The first thing I ever baked was chocolate cake. I must have been around 4-5 years old. Both my grandmoms used to bake for us during vacations. We used to help with whisking the eggs (no electric whisks back then), folding the batter and of course tasting a large part of the batter before it went into the oven 🙂 Over the years I have baked many a chocolate cake (box mix and from scratch) and eaten more than many times my weight in cake too. A nice, moist, midly sweet chocolate cake is such a delight! Such a mood uplifter too! This cake recipe is something I have been baking for a few years now and is my absolute go-to. For general cake feelings, for birthdays, for mood improvement, for showing love – you name it, this cake does it!
Tag: cake
Whole wheat and jaggery spiced cake
After baking a ton of the regular all purpose flour desserts, I felt like I should bake something a little healthier. That led me to think of flavours that work together while keeping the cake minimally sweet, yet moist. It was raining and I was sipping on masala chai while figuring this question out. Absolute movie feels no?
The best tea for rainy days is Masala Chai. Not too sweet, perfectly spiced and just so comforting. That gave me an idea. What if I marry these two ideas – a healthier dessert and chai flavours? Whole wheat + masala chai spices + jaggery. Should work right? It does! So well! 🙂 *Happy Dance*
Basic Marble Cake
I started baking when I was very young. Around the age of 4. I used to help my grandmoms by just mixing the final batter at the time and ate most of it while doing so 🙂 Over time, I moved on to doing more of the work, under their supervision and saw them make different kinds of cakes in the process. Best weekend or vacation activity, I say!
For the longest time we just had basic vanilla and basic chocolate cakes. With the occasional rainbow cake for fun. Once while we were out for a meal, I saw marble cake on offer. I was amazed at this magical way that both vanilla and chocolate were part of the same cake! As far as I knew, adding chocolate to a vanilla cake made the whole thing chocolate. What was this awesomeness?
This was around the time boxed cake mixes were my go-to (yes, I had that phase) and I found this marble cake at the store. Got home, tried it and was super thrilled! From them on, this has been one of my favourites to make. Obviously, it is now made from scratch. No box mixes anymore! This is such a throwback to discovering new kinds of cake and figuring out how to make them minus my friend Google 🙂
Double Chocolate Banana Bread (Eggless)
You know my love for banana bread, right? And my love for chocolate?
Well, this recipe combines both these loves into a deeply decadent, moist, delicious dessert! Say hello to my Double Chocolate Banana Bread 🙂 An eggless one at that!
Cinnamon Swirl Cake
One of the strongest associations I have with baking is the aroma that comes from freshly baked food. Whether it is chocolate, vanilla, banana or even chicken. It doesn’t always need to be sweet 🙂 But one of my favourite baked food aromas has got to be cinnamon! By itself, like in this delicious cinnamon cake, or along with other flavours, the aroma of cinnamon wafting through the house is enough to make me hungry.
My Tuck Box 