Roopa This is less of a dessert cake, and more of a breakfast cake to be enjoyed with tea or coffee. This one doesn’t stay fresh for more than a few days, which is a good excuse to eat lots of it quickly!
Roopa It’s my good friend Chris’ birthday!! Last year I was over 8 months late with his birthday cake – I know, I know – so I promised him a more timely birthday cake this year. Last year he gave me a Tasty video of what he wanted, and I harassed him incessantly about how … More Lemon Cake with Coconut Icing
Roopa After much travel, I’m back in my kitchen with some time for real baking! My company is doing a Cinco de Mayo themed lunch, so I volunteered to make cake. What is more themey than margaritas?!
Roopa It was my colleague’s birthday, and she has recently gone gluten and dairy free. I think that everyone deserves cake on their birthday regardless of health constraints, so I made her this gluten free and vegan “cheesecake” based on a recipe from Minimalist Baker. I’ve made a version of it in the past, but went … More Vegan Cheesecake
Roopa I’m finally making things again! I have been on the road for the last two months (Toronto –> NYC –> Calgary –> Edmonton –> Winnipeg –> Italy –> France –> Germany –> Thailand) and have been doing more eating than baking. In Thailand, I was able to take a cooking class in between all … More Mango Sticky Rice
Team Shambles This particular cheesecake tasted like it could be cousins with a banana cream pie. Roopa’s classmates devoured half of it before class even started in the morning! There is some fierce banana action in this cheesecake; banana-lovers rejoice! COCONUT STREUSEL INGREDIENTS 60 g granulated sugar 60 g butter 90 g coconut powder DIRECTIONS … More Banana Sour Cream Cheesecake
Roopa I felt like making something a little unconventional today, so I decided on coconut mango cupcakes. I don’t really enjoy coconut, but it seems to be a pretty well liked flavour and I had coconut milk at home, so I thought I’d try something with it. I kind of just threw some ingredients together, … More Coconut Mango Cupcakes
