There’s something so cute about mini cakes and the mini bundt cakes just take them to a new level. I mean, we love mini cakes as they are not only easy to make but a great way to portion control especially on Valentines. I mean this day cannot be completed without sharing a rich decadent dessert with your special someone. Chocolate Bourbon Cake Recipe: 1 Cup All-Purpose Flour 3 Tbsp Cocoa Powder 1/4 Cup Bourbon Whiskey 1 Large Egg 1/2 Cup Plain Yogurt – or 2/3 cup thick buttermilk 1/3 Cup Olive Oil 2/3 Cup Sugar – or sweetener of your choice 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Extract ½ Cup Chocolate Chips Pinch of Salt...

Chocolate Chip Scones From Scratch My siblings (critical as they may be) call these chocolate chip scones the “best scones ever”, and I have to agree. They’re tender, flaky, exceptionally buttery, and dotted with sweet mini chocolate chips. They’re also incredibly easy to make, since the dough comes together in the food processor (I provide instructions for how to make them without a food processor too!). Much like my classic scones recipe, these scones are sweetened just enough, making them a great breakfast option....

Chocolate Raspberry Perfection Today’s chocolate raspberry cake was an experiment in balance. I wanted near-even measures of indulgent chocolate and bright raspberry without skewing too far on either side of the spectrum. After lots of tweaking and testing, I think you’re going to love the end result just as much as I do. It’s both decadent and refreshing with clear notes of both flavors. Between the rich, moist, fudgy chocolate cake layers, the raspberry-infused chocolate frosting, and the sweet-tart raspberry filling, it’s the perfect blend of the best flavors and textures of both worlds....

While this cinnamon roll cake is technically a cake, I like to think of it more along the lines of a breakfast or brunch cake, like a coffee cake or crumb cake, rather than a layer cake. Made without yeast, it still captures the quintessential flavors and textures of a genuine cinnamon roll, but it requires a fraction of the work! It’s dense but so soft, melts in your mouth, has a distinct rich and buttery cinnamon ripple, and the simple vanilla glaze is the perfect finishing touch....

Restaurant style pizza at home, yes today I am going to share how to prepare California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) style Wild Mushroom Pizza. Check out the detailed recipe with step-wise pictures and also the alternatives for cheese and mushroom varieties. CPK Pizzas We love CPK pizzas, and we usually go to the Palo Alto CPK. Their Wild Mushroom Pizza is our absolute favorite. I always wanted to make it at home and tried to decipher the recipe....

My Favorite Crème Brûlée Recipe I’m adding creme brulee to my list of recipes that look fancy and complicated (that caramelized sugar topping! Those elegant accents over the letters!), but are really quite simple to make. In fact, this recipe is going straight to the top, right next to my chocolate lava cakes (another must-try this Valentine’s Day!). While it may appear elite and intimidating, creme brulee really isn’t that difficult to make....

Soups with southwestern seasonings really seem to hit the spot on a cold winter day. With just a bit of spiciness and reminiscent of the warm Mexican sun, they really warm you up from the inside out. How long it takes: 45 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large pot Servings: 6 We love chicken tortilla soup with those crispy corn tortilla strips. Creamy queso chili is like eating queso for dinner....

I know I am posting back to back rasam recipes on Fridays. As I mentioned in the video, I couldn’t think of any other recipes this winter except for a warm and comforting bowl of rasam. Also, I wanted to share at least a handful of rasam varieties this winter. So I am continuing with my rasam series. I love all the rasam varieties but this one loaded with cumin and pepper has a lot of medicinal values like the ginger rasam....

Tips for Making Smoothies As versatile and easy to make as smoothies are, there are still a few things to do to make sure they turn out perfectly! The most important tip is to add the softest ingredients including liquid closest to the blade of your bender. This helps the blender get going and will allow everything to blend together easily. You may have to stop blending to scrape down the sides of your blender or add more liquid....

We are officially in the final few days before Christmas. If you’re celebrating, are you ready? Have you finished all of your shopping? Decorated your tree? Baked all of your desserts? I hope you said “no” to that last question, because I’ve got one final (super easy!) dessert for you that you don’t want to overlook. It’s the perfect mashup of my edible cookie dough and easy fudge recipe: my cookie dough fudge!...

