Tea Time Banana Cake

This is a very versatile and fast cake recipe. This moist and delicious Banana Cake is my all-time favorite banana cake recipe, made completely from scratch. This warm banana cake  recipe, made using the ripest bananas can be served with the afternoon Tea/Coffee. How much I try I am always left with overripe bananas that is too ripe for my liking, so…

Victoria Sponge Cake

Victoria Sponge Cake

Victoria Sponge Cake was the favorite sponge cake of Queen Victoria, and has since become a tried-and-true recipe for tea-time sponge cakes. The Victoria Sponge Cake is generally filled with jam with a dusting of sugar over the top. In England, you will find this well-risen, sugar-dusted layer cake in every coffee shop, café and…

Cashew Macaroons – Celebrating Christmas

Cashew Macaroon / Thoothukudi macaroon / Tuticorin macaroon is a special type of macaroon which was first made in the port town of Thoothukudi formerly know as  Tuticorin in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. While macaroons are traditionally made from ground almonds, these macaroons are made with cashew nuts as their major ingredient. These macaroons also owe their…