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How to Start a Home Baking Business in India

A practical 2026 guide to starting a home bakery in India — FSSAI registration, startup costs, pricing your cakes, packaging, marketing and GST.

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5 Chocolate Recipes

5 Chocolicious Recipes powered by Mona Lisa and Dezaan India - including Siena Panforte, and more chocolate treats.

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India Bake Show (Virtual) 2021 Competition

The dates for the India Bake Show Virtual Cake Competition has moved from May 2021 to July 2021. Based on an overwhelming response to our first-ever India Bake Show Virtual Cake Competition in June 2020, we are bringing the second edition of Virtual Cake Competition. Whether you

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Recipe: Nutty Buddy Cookies

Nutty Buddy Cookies by Chef Anip Kumar – Powered by NatureFresh Professional Ingredients Refined Flour – 450gm Coconut powder – 50gm Breakfast sugar – 290gm Milk – 50gm Milk powder – 17gm Salt – 2.5gm Nature Fresh Professional (NFP) Lite – 340gm Baking soda – 5gm Baking powder –

By Chef Anip Kumar

Recipe: Eggless Double Chocolate Muffins

Eggless Double Chocolate Muffins by Chef Shweta Dutta Nath – Powered by Van Houten Professional Ingredients – Eggless Double Chocolate Muffins Butter – 35gm Caster sugar – 40gm Brown sugar – 40gm Mashed Banana – 55gm Vanilla – 1tsp Milk – 47gm Vinegar – 1tsp Flour – 55gm Vanhoute

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India’s Top Home Bakers & Brands 2020

For the second consecutive year, HomeBakers.co.in has revealed India’s & City’s Top Home Bakers and The Best Baking Brands for 2020. The Top Home Bakers list helps the consumers find the very best home bakers in their city and India. About 1500 self-nominated Home Bakers from acr

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Recipe: Eggless Cocoa Pista Biscotti

Eggless Cocoa Pista Biscotti by Zulekha Badar – Powered by Van Houten Professional Ingredients Flour – 150 grams Cocoa powder – 25 grams Baking Powder – 1/2th tsp Baking soda – 1/8 tsp Pistachio pieces – 100 grams Unsalted Butter – 45 grams Castor Sugar – 115 grams Orange zest Mi

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Recipe: Mississippi Mud Cake

Mississippi Mud Cake by Megha Kwatra – Powered by Van Houten Professional Ingredients – Mississippi Mud Cake Water – 400 GMS Butter – 375 GMS Sugar – 525 GMS Refined Flour – 400 GMS Van Houten Cocoa Powder – 48 GMS Baking Soda – 18 GMS Rum – 75 ML Eggs – 5 nos Van…

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Recipe: Vegan Spinach and Corn Quiche

Learn How to Make a Vegan Spinach and Corn Quiche – A Recipe by Sonia Gupta – Powered by NatureFresh Professional Ingredients For Shortcrust Nature Fresh Professional Lite (A Special Plant Fat) – 100gm Flour – 150gm Salt – 3gm Cold water – 25gm (if required) Ingredients For Filli

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Recipe: Eggless Apricot Chocolate Cookies

Eggless Apricot Chocolate Cookies by Deepali Sawant – Powered by Van Houten Professional Ingredients Plain Flour – 150 GM Van Houten Dark Chocolate 46.5% – 180 GM Baking Powder – 4 GM Van Houten Coco Powder – 95 GM Castor Sugar – 150 GM Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp Unsalted Butter – 1

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Recipe: Eggless Christmas Plum Tart by Chef Nidhi Chadha

Eggless Christmas Plum Tart by Chef Nidhi Chadha – Powered by Nature Fresh Professional Ingredient – For Tart Maida – 100gms Nature Fresh Professional Lite – 65gms Castor Sugar – 50gms Water – 10gms Method – For Tart Cream together Nature Fresh Professional Lite and sugar Add mai

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Recipe: Sugar-Free Chocolate Sponge Cake by Anna Gigi Joseph

Sugar-Free Chocolate Sponge Cake by Anna Gigi Joseph – Powered by Van Houten Professional India Ingredient Refined Flour – 240gms Van Houten Professional (VHP) Cocoa powder – 40 gms Baking powder – 5 gms Baking soda – 3 gms Eggs – 4 nos Unsalted butter – 120 gms Vanilla extract –

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Best Oven for Baking for Home Bakers

The all-in-one OTG is the coveted appliance amongst home bakers. Here is your guide to choosing the right oven for baking — from compact countertop models to large 52L workhorses.

