My younger daughter Aisha turned 7 yesterday. Since she is a big Frozen fan I decided to bake an Elsa Doll Cake for her. I had made a Doll Cake long time ago using the Wilton Wonder Mold Kit. However, this time since I wanted an Elsa cake I decided to replace the doll pick with a full […]
The past couple of months have been extremely busy for me. After moving from Toronto to Houston we stayed at our family home where it was family reunion time as the entire family had gotten together after almost a year . Last month we moved into our own home barely a couple of minutes away […]
Every year during Ramadan my blogger friend Lubna Karim of Yummy Food hosts Joy from Fasting to Feasting where she invites Muslim food bloggers from all over the world to share their Ramadan recipes on her blog. During previous years I have submitted my recipes for Chicken Hand Pies and Minced Meat and Egg Croquettes for the event. […]
My little one turned 6 yesterday and as has been the tradition in my half-chocolate half-vanilla lover family, I made a simple vanilla cake filled with strawberry swiss meringue buttercream for my vanilla cake lover. It’s a 2 layer 9 inch cake which required about 5 cups of Swiss Meringue Buttercream. I added about 3/4 […]
When it comes to cheese, Tre Stelle has always been one of my favourite brands. I had some leftover Tre Stelle Ricotta cheese after making my popular Microwave Kalakand ( Indian Milk Fudge). I tried this Ricotta Cheese Pound Cake and it turned out to quite moist, tender and delicious. For those of you unfamiliar with […]
Spring and citrus flavors go hand in hand . After a long and harsh winter now that spring is finally here , I wanted to make an orange flavored cake to celebrate. I had earlier posted a recipe for a Glazed Orange Cake and while I love the recipe, this time I wanted to make something […]
There’s something about me and Mexican food. Perhaps, it’s the fact that Mexicans love spicy food just the way we Indians do. Actually, if we think about it, Mexican and Indian cuisines share a lot of similarities. For instance , tortillas which are an important part of Mexican meals are very similar to rotis (Indian […]
Who says cars aren’t for girls ? Gender stereotyping often irritates me . Why is it that cars and guns are only for boys whereas dolls and kitchen sets have to be for girls ? Don’t males cook and females drive ( that’s another story that most male drivers often accuse women of being lousy drivers) ? My girls had chosen a […]
“It is He who gave you life, and it is He who will cause you to die, and it is He who will then resurrect you.” -The Holy Quran ( 22 – 66 ) Birth and death are the two events which invoke the most powerful emotions in us. The irony of life hit me […]
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 […]