Ssswwwweeeeeeeeettt Temptations!!!

I love taking pictures of desserts. Right now with all the circuit training at the gym that I am doing- I can only look, admire but not eat. I did try many of these and gave into my chocolate cravings whilst I was traveling early this year. It was comforting, satisfying and always exciting to find a new place in a new city.

Here is a collection images of some of my favorite sweet somethings:

Melissa's mini cupcakes, NYC

Sharing a raspberry cheesecake, cappaccinos and hot mulled wine at La Lanternas, NYC with Jae.

One Girl Cookies, Brooklyn - Beautiful cake in the window

Gourmandise- Salt Lake City, Janu's favorite

Bienenstich by Barbara- Salt Lake City (all home made, it took two days till two in the morning). Oh and it tasted just as good as it looks!

German Bakery- Salt Lake City- perfect delights for Saturday morning breakfast.

Cupcake A la Mode- Kansas City, adorable interiors. Who would have thought in Kansas City!

 

The Bella Nutella was delicious.

Pies at the Upper crust- Pryde of Old Westport, Kansas City

And they had adorable cookware:

Sugar Bliss - Chicago (photo from the website)

Now for two of my very favorites:
The chocolate flan at Cafe Iberico 
(photo taken by my friend Jacob)

And Swirlz Cupcakes - In Lincoln Park Chicago, where I had the pleasure of meeting Pastry Chef Beth who showed me how she makes these delicious babies..

Yummy right. Finishing it off with a lovely hot cappaccino always hits the spot.

Satisfied!

So now its Mission Chocolate in Mumbai...
Suggestions anyone?

For cupcake recipes see Foodista.com Filled Chocolate Cupcakes Orange Ooze Cupcakes

Khatta- Meetha (Sweet & Sour) Summer Salad!

Mostly testing new camera...
Very simple:
Mango
Pineapple
Cucumber
Onion
Green Chili
Tomato
Corn
Papa's Masala
Lemon/ Lime/ Nimbu

Dice, mix, stir and eat!
Happy Earth Day!

Cooking adventures with Meghna, Austin Dec 2009

Oh! And did we have some cravings. One really successful middle of the night experiment.

Things we used -
Puff Pastry sheets
6-7 Apples chopped
Walnuts
Brown sugar
Cinnamon
Butter
Lemon Zest
Orange Zest
Juice of half an orange and lemon
egg white for wash
And some imagination....

For the Apple Filling:
In a pan start with heating some butter.Throw in the chopped apples. Add some brown sugar and cinnamon. Toss in the walnuts- cook on low heat.
When the apples are softened sprinkle the zest and stir in the juice (not too much)

In a square 9"x 9" baking pan lay the first pastry sheet. Cut off the excess that spills over the edge of the an.

Place the apple filling mix on the pastry sheet and cover the filling with the second sheet and trim the excess pastry sheet.

Use the excess trimmings to create decoration. Brush on the egg white and cook in the oven
450 degrees for 20 minutes or till it looks crispy and brown.

Goes perfect with a bottle of wine!

And we sadly did cut our happy guy...

 And while we waited for this delicious treat to be ready my gracious hosts Megs and Rahul played on their respective video games.

For other puff pastry recipes check out Foodista.com
Chocolate Puff Pastry Squares