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Recipe: Chocolate Truffles, Bars, Rocher & Fudge by Chef Sweta Dutta Nath

Chocolate Truffles, Bars, Rocher & Fudge by Chef Sweta Dutta Nath   Here are the recipes for 4 types of chocolates that can be part of your Diwali Hamper for your customers. Mango Coconut Truffle Hazelnut Truffle Inclusion Bar Rocher Almond Chocolate Fudge   Mango Coconut Truffle

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How to Use Fondant and Gum Paste in the Monsoon

Most of us love the rainy season. It brings some reprieve from the heat of the summer, which is unbearable in many parts of India. It’s also the perfect time for some chai and snacks, and it’s an overall winner for many. But bakers dread this season because of how fondant, gum pa

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Pricing a Cake: A Guide for Home Bakers

The most commonly asked question in the baking community is about pricing a cake. This guide walks you through every factor that should go into pricing your bakes so you never undervalue your work.

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Exclusive Baking and Decorating Classes & Tutorials

Our masterclasses are all currently being held online, and we have brought on board several acclaimed home bakers and tutors to teach you these skills! You will find classes ranging from healthy baking to sharp edges with whipped cream tutorials. The upcoming events will all be c

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Recipe: Triple Chocolate Cheesecake by Chef Divya Saraf

Preparation Time – 25 mins Cook Time – 50 mins Number Of Servings – 6   Baked Triple Chocolate Cheesecake By Chef Divya Saraf   Ingredients for the Base Digestive biscuits – 12 Butter, melted – 5 tbsp Ingredients for the Cheesecake Mixture Cream cheese – 250 gm Fresh cream – 100

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Basics: Colouring your Icing

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj How to use food colouring to get ANY colour that you need! Food colouring is a great ingredient in baking – it makes everything come to life, and in the best way possible! Right from your base cakes in a rainbow cake, to colouring your buttercream for

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Now Trending: Mirror Glaze

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj What is a Mirror Glaze? Mirror Glaze Cakes are all the rage and have been for a while. From simple galaxy themes to the more intricate animal prints, you’ve got it all, and boy do they look beautiful. What with galaxy themes and even just monotone plai

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MILKMAID Recipe: Banana Toffee Verrine by Chef Gaurav Wadhwa

Preparation Time – 10 mins Cook Time – 2 hours 10 mins Number Of Servings – 6 – 8   Banana Toffee Verrine Banana with anything else in a dessert is a heaven sent combination. The best example of this is the humble banana bread, which is easy for anyone to make and hits all…

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MILKMAID Recipe: Tres Leches Cake by Sonia Gupta

Preparation Time – 15 mins Cook Time – 20 mins Number Of Servings – 8 – 10   Tres Leches Cake Tres Leches Cake, also known as Rich Milk Cake, is an absolute delight for anyone who loves milk, no matter in what form. It is considered to have originated from Mexico, although there

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MILKMAID Recipe: Lemon Oat Tart by Chef Smriti

Preparation Time – 20 mins Cook Time – 45 mins Number Of Servings – 6- 8   Lemon Oat Tart A constant struggle for many of us is to decide if we want to eat healthy or tasty food. It becomes even more difficult when it comes to dessert because getting healthy and tasty dessert…

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MILKMAID Recipe: Honey Cake by Chef Avin Thaliath

Preparation Time – 45 mins Cook Time – 15 mins Number Of Servings – 6- 8   Honey Cake Honey cake is one of the most iconic pastries to come out of Bangalore (or so the legend goes). It may not be as well known in other places, but it is such a delightful recipe…

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MILKMAID Recipe: Eggless Brookies by Chef Arvind Prasad

Preparation Time – 2 hour 15 mins Cook Time – 15 mins Number Of Servings – 12   Eggless Brookies This recipe for brookies is by Chef Arvind Prasad – he leads the team at Whitecaps International as a Co- Founder and Executive Pastry Chef. Chef Arvind has a great line of work exper

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Recipe: Digestive Oats Biscuits by Nivedita

Preparation Time – 15 mins Baking Time – 20 mins Number Of Servings – 12   Digestive biscuits have always been a staple in households across the world. They’re called different names in different countries, but it is a basic crumbly biscuit that generally doesn’t have much flavou

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Recipe: Vegan Banana Muffins by Rajiyashree

Preparation Time – 10 mins Baking Time – 20 mins Number Of Servings – 12   Vegan banana muffins are one of the easiest desserts to make, and this recipe in particular is a much healthier alternative to your regular bakes. It uses brown sugar and whole wheat flour instead of the u

