Quoting Julia Child, a party without a cake is just a meeting. True that I say, even for a tea party with samosas, cutlets, pinwheel sandwiches, scones and jam with clotted cream, croquettes and...
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Tag: Tea cake
This cake takes me back to our trip to Alibagh when a group of us went with our kids for a weekend during the monsoon seasons. It was probably July or August, wet months...
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Carrot cakes date back to medieval times. Sweeteners were dear those days. Carrot was added to sweeten cakes. Carrot cakes could be kept without refrigeration for three days without spoiling. It made logical sense...
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This cake recipe is very different. It was called a crazy cake as it was created during depression when even adding eggs to cake was luxury. It works for me now as I get...
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Native to North America Cranberries are also called Bounce berries. Once ripe these berries bounce. The first coined name was crane-berry because the blossom is shaped like a crane. This later used more and...
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Who does not enjoy the romantic whiff of dark coffee brew? Coffee shops have become a phenomenon. Working, chatting, catching up, meeting, being alone, thinking, doing nothing; all of these qualify for a shortie or...
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