Tag Archive | cake
Chocolate Cake with Cherry Filling and Chocolate Frosting
think chocolate cake and cherries – and the first image that probably springs to mind is a black forest cake. and that was what i had actually set out to make. using a time-tested recipe for chocolate cake from The Joy of Vegan Baking (which i had mentioned once before in my Chocolate Cupcakes post) i breezed [...]
Cake Truffles
i have been wanting to make cake truffles (aka cake balls/cake bon bons) for ages now. i saw them for the first time as Christmas Truffles at Exclusively Food and then subsequently as uber-cute cake pops in Bakerella’s website. and boy are they tempting! little (or not so little) bites of cake and frosting that are coated in chocolate [...]
Microwave (Eggless) Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
when i was younger, i used to watch my mum bake and even helped her out occassionally, but didn’t really pursue it as a hobby or otherwise, until a couple of years back when a turn of events led me to realise my latent love for baking – events that involved this recipe. so, this is a special one for me. i might [...]
My first ever “decorated” cake: Completing Wilton’s basic cake decorating course 1
yipppeee!!!! i have successfully completed the wilton’s basic cake decorating course 1 :) i must admit i had serious doubts as to whether i could complete the requirements for the final class – which includes decorating a frosted cake with borders, atleast five buttercream roses and some other design as seen fit. but i have come through [...]
Banana And Chocolate Chunk Muffins
my earliest memory of bananas is from the time when i was very young: my grandfather would cut and hand out pieces of the fruit to everyone after dinner. it was a daily ritual and every time i would refuse, claiming that i didn’t like the taste (yep, i was a fussy kid!) looking back [...]
Orange Cake
oranges have a unique flavour—one that makes them so versatile, they can be used in cakes, chocolates, candy, and even in coffee. i have always wanted to make orange cake, and try it out with different frosting/sandwich combinations. this was the first such attempt. i made an orange cake using a recipe from the internet. it [...]
