Eggless sugar cookies decorated with eggless icing inspired by birthdays, mehendi and colours around me. Daring Baker challenge.

Soft eggless cupcakes topped with pink glace icing and silver sugar decorations. Simple yet pretty, the perfect birthday cupcake.

Perfect coffee/ tea time cake – fresh mango, cashewnuts and cardamom with a crunchy crumb topping.

Eggless cardamom flavoured banana squares with semi-sweet chocolate chip morsels.

Fresh fig ice-cream on browned butter pound cake, covered with chocolate ganache. Daring Baker challenge.

An easily made Indian semolina and saffron halwa/ pudding flavoured with cardamom.

Slightly cake-like and fudgy eggless brownies made with WW flour, white beans and no added fat. Healthy, delicious and guilt-free.

An eggless avocado bundt cake spiced with chai masala and drizzled with chocolate.

Layers of chocolate fudge sauce, eggless mango and cookie crunch vanilla ice-creams covered in vanilla swiss roll slices.

Healthy cardamom flavoured smoothie made with home-made tofu, yogurt and tropical fruits including mango.

My daughter’s birthday cake. Moist and easy to make, this chocolate cake is filled and topped with a delicious cocoa frosting.

Eggless real vanilla ice-cream with crunchy pieces of chocolate-vanilla creme cookies, made without an ice-cream machine.

South Indian rice pudding (payasam) with ghee/ browned butter (ney) , jaggery, coconut pieces, cardamom, cashews and raisins.

Pavlova with chocolate mascarpone mouse, fresh mango and eggless vanilla creme anglaise. Daring Baker challenge.

German chocolate cupcakes with choice of two frostings, chocolate-coconut frosting or chocolate mascarpone mousse.

Bars with cakey buckwheat and all purpose flour base topped with cashews, butterscotch, white, dark chocolate chips.

Shortbread-like Australian bicuits/ cookies sandwiched with custard buttercream.

An Indian cardamom-cashewnut cake, made famous by Indian Irani cafes. This rich cake is made with mava (reduced milk solids).

Made with butter, these muffins are soft with a crunch of toasted almonds in every bite.

Cardamom flavoured pureed and creamy mango with chocolate chip-nut meringues. Perfect dessert for the summer.

Soft and light, these cinnamon flavoured cupcakes are topped with vanilla frosting that’s not too sweet or buttery.

South African deep fried pastry braids, coated in spiced sugar syrup.

Unlike most macarons which are made with powdered almonds, these are made with peanuts and filled with peanut butter and strawberry jam.

A David Lebovitz recipe for Apple Tarte Tatin. A thinner flaky pastry means reduced butter but not taste!