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Recipe: Nankhatai by Rupali

Preparation Time – 10 mins Baking Time – 20 mins Number Of Servings – 14 – 16   Nankhatai is an Indian cookie, which brings back many childhood memories. It is essentially a shortbread type cookie which is very popular in North India. It is usually made with a few types of flours

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Recipe: Lemon Meringue Cake by Tasnuta

Preparation Time – 40 mins Baking Time – 1 hour 30 mins Number Of Servings – 8 – 10   Lemon Meringue Cake is a light and airy dessert which can be used for any occasion. It is very reminiscent of tea parties, as meringues are very often served at afternoon tea. The dessert consis

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Recipe: Tandoori Paneer Pizza by Mounika

Preparation Time – 30 mins BakingTime – 20 – 25 mins Number Of Servings – 4- 6   Tandoori Paneer Pizza is a fusion recipe which brings together the best of Indian flavours on an Italian base. The flavours do not seem at odds with each other. Rather, they melt together to bring a

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Recipe: Parle G Brownies by Sonal

Preparation Time – 15 mins BakingTime – 15 – 20 mins Number Of Servings – 9   This recipe for Parle G brownies is a true throwback to your childhood! While many of us grew up munching on this famous biscuit, we were all introduced to brownies later in life. However, have you ever

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Recipe: Tutti Frutti Cookies by Sujani

Preparation Time – 15 mins BakingTime – 15 mins Number Of Servings – 16 or more, depending on the shape   Tutti Frutti Cookies are one variation of the umpteen types of cookies that one could bake at home. What makes this special is the rare pairing of tutti frutti with cookies.

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Recipe: Chocolate Orange Brownies by Neha Singla

Preparation Time – 20 mins BakingTime – 20 – 25 mins Number Of Servings – 9   Chocolate Orange Brownies are definitely a more unique way of eating the classic brownie. While chocolate chip and peanut butter might be familiar customizations, orange brings a kick in flavour like no

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Recipe: Whole-wheat Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj   This recipe is one of the winning recipes of the Great Bengaluru Bake Show 2020, in the category of rustic cakes. This recipe is courtesy of Basabi S. The cake is a whole- wheat (maida free) carrot cake which uses strawberries, blueberries and black ra

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Recipe: Sponge Cake by Noopur Tikku

Preparation Time – 15 mins BakingTime – 25 – 30 mins Number Of Servings – 8 – 10   This is a recipe of the most important cake you’ll bake – a simple sponge cake. The reason why you could call this important is because it is a cake that can form the base of…

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Recipe: Mango Cherry Cake by Jaya Sangtani

Preparation Time – 15 mins BakingTime – 30 – 40 mins Number Of Servings – 8 – 10   Here is a recipe for a cake combination which is very unlike any other – Mango Cherry Cake! Once you have satisfied your cravings for the usual desserts like sponge cake and brownies, this flavour

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MILKMAID Recipe: Kesar Pista Ice-cream by Chef Shalini Digvijay

Kesar Pista Ice Cream This recipe for brookies is by Chef Shalini Digvijay. Baking comes naturally to this army wife, who has been putting out skillfully braided Challahs and gorgeous Gateaux for over 25 years. She blogs from an award-winning blog called Baketitude and is an advo

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Recipe: Eggless Pancakes by Sheetal

Preparation Time – 15 mins Cooking Time – 15 mins Number Of Servings – 4   This recipe for eggless pancakes is by Sheetal. Here is what she has to say about the recipe! Since childhood, I was always fascinated by a simple dessert from Rajasthan and that was Malpua. My Mom and sis

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Recipe: Easy Ice Cream by Yukti

Preparation Time – 15 mins Cooling Time – 1 – 2 hours Number Of Servings – 4   This recipe is by Yukti. Here is what she has to say about it! Being quarantined in my in-laws house in Jaipur since the lockdown, I did not have any extraordinary ingredients in my hand. With the…

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Recipe: Cucumber Cake by Nazneen

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Preparation Time – 20 mins Baking Time – 30 – 35 mins Number Of Servings – 8   Cucumber cake, also known as tavasali, has its origins in the Konkan coast. It is typically found in Goa, but also prominent in Maharashtrian cooking. It is definitely a delic

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Recipe: Croutons by Bhavika M

