Exploring Tastebuds

For a long time now,for my love of coffee and chocolate I  have been  thinking of making something with both the flavours. So, tarts were the basis of my idea and their fillings were combination of chocolate ganache done two ways - baked and chilled - and coffee caramel sauce which I made by adding coffee to the basic caramel sauce recipe. So even though to arrive at the very dish there are a few components you have to make and assemble but they are pretty simple and assembling them and coming to cherishing their taste wont take much time either. So try your hand this and I am sure you will love it :D Ingredients: For Short Crust Pastry: 100gm flour 50gm chilled butter, cut into cubes 30gm powdered sugar 1 egg For Baked chocolate filling: 50gm chocolate compound 30ml fresh cream 25gm butter 1 egg For Chocolate ganache: 100gm chocolate compound 75ml fresh cream 50gm butter For Coffee caramel sauce: 3/4th cup granulated...

Today's breakfast was spontaneous! Breakfasts are always spontaneous and EASY!  Nobody likes to get up early in the morning and cook something full of hassles. So i cooked these simple chocolate chip pancakes which are extremely soft , fluffy and taste extremely delicious with nutella as a dip :D  Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons white sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips Method: 1. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. 2. Beat egg into milk in a separate bowl until thoroughly combined. 3. Pour melted butter into flour mixture; whisk in milk mixture to make a smooth batter. 4.  Fold chocolate chips into batter. 5.  Heat a small nonstick pan over low heat; pour about 1/3 cup of batter into hot pan and cover with a lid.Cook pancake until browned on the bottom, about 1 minute; flip pancake and coo...

This cake is so moist and soft and is a spectacular desert with the lip smacking cream cheese frosting. It has a tinge of cocoa powder to it which gives it a hint of chocolate flavor which tastes amazing. Its a recipe you would love to bookmark or write down in your recipe book as it is truely an all time favourite desert as well as not difficult to bake at all :D Just follow the procedure accurately and you will make this cake again and again as this cake turns out to be really beautiful and its gorgeous red color makes you love it even more. Go bake this truely velvety cake and fall in love with it :D Ingredients: For the cake 2 1/2 cups (250 grams) sifted cake flour 2 tablespoons (15 grams) regular or Dutch-processed cocoa powder 1/2 cup (113 grams) butter , at room temperature 1 1/2 cups (300 grams) granulated white sugar 2 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla essence  1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk 2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring 1 teaspoon white...

It has a very strong chocolate flavor along with being dense and thick. You could always go for milk chocolate if semi-sweet isn't what you like. Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup water divided 2 Tbsp butter (this is a must, no substituting) 3 large egg yolks 2 Tbsp sugar 1 1/3 cup whipping cream Method In a microwave safe bowl, place the chocolate chips, 1/4 cup of the water, and 2 tbsp of butter. Microwave on high for 20 seconds and then stir. Then microwave in 10 second intervals, stirring after each one, until the mixture is well blended and melted. (Took me a total of 30 seconds). Allow to cool for 10 minutes. In a small saucepan, whisk together the remaining 1/4 cup of water, egg yolks, and sugar. Cook over low heat, make sure you do it right. This takes about 1-2 minutes. Now for the tricky part, remove from the heat and continue whisking. This is important so you don’t end up with scrambled eggs. Now, whisk t...

These cookies are the best ones I really feel. Have them anytime! Be it with coffee, tea or just like that. The best part of chocolate chips is that they do not stay solid or melt when we bake them. They just stay in a middle state where they are just soft and melt in your mouth. These cookies can be made chewy or crispy, its your wish how you want then to be. A wonderful comfort food so go bake 'em in no time. :D Ingredients 2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 3/4th cup powdered sugar 1 cup packed light brown sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 and 1/4 cup chocolate chips Method In a large bowl , mix the flour and baking powder. In a separate bowl , cream the butter and sugar , then add the eggs , one at a time , mixing well after each addition. Next, stir in the vanilla extract and gradually stir in the flour mixture until well combined. Add the chips and stir again. For chewy cookies , refrigerat...