Baking with Merry

May the festival of lights, bring a world of sparkling joy, happiness, prosperity and contentment to you, to last you throughout the year. Happy Diwali to My Readers All Over The  World! When Subhashini Ramsingh of Fondbites made the Motichoor Kesar Gulab Cheesecake for Bake Along #43, I knew what I should be making for Diwali..... So, here is my special Diwali sweet to all my readers..... And wishing you all once again a "Happy and Prosperous Diwali' and do play safe with the crackers *smiles*........ Ingredients: Motichoor Laddu - 5 For the Cheesecake Cream cheese - 180 gm Condensed milk - 200ml Thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup Fresh cream - 200 ml Warm milk - 1/4 cup Saffron strands - a big pinch, depending on how strong you want the flavor to be. Gelatin - 2 tbsp Water - 1/2 cup For the Glaze Gelatin - 1 tbsp Water - 1/2 cup Gulkhand - 20 gmn Fresh cream - 20 gm Pink food colour - 3 drops Method...

Rose Meringue Cookies....my way to support Pink October or Pinktober. Every year, October is the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month . Each year campaigns are conducted internationally to increase awareness and raise funds for the research. The campaigns offers information and support to all those affected by breast cancer..... Ingredients: Recipe Adapted from: Priya's Versatile Recipes Egg large whites  - 3  Caster/ superfine sugar - 3/4 cup Salt - 1/8 tsp Rose essence - 1/4 tsp Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp Pink food color - 1/4 tsp Method: Pre-heat oven to 160 C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.  Clean a glass bowl with vinegar. In the bowl, beat the egg whites on low-medium speed with a hand-held beater until foamy.  Add salt and continue to beat the whites until they hold soft peaks.  Then add sugar, a little at a time, and continue to beat, on medium-high speed, until the meringue holds very stiff peaks...

Its been a month since I have updated anything on the blog......Exams and holidays kept me away from this space!! Yep..you heard me right when I said "exams"; not that I am studying anything new but repeating Std 1 again with my son *winks*......phew!!! It was me who really enjoyed the one week break and I don't remember relaxing so much after finishing my own school exams back then!! Stories apart.... To start off, here is a simple cake loaded with lots of dried fruits. I would say this cake to be another version of the Christmas Plum Cake , except the entire process is a bit less complicated compared to the plum cakes .  This month being a happening month with festivals and causes, I am planning for some specials throughout this month.."smiles" Ingredients: Recipe Source: Coffee by Parragon Books Mixed dried fruit - 300 gm Brown sugar - 150 gm Butter - 150 gm, plus extra for greasing Strong black coffee - 200 ml Self-rais...