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Preparation Time – 10 mins Baking Time – 15 mins Number Of Servings – 2-4 people   A crouton, colloquially referred to as a “crout,” is a piece of sautéed or rebaked bread, often cubed and seasoned, that is used to add texture and flavor to salads—notabl

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Recipe: French bread by Bhavika M

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Preparation Time – 60 mins Baking Time – 25 mins Number Of Servings – 2-4   This recipe is by Bhavika, who is a home baker and recipe developer. She believes that it is important to understand what are the ingredients which are going to be used. She deve

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Royal Icing and Cookie Recipe – By Graziella Augier

Looking to decorate cookies using Royal Icing? Here is the recipe for Royal Icing and Cookie – By Graziella Augier.   Eggless royal icing 9 tbsp chickpea brine (Aquafaba) – Water should be drained from a can of chickpeas 500 g icing sugar, sifted 2 tsp glycerin. Whisk the chickpe

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Healthy Decadent Cake – By Chef Dean Rodrigues

Ingredients For Chocolate Ganache Dukes Dark Chocolate 70% – 300 gms Milk – 200 gms Cream – 40 gms Butter – 85 gms For Super Seed Granola Honey – 35 gms Pistachio – 20 gms Apricots – 20 gms Linseed – 15 gms Sunflower seeds – 15 gms Pecan nuts – 20 gms Hazelnuts –…

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Recipe: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies – By Chef Avin Thaliath

Would you like to try making big, thick, chewy, soft cookies loaded with peanut butter and chocolate? Here is a recipe for big bakery-style peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies from Chef Avin Thaliath, Co-founder & Director of Lavonne Academy of Baking Science and Pastry Arts. A

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Recipe: Mango Cheese Cake Recipe by Zulekha Badar

Preparation Time – 20 mins Baking Time – 15 mins Number Of Servings – 6   Indian summers are incomplete without Mangoes and Mango based cakes & desserts. So, we are bringing an exclusive recipe on Eggless Mango Cheese Cake by Zulekha Badar from Sweet cravings by Zulekha Badar!!!

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MILKMAID Recipe: Baked Yoghurt by Chef Bhakti Arora

Preparation Time – 10 mins Baking Time – 25 mins Number Of Servings – 6   Baked Yoghurt with Fresh Mangoes This recipe is for baked yoghurt, which may sound new to many. This is a very easy to make dessert which you can customize with seasonal ingredients or put a unique spin on

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MILKMAID Recipe: Apple Crumble Bars by Smita Dugar

Preparation Time – 15 mins Baking Time – 30 mins Number Of Servings – 10 – 12   Apple Crumble Bars A crumble is essentially like a pie but a little more rustic – it usually comprises of flour and butter which forms the basic base, and can be elevated by adding other ingredients a

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Recipe: Marble Cake by Jatin Ailsinghani

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Preparation Time – 15 mins Baking Time – 30 mins Number Of Servings – 10 – 12   Marble Cake   Teacakes are the perfect snack, and they are not restricted to just an afternoon treat. We all know and love the classic sponge cake, which is delicious as it i

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India Bake Show (Virtual) 2020

INDIA BAKE SHOW (VIRTUAL) 2020 INDIA BAKE SHOW IS GOING VIRTUAL!!! HomeBakers.co.in and Raplap-The Ingredient Store brought the virtual edition of India Bake Show to your personal screens on June 6-7. The India Bake (Virtual) Show was powered by L.liladhar & Co. and Dukes Chocola

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Recipe: Eggless Choco Chip Brownies by Noopur Shah

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Preparation Time – 20 mins Baking Time – 50 mins Number Of Servings – 8-10 Do your children want to bake their own goodies? Maybe it is a hobby that you would like to encourage or help them get started, or maybe it is another way to keep them occupied wh

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Recipe: Butterscotch Banana Bread by Gwen Lobo

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Preparation Time – 20 mins Baking Time – 30 mins Number Of Servings – 10 – 12   Butterscotch Banana bread Banana bread is one of the easiest things to bake because you can never go wrong with it! As long as you use overripe bananas, your bread will pack

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Recipe: Amaranth Banana Cupcakes by Megha Saluja

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Preparation Time – 15 mins Baking Time – 20 mins Number Of Servings – 10 – 12   Amaranth seeds are a source of protein and make for a great gluten-free alternative to flour. Simply by roasting these seeds and grinding them, you will have amaranth flour

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Recipe: Black Grapes Cheesecake by Zalak Maheshwari

