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Posts Tagged ‘baking’

Kladdkaka

By • Jun 23rd, 2011 • Category: Baking Projects

Kladdkaka is a well-loved chocolate, gooey cake in Sweden. This cake is so low effort and high satisfaction guaranteed, it’s mad. It’s almost as easy as the eggless, butterless chocolate cake recipe. Mr. G asked if I could look for a recipe that had chocolate and rum in it and that’s how I found Johanna [...]



Midsummer Berry Crumble

By • Jun 22nd, 2011 • Category: Baking Projects

It’s Swedish midsummer and everywhere in the city, there are strawberry stands. It’s the cutest thing, it’s almost like a lemonade stand. A small table with punnets and punnets of juicy jordgubbar or strawberries. We’ve been recommend to try the local strawberries (versus imported sorts) because at this time of the year it is at [...]



Blueberry Yogurt Cake

By • Jun 8th, 2011 • Category: Baking Projects

We’ve been very fortunate to have good weather wherever we travel. We were in Helsinki, Finland about two weeks back and although it was cool, there was plenty of sunshine. One of the many things I appreciate about traveling is seeing the local produce. I love, love, loveeee going to markets and studying ingredients I [...]



Homemade HobNobs

By • Apr 8th, 2011 • Category: Baking Projects

I’ve recently adopted a strange breakfast eating habit. I would get up, grumpily make myself a cup of tea, grunt at G., (on a good morning, I can manage a lopsided smile) and dunk a Digestives or Hobnob into my cuppa. I find myself adopting different eating routines in different countries. I don’t normally have [...]



Chocolate Rum & Raisin ‘Boozy’ Brownies

By • Apr 2nd, 2011 • Category: Baking Projects

Happy April Folks! I hope this month will be a happier month for everyone. I’d falsely believed that spring was here until a local guide told me that it’s going to be a long winter this year. Aw boo! Here I was ready to celebrate. No matter, I’ve got some goodies to chase the winter [...]



White Poppy Seed & Lemon Yogurt Cake

By • Mar 25th, 2011 • Category: Baking Projects

I get Chinese food withdrawals when I don’t get enough of it. Of course it doesn’t help to read food blogs, I just get hungrier. I know this has nothing to do with lemons or yogurt, poppy seed or cake. But I really need to get it out of my system. Actually, it is kind [...]



Hurra! Carrot Cake

By • Mar 17th, 2011 • Category: Baking Projects

I was smiling the whole time while photographing this cake. The sunlight in the background, the cute and colourful bravado behind those words made me happy. And with every happy thought and emotions I felt, I dedicated it to Japan. Lately, my heart wrenches every time I see the news. My friends are suffering and [...]



Apple Walnut & Sultanas Scroll

By • Mar 3rd, 2011 • Category: Baking Projects

You know, sometimes there are downsides to being on the road all the time. Noted that this may sound like a complain but I’m going to say, I’m just making a teensy observation. The apartment in Tokyo had a tiny griller, so I never bothered to bake anything in that. We made do with what [...]



Salted Caramel & Walnut Shortbread Bars

By • Jan 25th, 2011 • Category: Baking Projects

It really feels good to be home. I’ve been out of action for more than six months and I had to wipe the dust of my Kitchen Aid. Did you miss me? I know my food testers did.  I have been keeping very quiet about a project I was involved with last year. And now [...]



Matcha Tiramisu

By • Nov 12th, 2010 • Category: Baking Projects

I’ve been in Japan for four weeks now. Time sure flies. Sigh, yes, I do wonder where it all went. I was walking in Roppongi several weeks ago and I was intrigued by a large cooking school smacked in the middle of a shopping/ business complex. It didn’t look like it was for professionals but [...]