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Eggless Mango Cake

 

I’ve been getting a few requests to post an egg-less mango cake since mangoes are in season. I’m now going to try various mango cake recipes this summer so that we can find out the perfect one to stay with us always. So starting from today I’ll be making different mango cake recipes and today is the day for egg-less mango cake with condensed milk. I baked this cake on the occasion of  my Mom and Dad in law’s anniversary. 
So let’s get started.

Looking for the Best, Super Moist, Rich, Chocolate Cake Recipe? What if you could make the best, moist chocolate cake recipe you ever tasted, from scratch, and by your own. If you want to make a simple chocolate cake from a scratch, this is the recipe you should go for. This is the most easy cake to make and it only takes a few minutes to prepare the batter.

This cake is moist and has the perfect crumb. A cake that is easy and deliciously chocolate. This is my go-to recipe every-time my family demands for a chocolate cake and I am running short of time.

So let’s get started.

Simple vanilla cake is an all-time favorite for all. It’s even close to my heart as everyone in my family love it whenever I bake one.

With years, there have been changes in almost everything including the various icings on the cake, except, the simple cake itself.

This can be your basic cake for all occasions and you can top it with almost any type of icing of your choice during some special occasions.

So let’s get Started…

Weekend Baking

It’s Sunday, and you must be thinking to make something special for your family, specially the kids. And there must be some ripe bananas lying in the fruit basket, which no one wants to eat. So let’s do something with them.

At my home, ripened bananas on the kitchen shelf, means it is time to bake. So usually I bake banana cake or banana bread. But banana chocolate cake is favourite in my home. Actually it’s yummy as It blends the sweetness of ripe mashed bananas with cocoa powder. This would also be the perfect cake for family gatherings as it serves up to 12-15 people.

Rich and nutty, these chocolate muffins are great as a tea time snack. These are utterly moist. Its hard to stop at one – in fact, even I ate 2 of them myself. One of the favorites among kids and grownups both, these muffins are perfect to have during your small breaks from studying, during your exams. Let’s check the recipe…..

Today, 8th March is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate women across the globe for their offerings to the world. It’s to celebrate their social, economic, cultural and political achievements. It’s also a day to urge others to stand for women’s pride and value around the world. The day, since 1909, celebrates women’s achievement in all spheres of life and calls for gender equality. The day is not linked with any particular group or organisation. But it brings together government, associations and corporations.

This Day is celebrated throughout the world in honor of struggles, joys and the awesomeness of being a woman. Today’s woman is a ‘superwoman’ who is breaking all the labels and the conventional moulds and is managing everything single-handed. Today’s woman is enjoying her own uniqueness, influence, magnificence and gratification.

And this year Women’s Day theme is #pressforprogress !

So How will you #PressforProgress in 2018?

I will #pressforprogress and  

  • believe achievement comes in many forms
  • value women’s individual and collective success
  • ensure credit is given for women’s contributions
  • celebrate women role models and their journeys

So taking this promise forward, I am not here today, to share ‘my thoughts’ with you, but to bring the considerations of some ‘other’ inspirational women whom I admire myself and  who have created their own identity rather than being known as someone’s daughter, sister or wife.

Here are three inspirational women sharing their thoughts with you to get you in the spirit of Women’s Day! 

Letter to my Mom

Ma…..I will really NEVER forget the last few days of your life. We shared laughs, cries, and all different types of emotions but the memory I will forever remember, occurred during the last few days before you died. There are some moments which change your life and you are not the same. Oh the memories, they rush through my mind all the time. 

Today is 24th February 2018 and the same day three years back you left us forever. Today, Its been three years mom…three years that I have not called you and talked to you, three years that I have not heard from you, three years no one calls my name as you used to, its been three years and I know this is going to continue since my last breath, as they say one who leaves us for heaven never come back. Its been three years that I have been keeping all my promises that I made to you in that closed room of the hospital, where you taught me so much which I had never learnt in my life earlier. You gave me the gist of life, where you shared with me so much of your pain and where you guided me how to live my life without you. It was so similar to something Lord Krishna shared with Arjun….it was for me “the Geeta Saar” of my life

Your words still echoes in my ear telling me that you are not going anywhere but going to be Me, in my soul and whenever I miss you I should hug myself and feel my Ma there with me. It wasn’t simple Ma but I have tried to do the same and have often found myself smiling at myself as you used to smile at me, motivating myself as if you and Pa would have motivated me. I have always missed those pats on my back since you have gone, now no one is there to share my victorious moments, and listen to my stories the way you used to do. But Ma, I still share it with you, feeling that you are somewhere very near and still patting my back and listening to me , the chirpiest one as used to call me.

Physical planes cannot separate love and I know this to be true. Although you have gone physically your presence is still there, in me, in my cooking, in the compliments that I receive when people say I look like you. My relationship with you ma, continues on each and every day and will for the rest of my life. You live on through me.I see pieces of you in myself every time I look in the mirror. And when I miss you I close my eyes and find you in front of me, smiling at me, no pain on your face but just peace and love. And then I promise you again that I will keep all my promises.

Love you Ma…..

After my mom passed away I felt a strong urge to share her story with anyone who would listen. She was such an inspiration and specially during her last few days in hospital she made an everlasting impact on everyone. Every doctor and every nurse was awestruck with the kind of courage she showed. And encouraged by my Angel Mom, Through my blogging experience I too hope to continue to inspire many more.

Life goes on……