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Preparation Time – 30 mins Baking Time – 20 mins Number Of Servings – 8   Cheesecakes are special in every way. The crumbly crust made of biscuits and the soft cheesecake filling on top make it an adventure to eat. There are so many ways one can make c

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Recipe: Orange Almond Loaf by Reena Burrman

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Preparation Time – 20 mins Baking Time – 35 mins Number Of Servings – 8   Orange Almond Loaf With everyone getting into baking bread, why not try something sweeter and much easier? Cake loaves are a great tea time snack which everyone can enjoy. Not on

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Recipe – How to Make Homemade Marshmallows

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Marshmallows are universally liked, right from little kids to adults. Homemade marshmallows make this fluffy sweet treat to the next level! It is like biting into a cloud of sweetness, and you can flavour and sweeten it as you like. Homemade goodies ar

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Recipe: Gluten-Free Eggless Brownies by Pinkle Sachdev

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj   As the world has been staying indoors more than ever before, we have all taken to baking more. People who have never baked before are trying their hand at it now. One of the easiest and sought-after desserts is the Chocolate Brownie. Given that many pe

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Sugar Paste: Types and How to Use

Fondant, gum paste, pastillage, Mexican paste, modelling chocolate and more: what each sugar paste is, how to use it, plus home recipes, from Ashwini Sarabhai of The Dream Cakes.

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Baking & Cooking Flavours 101

As bakers, whether hobby bakers or professionals, we all like to experiment with different cake flavours. While there are quite a few ways to add it to your cakes, the most used and accessible is readymade flavour & extracts. There are many available in the market, and it might s

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Recipe: Edible Lace by Aashu Shah

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj   The caking world has grown from simple fondant structures to making intricate edible cake decoration. There are many ways a baker can use edible cake decorations to make it occasion specific and give it an overall boost in appearance. A trend that has

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Recipe – Spinach Filo Cups

Looking out for easy appetizer recipes? Try this simple and easy to make homemade Spinach Filo Cups recipe by Chef Arvind Prasad. This is a traditional and authentic eggless fresh spinach greek appetizer. You can either serve them hot or cold with a nice cup of Masala Chai. Chef

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In Conversation with Sonia Gupta of AnyBody Can Bake

Homebakers.co.in, in collaboration with Anybody Can Bake, has launched Bakedemy, a 60 day online course for home bakers to learn everything they need to run a successful home bakery! Do visit the site for more details and to hear what top home bakers from across India have to say

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A Crash Course on Social Media for Bakers

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Social media is the ‘new’ medium of communication. As a home baker, you can use this tool to boost your business. This is optimal in an era where managing one’s digital presence has become essential. In recent times, there has been a massive increase i

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Cakes to Order this Holi for a Sweeter Celebration

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj Holi is a widely celebrated festival in India, with children and adults alike out on the streets! With the festival of colours approaching, we know that you would want to celebrate with some sweet treats. This festival is known for a lot of its delicacie

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The Great Delhi Bake Show 2020

Register NowJavascript on your browser is not enabled. THE GREAT DELHI BAKE SHOW 2020 Rich’s India presents The Great Delhi Bake Show 2020 being held on 11th & 12th April 2020 at the Radiance Motel, Chattarpur, Delhi. The Great Delhi Bake Show is organised by HomeBakers.co.in, po

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Annaprasana Toppers Tutorial by Sindhu (Sindhu’s Eats n Treats)

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Theme cakes are always in trend, and cupcakes and toppers are now the new way to portray it. Here is a tutorial by Sindhura (Sindhu) Vasudev of her Annaprasana theme toppers. These can be placed on cupcakes as well as cakes itself, depending on what you

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How To Use Fresh Flowers on Cakes

By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Flowers have always been a beautiful way to add elegance and character to anything that needs decoration. Cakes, often wedding cakes, have been adorned with flowers. If you are baking a cake at home and need to figure out safe practices to use fresh flow

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Gifting Ideas for Valentine’s Day

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj February is the month of love, and you can celebrate a week full of days leading up to Valentine’s Day. Finding the best way to shower your valentine with love might be hard, and that is why we are here. Whoever you want to gift a little something to wil

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In Conversation with Tina Parashar: The Incredible Indian Welcome Collaboration

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Tina Scott Parashar is a multi-award winning cake artist who has been recognized by her peers at the national and international levels. She has been named as one of the Top 10 Cake Artists in India for 2017 and 2018 by Cake Masters Magazine, UK. She ha

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The Great Bengaluru Bake Show 2020: The Winners Speak!

