The August Daring Bakers’ Challenge took us for a spin! Swathi of Zesty South Indian Kitchen taught us […]
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Today is the 16 th of Ramadan, every year I receive requests to explain a little more about […]
When I get my secret recipe club assignment, I go through the blog’s archives focusing mainly on healthy recipes. Salads, and vegetarian categories are usually my first stop. This time things were a little different, I started my archive search with bread and baked goods!
You see, May was a super stressful month.We are moving to the United Arab Emirates in a couple of weeks and despite the fact that I have been preparing for this move for 4 months, the idea has not fully sinked in! The past few months and May in particular have been a hectic race to get everything done and organised in time for the move. I had to hand over my patients at the clinic to another Dr, the kids’ papers and school transfer arrangements, preparing the house, organizing the stuff to be shipped, the list goes on and on, I will spare you the headache and just say that venting through baking seemed like the only sane option.
Beauty surrounded the Daring Bakers this month as our host, Sawsan, of chef in disguise, challenged us to make beautiful, filled breads. Who knew breads could look as great as they taste?
Yup! I was the host of this month’s daring bakers challenge 🙂 and it could not have come at a better time. This month my blog turns 3 and what better way to celebrate the occasion that doing it with homemade bread?
The January 2014 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Francijn of “Koken in de Brouwerij“. She challenged us all to bake layered cakes in the tradition of Baumkuchen (tree cake) and Schichttorte (layered cake).
Rachael from pizzarossa was our lovely June 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she had us whipping up delicious pies in […]
Once you have a happy bubbling starter living on your kitchen counter and once you get a taste […]
Korena of Korena in the Kitchen was our May Daring Bakers’ host and she delighted us with this beautiful […]
When you have a sourdough starter that is bubbly and alive, there is a world of options on ways […]
A while back I promised my friend Maureen from orgasmic chef that I was going to make a Pavlova and […]
Ruth from Makey-Cakey was our March 2013 Daring Bakers’ challenge host. She encouraged us all to get experimental […]



