RECIPE (From Martha Stewart) Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 tbsp powdered sugar 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1 cup milk 2 tbsp butter, melted (or vegetable oil) 1 large egg 1 tbsp vegetable oil Assorted toppings, such as butter, maple syrup, confectioners’ sugar, honey, jams, preserves, sweetened whipped cream, or chocolate syrup…
Utterly Butterly Double Layer Cake
Baking is a science and it is imperative to understand why you would combine one ingredient with another, and together what they would contribute to the final dish. So, this week I learned the “creaming method”—one of the most commonly practiced methods of mixing and forming the batter. The creaming method refers to beating together…
Heavenly Chocolate Chip Cookies
It is the best feeling in the world for a baker (at least for a lazy one, like me) to dream about attempting a recipe and having all the ingredients on hand. Since a couple of weeks, I had been wanting to bake cookies, but I just couldn’t find the time or the perfect recipe….
100 Likes, 100 Truffles, 100 Reasons To Be Happy
Baking Utopia’s Facebook page recently received 100 likes. Thank you, old and new likers! So, this week I knew I had to do something grand. I set upon myself a mammoth task of making 100 truffles. It has been the most fun, messy, and relaxing baking adventure till date. I decided to make 4 flavours…
Chocolate Brownies: Served With Love
I did not bake last week. Actually, I was celebrating the 50+ likes on my Facebook page. It is such an amazing feeling and has inspired me to strive to give every one of you chocolate nirvana! At the moment, I owe a big thank you to all my new likers, so here it is in…
Chocolate Cake with Fudge Icing
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. – Charles M. Schulz If I land in heaven, I would definitely want them to stock all kinds of chocolate that I could gorge on for the rest of my “life”. For the past one month, I have been having very chocolaty weekends,…
Father’s Day Special: Highly Adventurous Chocolate Cupcakes
Things don’t always go as planned. I had a relatively simple plan of making moustache cupcakes for Father’s Day. Well, sadly, it was not to be. My almost tragic story began with no moustaches. What I’d dreamt about was making chocolate cupcakes, topped with chocolate frosting, and pipe store-bought royal icing in the shape of moustaches…
Simple Chocolate Cake
Ratatouille. Julie and Julia. Watching food shows on television. And a close friend. These are my inspirations for entering the wonderful world of baking. The feel of melted chocolate, the anxious wait when something is being baked in the oven, the oh-so-lovely aroma of a baked cake ready to be decorated with an oh-so-seductive frosting… All this just inspires me to create…
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