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj   The Great Bengaluru Bake Show was held on January 18th, 2020, with a footfall of over 600 baking enthusiasts. Over 120 bakers of the city participated in the cake competition which was held across 6 categories. In this article, we have featured several

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Women Baking Entrepreneurs: Government Schemes

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj   With the rise of the home baking industry across India, we have seen more and more women engaging in business activities. This includes homemakers who have a business or women who pursue it as a side hustle. Overall, baking has been a truly empowering

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The Great Pune Bake Show 2020

Register NowJavascript on your browser is not enabled. The Great Pune Bake Show 2020 After the super successful bake shows in Hyderabad, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi, HomeBakers.co.in is bringing the second edition of the 3-day “The Great Pune Bake Show” in Pune alongside t

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The Great Bengaluru Bake Show 2020

The Great Bengaluru Bake Show 2020 The Great Bengaluru Bake Show 2020, powered by 2m Cocoa was held in Bengaluru on 18th and 19th January 2020. This was the second bake show conducted by homebakers.co.in in Bengaluru. We saw a great turnout for the cake exhibit viewings, competit

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India’s Top Home Bakers & Brands 2019

The first-ever list of India’s Top 100 Home Bakers, City’s Top 25 Home Bakers and India’s Best Baking Brands was published by HomeBakers.co.in in 2019. The list helps you find the very best baking brands and home bakers in your city (Delhi NCR, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, B

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The Great Bake Shows 2020 – Cake Competition

How to register for the Cake Competition? Read the rules for the Cake Competition. Click here to see the rules. Register for the competition in your preferred city by clicking on the button below Bring your creation to the day of show BengaluruJavascript on your browser is not en

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A Chat with Shweta Somaiya, India’s Top 10 Cake Artist

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj Shweta Somaiya is a Top 10 Cake Artist of 2019, and runs her own brand called Signature Cakes By Shweta. A Hotel Management graduate from IHM, Mumbai, baking was always her passion and she has always loved making cakes for her friends and family. Her jou

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Sustainable Baking Practices

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj   As bakers, whether professionally or just for fun, we know that the materials that we use may sometimes lead to a lot of plastic usage and subsequent wastage. Even with the government taking steps to manage plastic use, including complete bans, it some

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A Chat with Asheena Batra

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj Dr. Asheena Batra is a dentist by education, but she left behind her clinic to start her baking venture – Cocomom Cakes. She is based out of Chandigarh, and is one of the Top 10 Cake Artists of 2019 in India as per Cake Masters magazine. She also conduct

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Top Cakes & Baked Goodies for Diwali celebrations

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Diwali is coming soon, and it definitely calls for a celebration! Whether you’re going eco-friendly and not bursting crackers, or whether its a card party at your house, you can up the notch on your celebration with some cake or chocolates! Cakesicles

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A Chat with Deepali Sawant

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Chat with Shikha, Director – Magic Colours

Meet Shikha Reema Aggarwal, the Director at Magic Colours® India. Magic Colours®, an international cake decorating company, offer a wide and varying range of colours, paints, pastes and airbrush colours to bring your cake decorations to life. We met Shikha, Magic Colours®’ Direct

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A Chat with Joonie Tan

by Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Joonie Tan is a pastry artist based in Bangalore. She’s the owner of 180 Degree Celsius and a faculty member at the Lavonne Academy of Baking Science and Pastry Arts. She’s famously known for her beautiful wedding cakes and her royal icing work. Her te

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Chat with Sulakshan, The Founder of Ossoro

Meet Sulakshan, the man behind “Ossoro”. Ossoro is a premium food flavour brand indigenously developed in India and offers the best in taste experience. They offer concentrates of unique and exotic flavours and not the standard vanilla, strawberry or mango. It is a brainchild of

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Home Baker Stories – Pinkle Sachdev

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Pinkle Sachdev is a Hyderabad based home baker, and her venture is Pinklucious Baker. She specializes exclusively in eggless goodies. She generally stays away from using fondant in her cakes and tries to use white chocolate coloured ganache instead w

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FSSAI Registration for Home Bakers & Chefs

Get FSSAI Registration for Home Bakers easy and quick Advice on FSSAI registration requirements for home bakers Documented Follow-up Preparation of application form on your behalf Filing of application form Follow-up with FSSAI authorities Ongoing support Register NowJavascript o

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Home Baker Stories – Anupama Darshan

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Anupama Darshan is a cake artist from Bangalore. She runs a home-based baking business called “Oven Delicacies”, and specializes in theme-based customized cakes. She has been baking for over a year now and has created more than 100 cakes in this short

