My family is divided equally when it comes to cake preferences. My elder daughter and sister in law love chocolate whereas my husband and younger daughter love vanilla. Everyone gets the flavour of their choice on their birthdays. This time it was my sister in law’s turn to get a decadent chocolate cake on her […]
It’s not often that a couple of weeks pass by in my home without dessert after dinner, unless one counts store-bought ice cream or instant custard as dessert. My spring allergies along with various commitments during the past couple of weeks meant that I just managed to somehow fix dinner every night. Every time my […]
It has been snowing like crazy in Mississauga for the past few days with temperatures dropping to -15 degrees Celsius even during the daytime. It’s the perfect time of the year to turn on the oven for some baked treats. However, for the past two weeks I have been really busy looking for a new house […]
My younger daughter Aisha turned 4 on the 26th (India’s Republic Day). Even though we don’t celebrate birthdays in our family, it has become some sort of a tradition for me to bake cakes of their choice on that day. This time I made a Butterfly Cake for her using the Wilton Butterfly pan. It’s […]
After the Enchanted Castle Cake and Crown Cake Sofia and Aisha had been asking me for another princess themed cake. It was Sofia’s sixth birthday yesterday and I decided to treat her to a Princess Carriage Cake. It was a really busy weekday but thankfully the design was quite simple and I managed to do everything from baking […]
Ramadan Mubarak to everyone across the globe. May Allah (SWT) accept all our fasts and prayers in this blessed month. Ramadan Mubarak Cake For those of you unfamiliar with Ramadan, it is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Every day during this month, over 1 billion Muslims around the world spend the daylight hours […]
Last week my elder daughter Sofia “graduated” from Sr. Kindergarten and will be starting grade school in September, inshallah (if God wills). Intially, I found it a bit amusing when I heard that there’s going to be a formal “Graduation” ceremony for the little ones. During my time, graduation was a once in a lifetime event. […]
As cliched as it sounds but time does fly by. A few days ago I remarked to a friend that it seems just like yesterday when she was pregnant and now mashallah her baby looks so grown up. She replied that her baby is almost seven months old now and people have already started telling […]
Let’s admit it – we have all had our share of baking disasters – cakes that were dry, domed, sunken or just not the way we had wanted. Even experienced bakers encounter these problems once in a while. It’s even more frustrating when we don’t know the reason behind the fiasco which would give […]
“The supreme magic of cake baking is the metamorphosis of relatively ordinary ingredients into exquisitely textured and flavorful visions of delight. A well crafted recipe is essential, following the instructions advisable,but the quality of the ingredients makes the difference between good and sublime.” – Berenbaum, Rose.Rose’s Heavenly Cakes.John Wiley and Sons, Inc.2009.p.436 Here are the […]