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Festive/ Celebratory

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  • A Birthday Cake – Lime Cake with Mango Curd and Lime Buttercream

  • A Tropical Stollen – An Egg Free Cashew Marzipan Stollen : Daring Bakers Challenge, December 2010

  • Achappam – Rose Cookies

  • An Alcohol-free Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte or Black Forest Gateau/ Cake

  • Apple & Paneer Rabdi/ Rabri/ Payasam/Kheer – A Creamy Indian Milk Pudding/ Dessert

  • Biryani : A Review And Qabooli – A Vegetarian Biryani (GF)

  • Bolo De Bolacha Maria

  • Bolo Sans Rival or Sans Rival Cake – Cashew Meringue Cake With Cardamom & Saffron French Buttercream : Daring Bakers Challenge, November 2011

  • Candy Cane Cookies

  • Celebrating Chocolate With Coconut Truffle Squares, Oreo Cookie Truffle Hearts And Spiced Fruit-Nut-Mincemeat Truffles

  • Celebrating Freedom : Tricoloured Spiced Rice – Tirange Chawal (GF, V)

  • Celebrating With Chocolate Cake And Vanilla Buttercream

  • Chakka Payasam – Indian Jackfruit Pudding

  • Chocolate Valentino – A Flourless Chocolate Cake Daring Bakers Challenge February 2009

  • Ciambella Mandorlata

  • Coconut Rice

  • Colomba Pasquale – Italian Easter Dove Bread

  • Colour Me A Rainbow – Egg Free Decorated Sugar Cookies : Daring Baker Challenge September, 2010

  • Confetti Cupcakes for a Birthday Girl

  • Crisp Almond Cookies

  • Date And Walnut Cake

  • Decorated Gingerbread Row House Cookies

  • Designer Desserts – Joconde Imprime/ Entremets : Daring Bakers Challenge, January 2011

  • Diwali Breakfast And Ukkarai – A Festive Lentil & Jaggery Crumble

  • Egg Free Cardamom White Chocolate Mud Cake Pops For Diwali

  • Egg Free Carrot Cake

  • Egg Free Chocolate & Vanilla Christmas Cookies

  • Egg Free Pfeffernüsse or Pepper-Nut Cookies

  • Egg Free Snowflake (or Star) Cookies

  • Egg Free Speculoos / Speculaas/ Spekulatius For Sinterclaas – Spiced Belgian/ Dutch Windmill Biscuits/ Cookies

  • Figolli – Maltese Almond Filled & Decorated Biscuits : An Egg Free Version

  • Filbert Gateau With Praline Buttercream : Daring Baker Challenge July 2008

  • Fondant Easter Eggs in Coconut-Chocolate Macaroon Nests (GF)

  • Fudgy Brownie Christmas Trees

  • Gandhakashala Rice Laddoos

  • Goan Snowball Cookies

  • Herbed “Boo/ Ghost” Breads For Halloween & The Winners Of The 500 Cookies Cookbook Giveaway!

  • Hidden Heart Loaf Cake/ A Surprise Inside Cake

  • Home-made Chocolates

  • Hot Cross Buns, Hot Cross Buns……..

  • It’s the Season For Some Plum Cake (My Version Of The Kerala Style Christmas Fruit Cake), And A Giveaway!

  • Kaaradaiyan Nonbu Adai – Festive Sweet And Savoury Steamed Rice Flat Cakes

  • Kaju Katli – An Indian Cashewnut Fudge

  • Kalakhand – A Milk & Paneer Fudge : The Easy Version

  • Karthigai Vella Pori

  • Kotte Kadubu

  • Koulourakia Paschaliná – Greek Easter Sesame Cookies

  • Kürtőskalács or Chimney Cakes

  • Meeting Some Foodie Friends & A Recipe : Besan-Coconut Burfi – Chickpea Flour-Coconut Indian Style Fudge

  • Mendiants aux Fruits Secs – Traditional French Fruit & Nut Encrusted Chocolate Rounds

  • Moong Dal Halwa

  • Muthusaram – Traditional Rice & Chickpea Flour Crunchy Snack (GF)

  • Namakpare – A Savoury Indian Snack : The Baked Version

  • Neiyappam – Deep Fried Rice And Jaggery Dumplings/ South Indian Aebelskivers (GF)

  • No Alcohol Golden Orange Babas

  • Ovos de Pascoa – Easy Easter Eggs – Goan Style

  • Paal Payasam or Rice Pudding

  • Paasbrod – An Easter Bread from the Netherlands

  • Parippu Pradhaman – South Indian Style Lentil, Coconut Milk And Jaggery Pudding

  • Parippuvadai/ Aamavadai or Lentil Fritters

  • Paruppu Kanji – A Festive Lentil and Jaggery Porridge (GF), And The Winner Of “The Vegan Kitchen-Bollywood Style” Giveaway

  • Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies

  • Pistachio Covered Lemon-Lavender Truffles And Chocolate-Chilli Truffles And A Valentine’s Day Giveaway!

  • Pottukadalai Urundai/ Laddoo – Jaggery Coated Roasted Gram Balls

  • Pulikaachal – Ginger & Tamarind Chutney

  • Pumpkin Cornmeal Bread Rolls

  • Quick & Easy Doodh Pedas – IndianMilk Fudge

  • Rasgullas – Milk Cheese Dumplings In Flavoured Syrup & Rasmalai – Milk Cheese Discs In Saffron-Cardamom Flavoured Creamy Milk Sauce

  • Rava Kesari – Indian Semolina And Saffron Halva or Pudding

  • Rava Laddoo – Cardamom Flavoured Semolina Sweet Balls

  • Russian Rose Bread/ Russian Braid/ Caucasian Bread/Cinnamon Wreath – Baking for World Bread Day With The Babes!

  • Seven Cup Almond Burfi or Seven-Cup Almond Cake – Indian Style Chickpea Flour, Coconut & Almond Fudge

  • Shrikhand

  • Strawberry Shortcakes

  • Thandai – Spiced Almond Milk

  • The Magic of a Gingerbread House : Daring Bakers Challenge, December 2009

  • Thengai Burfi or Coconut Fudge

  • Tri-colour/ Rainbow Cookie Bars : Celebrating The Colours Of Independence

  • Two Ingredient Decorated Cookies

  • Unnakkaya –Stuffed Plantain Fritters Malabar Muslim Style

  • Velikonocni Kruhki – Egg Free Slovenian Easter Buns

  • Vella Cheedai and Uppu Cheedai

  • Verkadalai/ Kadalakkai Chundal (Sundal ) – Spicy Groundnuts/ Peanuts With Coconut

  • We Knead To Bake #16 : Flaounes – Cypriot Savoury Easter Cheese Pies

  • We Knead To Bake #32 :Barmbrack or Speckled Bread (Báirín Breac) – Irish Halloween Fruit Bread/ Cake

  • We Knead To Bake #33 : Spiced Pumpkin Bread Rolls For Thanksgiving

  • We Knead To Bake #34 : Krendel – Pretzel Shaped Russian/ Ukrainian Fruit Filled Bread

  • We Knead To Bake #35 : Cinnamon & Raisin Challah

  • Whole Wheat and Oat Cutout Easter Cookies

  • You Can’t Catch Me, I’m The Gingerbread Man! Egg Free Gingerbread Men