Attending cooking workshop ~a wonderful experience~

I've always loved attending cooking workshops. They are great source of learning new recipes, tricks & tips. Specially for beginners (in the field of cooking) like me. One of the biggest benefits of attending such workshops is that you get to see them (expert cooks) cooking live. This way, one can clear any doubts occurring in their mind, ask loads of questions, share their past experiences (read: blunders) of cooking that recipe before. :P

I have attended numerous workshops before. And this time it was for cakes & icing. It was an awesome experience :D 

The following was included in a single workshop:-

1. vanilla sponge cake
2. chocolate sponge cake
3. chocolate truffle 
4. pineapple cake
5. chocolate decorations
6. various tips & tricks regarding icing a cake. 

I really love the way mrs. Anjli Prashant Agarwal teaches at CHOCOLATE RASOI. She explains the very basic reasons for various things, also stating Do's & Dont's  of baking a cake. 

From baking a very basic sponge cake to a pure delicacy like chocolate truffle cake, she nailed it all. The end product that we got after 3 hours of patience was bliss :)

I never have had such delicious & finger-licking pineapple cake & chocolate truffle cake before. It was just out of this world. Very very tasty. And the fact that we had it the moment she finished decorating it (read: it was super-fresh) enhanced its taste 10 times. 

All in all, it was a delicious affair :P 

This is how the cakes looked like:

~CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKE~

Notice the chocolate decorations on the top. It may look a bit messy & not appealing :P 

But that is because she taught us various designs with melted chocolate. And we ended up using all of those on a single cake :D 

The white layering which you see on the cake is white-choco-ganache. Though the cake is covered purely with chocolate, she coated it with white-chocolate-Ganache. It tasted heavenly. It was just melting in your mouth :)

~PINEAPPLE CAKE~

Perfect caption for this cake would be, that it was 'super-se-upar' :D

No no, I'm not exaggerating. I'm stating what is true. This pineapple cake was the best, I have ever had in my 18 years of life ;)  It was light, fresh, soft & it had perfect amount of sweetness in it. And ma'am had put healthy amount of pineapple chunks in it, unlike those confectioners who in the name of pineapple cake, don't put enough pineapple chunks  & you have to search for pineapple pieces in it :D

I'm really looking forward to learn more and more things from mrs. Anjli . 
Lets see if she organizes more workshops, I'll definitely be the first one to enroll ;)





Thanks for stopping by ^_^
~cheers!

 

 

Chocolate Cupcakes- eggless

I've always had a soft-corner for cupcakes, given they are so yummy & look awesomely cute ^_^

And chocolate being my favorite flavour, I had to try this recipe. 

Plus, this was an eggless one...which made sure that this recipe was just made for me ;-)

Had super-fun while baking this delicacy, as me & mum baked together :-)

I was a little hesitant, at first, in trying this recipe. Because i've never baked cupcakes before.

But to my relief, they turned out really good :D

Here are some clicks!

Just couldn't help adoring them ^_^

Apart from looking good, they tasted heavenly, too! 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Cheers!

-palak

My first try at icing a cake

I've always been fond of eating cakes & ,hence, baking too ;-)  I have tried a lot of cake recipes before. Some attempts were successful while some turned into plain disasters :-P

So a few days back i was going through Jyoti's Pages (trust me, this blog is awesome), i came across this recipe called Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake using Yogurt. The method looked simple & easy to bake, it caught my attention immediately. 

I had baked many cakes before but never tried decorating them. I've always had a soft corner for pretty cakes & always wanted to try them myself. 

Hence this time i gathered some courage & decided to try my hand at icing the cake :-)

And, this is how it looked...

I tried my level best to make it look beautiful. And i think it isn't looking that bad ;-)

Mum-dad say it looks amazing for a first-timer ^_^

Makes me happy ! 

my first post :-)

Hello world ! 
i'm pretty new to the world of blogging. And its my first post here ^_^

I wanted to blog since a very long time and finally i've made it. It feels awesome to be here.
I'm still struggling with a few features of this site, learning various tips & tricks of blogging. 
Loving everything about it. 
That's all for now !
will be back with my ramblings later !
tadaa :-)

cheers!
love,
palak :-)