Well celebrations and holidays are coming thick and fast at this time of the year. With Diwali in couple of days, the festive feeling has geared up.The Opera house also lit’s up into a spectacular gold to mark the triumph of light over darkness.…
Baking for me is undoubtedly my own form of mindfulness and meditation. Not only that it adds an extra sense of pleasure seeing my bakes often making the glorious outcomes. Many of my recipes here are basically adapted and tweaked with my own imaginations.…
Growing up, I remember baking three basic cakes again and again. Some of you might have guessed it, Vanilla sponge cake!! The moment we decide to get our hands into baking, mastering a sponge vanilla cake just hits us and we are all set…
This post is going to be different from the regular ones where in I normally share recipes. Well today, I am super pumped up & excited to share pictures from a recent photo shoot for a client with whom I have been well acquainted…
There’s something throughly magical about these French buttery cakes that is crispy on the edges with soft sponginess as you bit into it. Madeleines are typically baked in a scalloped shaped shell tin and these elegantly looking lemon madeleines cakes are one of the perfect…
This blood orange beetroot cake will surely entice you for not only its distinct flavour but with the gorgeous colour too, drizzled with beetroot glaze is definitely a crowd pleaser. I promise you ! End of the September and we are already into the last…
On a busy day, every minute counts when it comes to getting dinner on table, so fancying a treat becomes a distant dream. For me baking is a way to relax and unwind in the kitchen. I have choke full of recipes noted down…
Welcoming spring with a nice big hug and the fabulous fresh flavours that stream along with this gorgeous season. With the beautiful season slowly unveiling its lighter food bursting with flavours, asparagus is one of them. Asparagus are at their seasonal best and letting…
Finally…after years of trials and tribulations and endless hours spent on perfecting the most desired sweet tooth recipe I found my version of the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe that is soft and chewy. What makes this even more special is baking them using…
This Berry apple coconut crumble is insanely delicious is not just like any other crumble. The delicious juicy berries and the tender apple slices, topped with a delectably crunchy coconut crumble with just enough sweetness makes it an ideal treat for my boys soon after…
Imagine having this goey salted caramel chocolate pots straight from the oven. It’s heavenly digging into the pots with a lovely crisp forming on the outer layer and delicious goey caramel and chocolate lava core all secretly hidden inside to be discovered. This is…
I find it hard to believe that we are already in the third quarter, and as again time seems to be in a rush to get to the end of the year, perhaps in the anticipation that the festive season would bring in the…
What a delightful & gorgeous polenta cake I baked recently, a recipe adapted from Jamie Oliver. The combination of polenta with almond meal bursting with flavours from seasonal citrus fruits makes it a bespoke & keepsake recipe.The taste and the texture of the polenta…
Christina and Olivia are a mother and daughter duo who operate Christina’s Gourmet Catering, Dinners and Workshops. Their focus is all about Malaysian Nyonya Cuisine. Apart from catering, they have regular cooking Workshops, where the participants enjoy hands on experience of cooking a meal…
This roasted vegetable ricotta tart takes root vegetables to the next level. The creamy ricotta filling and buttery puff pastry is sure to impress. Variety it is said is the very spice of life. If you are a regular follower of my posts…
This warm barley beetroot salad has it all, crunchy cashew bits, pomegranate arils and is tossed in a tangy lime and olive oil. Perfect for a week-day lunch! Winter is nearly here for us and we can feel the Mercury plummeting few more degree…
There is something ambrosial about the “C” word. Of all the kinds of meat and vegetables that I prepare out of my humble kitchen to feed the boys, the mere mention of the erstwhile and bespoke Chicken curry brings a smile on my boys…
Let me tell you that this apple frangipane tart was a breeze to make – no need for any rolling out or baking blind. Just a sheet of puff pastry to begin with and topping it with almond and apple. Last I checked, we were…
Whether you are craving for a well earned afternoon cup of tea or the kids have come home from school too ravenous to wait until supper time, a moist cake with seasonal mandarins paired with nutty texture of almonds will invariably hit the spot.…
This almond oats cookies was something that I mixed, matched, swapped and finally at the end produced a product that was absolutely swoon worthy. Some of my fondest memories of growing up as I trudge down memory lanes are those that I left behind…