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A Guide for Customers into the World of Custom Cakes

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj   With social media making the world smaller than ever, bakers themselves have a hard time keeping up with the trends in the cake & bake industry. I can only imagine how confused a customer must be when he or she hears words like couverture chocolate a

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Home Baker Stories – Basabi Sarkar

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Basabi Sarkar is a homemaker and home baker from Bangalore. She runs her home bakery called Basabi’s Kitchen. Basabi is one who has always had the drive to do something for herself – just so that she can showcase her creativity, and in the process, als

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Home Baker Stories – Sarah Zia

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Sarah Zia is a home baker from Kochi, with her specialty goodies including cupcakes and cakesicles. Her business is Fluff in a Cup, and she spends her time in between Kochi and Ahmedabad. Her cakesicles have made it to the cover page of a Malayalam mag

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Home Baker Stories – Tanya Naraine

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Sheri Tanya Naraine is a 41 year old from New York. She moved to India with her husband and 3 children. She currently lives in Bangalore and runs her home baking business here. She’s a stay at home mom who just so happened to find a niche in cake bakin

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Chat with Pooja Lakhotia

-By Akhileshwari Anand Raj   Pooja Lakhotia is the founder of Choc-O-Lock Culinary Art. She runs exclusively eggless baking workshops and teaches various goodies. These include cakes, souffles, puddings, brownies, and even loaves of bread and doughnuts. She is one of the many wom

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Home Baker Stories – Aashu Shah

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Aashu Shah, a home baker from Hyderabad and the owner of the home studio Cakes A’Fair, has been baking for 4 years, and specialises in all types of cakes – most of her orders happen to be theme-based and designer ones such as wedding cakes. She is a tr

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Chat with Rumana Jaseel

Rumana Jaseel is India’s one of the top cake artists from Kochi. She runs “Incredible Art” cake studio in Kochi, and conducts workshops and diploma courses, alongside taking custom orders. She also travels within India and even abroad to conduct workshops. In 2015, she has repres

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7th India Bake Show 2025 – Cake Competition

How to register for the India Bake Show 25 Competition? Read the rules listed below for the India Bake Show Competition. Register your entry by clicking on the “Register Now” button Bring your creation to the show’s first day – 21st November 2025, and set up by 10 am at the NIMHA

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The Great India Bake Show 2019

Register NowJavascript on your browser is not enabled. The Great India Bake Show 2019 After the super successful The Great Bake Shows in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi & Pune, HomeBakers.co.in proudly announces a 3-day “The Great India Bake Show” on July 10-12, being held a

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Chat with Chef Bhakti Arora Manekar

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Chef Bhakti Arora Manekar is one who has juggled many roles throughout her life and is best known as MasterChef India’s Season 4 runner up. She has worked as a cake artist, a menu consultant and owns a cafe called Bell Pepper Cafe – which serves Europe

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FSSAI Registration & Licensing for Home Bakers – All You Need to Know

Register NowJavascript on your browser is not enabled. There’s a lot of talk about FSSAI registration for home bakers, but many doubts creep up when we have to understand which one we need to opt for and why FSSAI registration for home bakers is necessary. If your main query is h

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Chat with Hima Bindu, Top 10 Cake Artist in India

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj Ms. Hima Bindu is a renowned cake artist from Bangalore, with a niche in working with modelling chocolate. She has been featured in the Top 10 List of Cake Artists in India by the Cake Masters Magazine, UK in 2018. Her years of experience in baking and

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Home Baked Cakes vs. Store Bought

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj One of the biggest pet peeves of any home baker is when a customer asks them why their product is “not as cheap as the one you can buy in a bakery/supermarket.” Many home bakers take personal offence to this, and rightfully so. This post is an aim to h

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Types of Ganache

– By Akhileshwari Anand Raj The Baking world has been taken over by a flurry of drip cakes, ranging from your classic chocolate ganache to a neon coloured drip for a unicorn cake. The most important component for this trend is the ganache. Ganache has also traditionally been used

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Natural Food Colouring for Baking

– By Rima Chakraborty With spring just around the corner, all I can think about is the beautiful colours that nature gifts us in all forms. No surprises here, Mother Nature is always at her best as an artist and flaunts some of her best creations that leaves us in awe. Be it flow

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Chat with Subhashini Ramsingh, A Cake Master 2018