Now, I’m not here to claim it’s going to taste EXACTLY like tuna. But, the addition of some crushed nori does add a sea flavour and is the key ingredient here. The best part about this chickpea tuna is that it can be served in many ways than one! Spoon it out of the container (my personal favourite!)Stashed between two sourdough bread slices (easy and tasty lunch!)Added to a green salad to pimp it up....

The base recipe is taken from Minimalist baker. I know all food bloggers love this site – a great resource for all the bloggers. Be it photography or themes or WP plugins – it’s my go to site. So now combing back to the recipe I didn’t go for vegan version. Just took the concept of adding chia seeds and went with regular milk and maple syrup. This is comparatively a low calorie version....

The Most Wholesome Recipe on the Blog It’s no secret that we’re all about the sugar here (I mean, it’s right in my name), but today’s recipe is for those of you who need something sweet but also a little bit wholesome. These energy bites remind me so much of my favorite granola bars, only even easier (there’s no cooking required) and with less sugar. We’re using simple and relatively clean ingredients like honey, oats, coconut, and dark chocolate....

Weeknight French Onion Chicken French onion chicken not only contains all the rich flavors of French onion soup, but it also finishes so much faster, making it a great anytime dinner. The rich, caramelized onion sauce is infused with white wine, thyme, and beef broth…there’s so much flavor happening here. And it all comes together in one pot with enough to feed the whole family! Why You’ll Love This Recipe Tastes just like French onion soup, but with an extra punch of protein from the chicken....

The combination of garlic, milk, and palm sugar candy might sound odd, but it’s one healthy combo for sure. This garlic milk flavored with cardamom powder and palm sugar candy is perfect for folks who don’t prefer raw garlic. In Tamil, we call this poondu paal. Poondu means garlic, and paal means milk. Disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist or dietitian. These recipes are passed on in my family generations after generations....

Perfect Gingerbread Cookies Christmas cookie season is here, and I can’t think of a cookie that’s more festive than gingerbread men. With their adorable icing faces and candy bowties and buttons, they’re almost always the cutest cookies on the tray–but they’re not always the most tasty. Many recipes call for loads of flour to make the very sticky dough (a byproduct of using molasses) more manageable, but this often leads to dull, dry cookies that just don’t taste great....

One of my biggest struggles with eating healthfully is getting enough lean protein throughout the day. Anyone else with me on this? I’ve found that having turkey meatballs, chicken breasts, or turkey burgers prepped and ready to eat is a huge help in keeping me full and energized throughout the week. How long it takes: 10 minutes to prep, 15 minutes to bake Equipment you’ll need: mixing bowl, grater, sheet pan, oven Servings: x I love making my healthy chicken salad, for example....

While the summer is slowly moving away, I just cannot let go of the season without making my party favorite ‘Greek Watermelon Salad’ !!! Also with labor day weekend just a few days away, this salad would be a perfect combination with any meat/veggies that you are grilling. Now, if you love Watermelon salad, then you’ll love this salad as apart from all the delicious ingredients, I’ve also added chili lime seasoning....

I have regularly shared tomato recipes like tomato rice, kurma, thokku, chutney, and biryani. Now it’s time for some green tomato recipes. Make a meal with kootu On hectic days when I have limited time, I opt for kootu. You can serve kootu as a side, pair it up with rice, raita, papad, or chips, and make it a meal. This gravy curry made with veggies and lentils undoubtedly provides some dosage of protein and vegetables....

Winter is at its peak and within a few weeks, it will almost disappear in India. So while I’m on a family trip in Delhi, I couldn’t afford to miss my mom’s ‘Hara Chana Masala Sabzi’, Hare Chane ki Sabzi, also known as ‘Hare Chane ka Nimona’ in Uttar Pradesh. What is Hara Chana Masala Sabzi ? It’s such a fabulous combination of seasonal winter hara chana, also known as hara choliya with Indian spices....