Autumn is my new year. Autumn wakes me up from a lazy stupor that I run into at the end of the Rains. Autumn fills me with zest and anticipation. When is it ‘your’ new year? It seemed appropriate that I should start the first post of this year with a sweet one. So read more…
Vegan mocha-walnut brownies

I came to know about brownies fairly recently, about 10-12 years back. Before that the only brownies I knew were the ones that praned around with pixies in Enid Blyton. The recipe I am sharing today is not for people with allergies to gluten and nuts, although vegan. You can adapt the recipe to make whichever read more…
Allergy friendly cocoa orange cup cakes

Adding coarsely ground nuts such as hazelnuts, cashews or almonds gives a lighter texture and lift to vegan bakes, but since Jr.H cannot consume nuts I had a tough time getting that texture in her cakes. This time I tried adding coarsely ground, dry sunflower seeds and it gave both the texture as well the read more…
Vegan Cinnamon Cognac Truffles

Encouraged by the huge success of the Mandelspritzegeback I tried a second recipe, Cinnamon Cognac Truffles from Thorsten’s blog. My son felt I should not have rolled the truffles in cocoa powder but just dipped them in chocolate, cooled and piped strings of white chocolate around them. I think I will do that the next read more…