tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66439056741635956692024-03-13T21:45:35.458-07:00cook eat photographDevyanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04116878349205366763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643905674163595669.post-78199834240219019912011-11-01T04:42:00.000-07:002011-11-01T04:43:16.418-07:00Sugar and rain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My grandparents are in town. They're Bambaiyya, and so are tripping on the lovely baarish. We took them out for a post lunch dessert binge to Cafe Noir at UB city.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ma had her standard order. A cappuccino and generous spoonfuls of our desserts. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My nana and nani shared a chilled cookie frappe thingamajig whilst watching the rain. All very Bollywoodesque. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Krish whallopped his strawberry tart. It had this lovely lemon tea base with frozen custard, and was nicely topped with candied strawberries. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had my all time favorite Triple Chocolate ganache. White, milk and dark chocolate. Absolute heaven. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We then called for a Passion fruit Iced Tea. Chilled, minty and just the right amount of bitter. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A perfect rainy day, if you'll ask me.</span></div>
<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643905674163595669.post-37416103445961868802011-10-27T10:32:00.000-07:002011-10-27T14:11:28.201-07:00boozy cupcakes<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 40px; "><u><em>For the Cupcakes</em></u></div><ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">1/2 cup Guinness </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span">(the only stout beer we get here is haywards black...and no surprises madras dint even have that, so i just used the strongest beer i could get my hands on kingfisher black or something like that)</span></i></li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1/2 cup butter (melted)</li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1/4 cocoa powder</li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1 cup flour</li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1 cup sugar</li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">3/4 teaspoon baking soda<br /></li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1/2 teaspoon salt</li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1 egg</li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1/4 sour cream</li></ul><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 40px; "><br /><u><em>For the Ganache</em></u></div><ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><li style="font-size: 14px; ">3 1/2 oz bittersweet chocolate</li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1/3 cup heavy cream</li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1 tablespoon butter</li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">1 teaspoon whiskey </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span">(I used a little more)</span></i></li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract</li></ul><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 40px; "><br /><u><em>For the Frosting</em></u></div><ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">1 1/2 cup powdered sugar </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span">(powder very finely or just use store bought</span></i></li><li><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />icing sugar)</span></i></li><li style="font-size: 14px; ">1/2 cup butter (room temperature)</li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">2 tablespoons Baileys </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span">(i used brandy - do not ever do this)</span></i></li></ul><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; " ><i>The cake is marvelously moist, really its melt in your mouth amazing and it rose to form beautiful cupcakey peaks, I was quite thrilled by that. The ganache tastes wonderful, the whiskey works beautifully with chocolate, I should have let mine thicken up a bit more, but even runny its a lovely surprise in the centre of the cupcake.</i></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>the frosting however wasn't most awesome, mainly because I used brandy and then added vanilla essence in the hope it would save the flavour, it isn't horrendous, but it isn't that perfect finish to the cupcake that your hoping for. try it with baileys and icing sugar and it will yield a way better result. </i></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W3xtlrXGJnk/TqnINu5kGaI/AAAAAAAAADs/sR0xYC8gtd4/s320/boozy_cupcake2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668281744275806626" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></i></span></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KaZKt_i32Ic/TqmWhNhXBdI/AAAAAAAAADg/ygI-eCi4RmA/s1600/DSC_1136.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KaZKt_i32Ic/TqmWhNhXBdI/AAAAAAAAADg/ygI-eCi4RmA/s320/DSC_1136.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668227103331911122" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643905674163595669.post-2159718176894710162011-10-23T06:53:00.000-07:002011-10-23T06:53:04.304-07:00Hello!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Dear lovelies,<br />
We talk food endlessly, and eat endlessly. I'm hoping that this blog will allow us to put up pictures of the delicious things we eat, drink and cook. And links to the things we'd love to eat, drink and cook.<br />
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To the food that brings us together.<br />
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Love,<br />
A.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0