carrotsandcherries

This is going to be a real tiny post, to say I did try making but did not give it enough time though. This time at Daring bakers we were challenged to make the Biscuit jaconde imprime entremet by  Astheroshe of accro. It was quite not a breeze. I had tried to make an eggless jaconde earlier and it was not quite to our taste. So I tried making the one with eggs at the last minute (Really not a good thing to do when you got to make a really good looking dessert like this !) Well I did try and I made a chocolate jaconde with a saffron rosewater coconut mousse (Sad because it had not set, I really need to learn how to use agar-agar in the place of gelatin). Well, I am being brave and putting up a snap of the dessert (no fancy designs, sorry Astheroshe. I will definitely try making this and let you know :)   ).   Thanks for visiting my blog.

Every time I post a recipe on my blog, I would like it to be unique, original in its own sense. That is why I am struggling right now to post truly original to my home recipes !! This time at  Mactweets , Jamie and  Deeba had challenged us to make a macaron inspired by a favourite dessert. I was planning to flavour the macarons depending on how they turn out. Well they were not so great. I followed all that I read, still no success. I had a different kind of problem this time. My macarons had BIG feet but they slid out very neatly like the nice ones. But still it did not have that kind of texture inside, I felt they were rather chewy. Since the macarons were not a great success I decided to make a simple strawberry quark filling to sandwich them. I gues no one can deny that strawberries and cream are unbeatably the simple yet very delicious dessert. I tried to mimick the same strawberry and cream, but instead of cream I used low fat bio quark :). All the more good for us...

Back after a long break !!!! Like everyone or everything has ups and downs, I am having my share of difficulties in the kitchen. Everyone definitely has a passion, that is the main driving force in the person's life. Cooking is my passion and I just love preparing sweets, baking, trying to prepare new dishes and experimenting with flavours. I try to prepare everything at home. It does take time to understand and master the dishes !! Sometimes there are series of flops ! Several attempts to conquer "THE" fear, achieve "PERFECTION" and master the dish seem to go vain. It is something that I am going through now. I really do prefer vegan food and I am trying to find the perfect recipe for an eggless sponge cake. I have tried several. They seem to have some missing instruction in it !! There is some pleasure in knowing that I still can prepare decent tasting dishes three times a day ! Everyone loves to be different, irrespective of whether one wants to be know...

I wish all of you a very lovely year filled with happiness, health, joy and tasty food :) Good Luck to all those whose are starting something new ! Only after a year ends, you look back and realise so many things have passed by in your life. Somethings astonish you as to, I really don't understand how I could have completed that or oh yea ! I really did something exciting last year :P I don't believe in taking "oaths" because it is like a rule that is meant to be broken ........giggle ** I do believe that, if you make up your mind to do something you do it anytime of the year. With every year there are always somethings new, surprising, exciting, happy, sad, confusing and yet so many nice and enjoyable things that come. I end this post, by saying that I look forward to every new year that comes...... Thanks for visiting my blog :)