Caramel pecan chocolate ice-cream…and cake!

As soon as I saw this recipe, I knew I had to try it out. The sweltering heat of the recent afternoons made me crave ice-cream real bad and honestly, I was NOT in the fiscal frame of mind to spend close to fifteen bucks on a miserably tiny tub of hagen daz.  (On a side note, I know I must sound incredibly tight-fisted, but … Continue reading →

Chocolate Caramel Cake

CA I’m a sucker for all things caramel. When I look through a dessert menu and see caramel ice-cream, creme brulee, toffee sweets, butterscotch…anything to do with burnt sugar, and my drool function is activated. Not even chocolate does that for me…. Maybe it’s that heavenly candy smell of sugar when it’s heating…it brings back memories of those pushcart … Continue reading →

Tiramisu torte…and multi-colored birthday cakes

  I tried my hand at this tiramisu layer cake a few weeks back but just haven’t had a chance to blog about it yet. I got the recipe off another blog that I really enjoy reading… especially since the site-owner is based in Malaysia…it’s really cool reading about the culinary adventures of those in … Continue reading →

toffee almond fudge

Again with my fascination for indian sweets, here was my attempt at toffee almond fudge, a recipe I got from an Indian vegetarian cookbook that my aunt had sent me from the States. But strangely enough, the end product doesn’t taste like an indian sweet at all…there was no ghee, or spice. I guess this … Continue reading →