Victoria Sponge Cake
A soft, airy cake filled with jam, undecorated at the top and served at teatime – this is essentially what describes the Victoria sponge.
It was Anna, th... Read More...
Desserts
Gulab Jamun – A Game of Thrones Recipe
A treat for the Dornish Lords & Ladies
I can just imagine the lords and ladies of Dorne sitting around devouring Gulab Jamuns, syrup trickling down their c... Read More...
Lemon cakes for Sansa – A Game of Thrones Recipe
If you are a Game of Thrones fan and you haven’t watched the Season Finale of Season 7 yet, chances are that you still hate Sansa Stark, Lady of the North.
B... Read More...
White chocolate Cardamom Cake
Remember my kitchen mishap not so long ago regarding a cardamom cake? I finally managed to undo my follies (and not repeat the idiotic things that I did the las... Read More...
Passion fruit cookies with white chocolate
I like to think that passion fruits traps the sun and encases its bright lemon rays within their thick, plastic-like outer covering. For me, this is what passio... Read More...
Arroz con leche – Spanish Rice Pudding
It is believed that rice pudding was brought to Spain centuries ago during the Moorish occupation of the Iberian Peninsula. This rice pudding had travelled a lo... Read More...
Sri Lankan Iced coffee – Iced, Spiced & Brandied
If you’ve never met my mother or me, chances are you’ve probably not really had a proper Sri Lankan Iced Coffee.
Before writing this post, I scoured the worl... Read More...
Super Easy Grape Tart
I had grapes. Lots and lots of grapes. And I was sick of having grape juice.
That’s when I decided to try out this wonderfully easy grape tart. It took me se... Read More...
Sri Lankan pancakes (Wellawahum)
When us Sri Lankans talk about pancakes, we are talking about luscious treacly coconut filled ones.
I remember walking into a house flooding with the warmth ... Read More...
Valentines Day recipe – Strawberry chocolate tarts
I’ve never celebrated Valentine’s Day. Not even once.
I am rather annoyed with how commercialized everything has become over the years. Roses, fancy candies ... Read More...
Habala pethi aggala (A healthy Sri Lankan rice flakes snack)
When I was small, weekend afternoons always brought in treats. My mother being a working woman would be more or less at leisure during the weekend and we know t... Read More...
Celebrate New Year with this delicious Apple cake
As blessed with natural treasures as our paradise island is, it is not gifted with heaving apple trees laden with glossy fruit. We do however, are blessed with ... Read More...
Edible Christmas trees – A Christmas recipe for kids
This Christmas recipe was inspired by this picture I saw on the internet. Since for the life of me, I could not find a recipe, I had to make up my own as I went... Read More...
Star fruit upside down cake – A tropical Christmas
I have a prettiness for you this Christmas :)
For all of you craving for something other than the traditional tastes of fruit cake, Christmas pudding and the... Read More...