth of your moulds. Bake in a pre-heated oven till the cup cakes are done. Do the toothpick test to check if th…

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…n for Valentine’s Day. My hubby loves chocolate and I end up making most desserts with dark chocolate. Mahableshwar, a hill station close to Pune is very popular for this amazing fruit. The season has begun and the market is flooded with strawberries. We are enjoying strawberries almost every day. I will be bringing you a whole lot of strawberry recipes you can select and prepare for your sweetie … Do you remember the Red Velvet Cupcakes with Vani…

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…pwd. 2 tsp. Baking Soda 2 Eggs A pinch of Salt 1 cup Milk 1 tsp. Vanilla Essence ½ cup Vegetable Oil 1 cup boiling Water or hot Coffee Procedure : Line one 23×33 cm. rectangular baking pan with parchment or butter paper. Grease the paper and the sides of the pans well, dust with flour and tap out any excess. In a large bowl, sift the dry ingredients and combine well . Add the eggs, milk ,oil, vanilla essence and beat with an electric mixer/…

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…bout giving it a try? Let your Valentine slice the cake and watch the expression of love when the surprise reveals itself. 😀 Here’s wishing all visitors ‘A Very Happy Valentine’s Day’. Ingredients: For the heart cut outs I used my Chocolate & FreshStrawberry Cake recipe. For the covering cake mix I used my Vanilla Sponge Cakerecipe. Add red food color to tint the cake batter to a pink shade and strawberry essence to flavor it. For the Chocolat…

Chocolate
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…Chocolate : 200 gms. Chocolate (Dark, Milk or White) Few drops of Orange Essence or flavor of your choice Chocolate wrapping foil For the Filling : 150 gms. Dessicated Coconut 100 gms. Sugar 1 tbsp. Liquid Glucose Edible Red Food Coloring Preparation of Coconut Filling : In a deep sauce pan place sugar & a few tablespoons of water. Heat the sugar on med. heat till it dissolves completely & forms a syrup. Add liquid glucose & stir till…

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…uly a satisfying one. I just can’t get enough of it. Pune and Mumbai is blessed with Irani bakeries par excellence and good quality mawa cake is easily available. Besides, most Indian sweets are mawa based and mawa is prepared the traditional way almost every day to create Indian mithai. Making mawa / khoya / khoa in the traditional way is time consuming but very delicious. Quick mawa making in a microwave with milk, ghee and milk powder is also v…

Biscuits & Cookies
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…k you giveaways. Like all biscuits and cookies they are so handy and non-messy. When you are busy with chores simply dip into your cookie jar and help yourself to it. Wonderful as a mid-morning snack and good to pack in your kids tiffin boxes. Make a batch over the weekend and will save you a lot of time when you are busy and in a hurry. So delicious with a cup of tea, coffee or with a glass of milk. Use your creativity skills to make any shape or…

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…love checkerboards, marble and flowers… Do you remember the Checkered Eggless Banana Cake recipe I posted last year? It is interesting and fun to use different colors and designs in cooking and baking. It makes me feel really good and brings out the child in me. So what are we waiting for? Let’s make these fabulous cookies… Just revel in the joy of making and relishing them at tea time with a cup of tea, pack them as short break eats for school ki…

Festive Specials
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…Indian Independence Day & it coincides with the Feast of Our Lady of Assumption which is celebrated with great pomp & enthusiasm in Goan homes especially by the Goan Catholics. The favorite Goan delicacy “Patoleo is prepared on this feast day. Besides, it is also prepared on the day of Sao Joao (St. John’s Feast) & Konsachem Fest (Harvest Festival). Patoleos are also sent with vojem (trousseau) to the groom’s house, both by the Cathol…

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