Cakes
Everything cake from India's home bakers: tried-and-tested cake recipes, frosting and ganache basics, fondant and sugar paste, colouring icing, trending finishes like mirror glaze, and tips for photographing and pricing your cakes. 42 articles.
Recipes · 2 min read
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…
Recipes · 2 min read
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 –
Tips & Tricks · 5 min read
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
Business · 8 min read
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.
Recipes · 3 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 4 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 5 min read
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
Recipes · 4 min read
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
Recipes · 4 min read
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…
Recipes · 4 min read
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
Recipes · 3 min read
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
Recipes · 4 min read
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…
Recipes · 3 min read
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
Recipes · 3 min read
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
Recipes · 3 min read
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
Recipes · 2 min read
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
Recipes · 1 min read
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 –…
Recipes · 4 min read
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!!!
Recipes · 4 min read
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
Recipes · 3 min read
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
Recipes · 4 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 8 min read
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.
Recipes · 3 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 4 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 3 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 6 min read
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
Events & News · 13 min read
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
Baker Stories · 8 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 4 min read
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
Baker Stories · 5 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 7 min read
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
Events & News · 11 min read
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
Baker Stories · 5 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 3 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 4 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 4 min read
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
Baker Stories · 8 min read
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
Baker Stories · 6 min read
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
Baker Stories · 5 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 4 min read
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…
Tips & Tricks · 4 min read
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
Tips & Tricks · 3 min read
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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