– By Rima Chakraborty Ms Subhashini Ramsingh is a renowned cake artist, the winner of Cake Masters India – Top 10 Cake Artists 2018 and the founder of Fondbites, School of Sugar Art. Recently she has launched Fondbites, India’s premium cake decorating magazine. She trains and men

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Chat with Michelle Peris, The Pastry Chef

– By Rima Chakraborty I read something few days back and it goes something like “Dessert is like a feel-good song and the best ones make you dance”. I read that and there’s one person who suddenly popped in my head. I am sure you all know Chef Michelle Karen Peris quite well and

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Chat with Arati Mirji, Cake Masters Magazine Award Winner 2018

– By Rima Chakraborty At the onset, being a home baker seems like a pretty simple and sweet job. From inventing new designs or desserts to trying or testing new ingredients, they do it all every day with 100% dedication and love. It’s not all fondant, crepes, and crème brulée. So

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Chat with Radha Dhaka, A Cake Master 2018

– By Rima Chakraborty When I first Ms. Radha Dhaka, owner at La Petite Meringue, one of the top 10 cake artists in India and sculptor, I thought she was the Stacy DeNovo from The Princess Switch, who was the most talented baker in town and won the most prestigious baking competit

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The Great Bengaluru Bake Show 2019 – After event wrap up

Official press release by – Rima Chakraborty   Let me be honest, when you are working with something as tempting as cakes, it gets so simple to build a crispy and colourful after event wrap up. The Great Bengaluru Bake Show held on 26th January 2019 was the first and the biggest

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7 Sugar Alternatives To Try In 2019!

The new year is upon us and we all like to keep new resolutions to stay healthier. But how can one avoid baking or be treated with yum baked goods. This is a time of celebration and cakes in India make it even grander. But with the whole fitness steak overpowering this new year r

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Baking Essentials for Home Bakers!

A big hello to all the beautiful home bakers in India. Just like we cannot survive without your super yum baking goods, you cannot survive without certain baking essentials, can you? A lot of times we concentrate just on the end result, but forget or do not give enough importance

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Baking – Great activity to do with your kids

Kids and Baking! How cute does that combination sound to you? Well, when I was a kid my mother would ask me to come join her while she baked cakes for our birthdays or such special occasions. And I remember I had a diary where I wrote the recipes of all types of cake, pancakes,…

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You bake, Whizzy delivers!

If you are running a home baking business in India, you are mostly likely one of the several entrepreneurs facing the same problem – DELIVERY! Home bakers in India, typically, get into making cakes, brownies, cupcakes, savouries, etc. for their interest and passion in creating th

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Launch of HomeBakers.co.in

Official Press Release, By Rima Chakraborty, 24 November 2018 HomeBakers.co.in announces the launch of a marketplace for consumers and home bakers! Homebakers.co.in announced the launch of its website in the first bakers meet “The Great Hyderabad Bake Show” organised in Hyderabad

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The first milestone!

Crumbs and crickey! Well, it was not just any regular day at homebakers.co.in. Today was the first day we all realised hard work and sheer dedication do pay off. Okay fine! I will stop beating around the bush and break the suspense here. Today, the 26th day of November 2018, home

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The Great Hyderabad Bake Show 2018

Official Press Release, By Rima Chakraborty, 18 November 2018 HomeBakers.co.in announces its first edition of ‘The Great Hyderabad Bake Show’ The twin city’s 100 keenest home bakers will soon get the chance to meet the country’s top Cake Masters, Masterchef finalists, baking bran

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A sweet sliceable treat for everyone

Hi everyone. We keep on celebrating a lot of occasions like mothers’ day, children’s day, a birthday, a bouncing new baby and so many more. The list is countless. When I first moved to Hyderabad, I used to think that people here are only into biryani. But guess what, that is not

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Frosting

Well, we have all heard that we can judge a cook by the way he roasts a chicken. But, how do we judge a baker? Well, if you were to ask me, I would say by the crowd-pleasing frosting on their cupcake. You have to agree with me on this one. When I was a…

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Cake Photography Tricks For Dummies

I want to share something today. Once upon a time, I used to suck real bad at clicking pictures. Forget tempting food or a picturesque view, I could turn anything into a potato with my magical clicks. Soon, I wanted to remedy that and there started my search for hacks that could

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Hand CraftsManship In Cake Making

We all enjoy cakes, especially the icing on cake takes our heart. A beautifully frosted cake is not just a treat for our eyes, but also savors our taste buds. But is frosting a cake a difficult task? Not at all. Let me help you.   Have you ever tried solving a jigsaw puzzle? If…

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