Gulab Jamun Cake Truffles
Back with another semi-homemade dessert, just in time for Diwali! Gulab Jamun Cake Truffles made with box cake mix! There is no shame in using boxed cake mix. It’s how I started when I initially started baking! This recipe makes quite a bit of Gulab Jamun cake truffles and it would be perfect for your […]
Rose Meringue Kisses
This is my last and final dessert from my Diwali dessert box collaboration with Amisha from The Jam Lab! Amisha made some gorgeous Mango Saffron Henna Macarons that are almost too pretty to eat! I’m sharing a simple meringue kiss recipe that is adapted from Dominique Ansel’s famous Mini Me’s (mini meringue kisses!) I flavored […]
Caramelized White Chocolate and Peda Bark
My favorite mithai during Diwali has always been penda/peda. It’s a milk fudge made with khoya (solid milk fat), sugar and cardamom. I use a popular shortcut by using powdered milk and sweetened condensed milk for my penda/peda. ! I used some of their milk powder to make my peda/penda. Traditionally, peda/penda are shaped into […]
Upside Down Jaggery & Fig Cake
One of my biggest successes as a mom has been to convince Elara that dried figs are candy and she gets a California Dried Fig from Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid every day in her lunchbox as a treat. Growing up, my mom would incorporate dried figs into just about everything. She’d cut them up and […]