Exploring Tastebuds

2 chefs 12 cities 12 cuisines : Indian culinary route 2015 , Marriott Whitefield                              From the warm welcome to a goodie-bag goodbye, it was a completely worthwhile evening to spare from my hectic schedule of college and french classes at Marriott Whitefield's Indian Culinary Route 2015 . It started off in brief with a lovely ginger and coconut flavored welcome drink, eye pleasing decor,  the sound of beautiful Indian instrumentals, the highlight of the event , 'the lip smacking food'  made by the 12 specialty chefs from the best of 12 Marriott's all over India and ended with a variety of delectable desserts by Marriott Whitefield.  ginger and coconut welcome drink I started off my journey by adoring the ethnic set up of the dining table with customized table mats for the event, the basket of flutes wrapped in colorful threads and then prepping mysel...

Lately my mom's dear friend taught me how to make this lovely sponge cake, Its truely amazing, spongy and soft,  So, if you are home chef, this recipe is surely an addition to your recipe notebooks and something which will give your homemade cakes a professional touch, We made this sponge cake with a chocolate ganache icing as filling and coffee flavored whipped cream icing. Its a must try for all and its pretty simple to make too. :D Ingredients: For cake : 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup all purpose flour 1/4 tsp cake gel 3/4 tsp baking powder 1-2 tbsp cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla essence For chocolate ganache filling: 150 gms melted chocolate compound 4-5 serving spoons full of whipped topping For coffee flavored whipped cream icing: 6-7 cups of whipped topping 2 tsp of coffee 2 tbsp of boiling water Method:  Beat eggs and sugar in a container till white and fluffy or about 10-12 mins, (keep the container slanted while beating) Sie...