Pear Spice Cake with Brown Butter Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Pear Spice Cake with Brown Butter Swiss Meringue Buttercream | Milk and Cardamom

Fall is finally here and I’m here for it. I took all things fall and threw them into a cake! This Pear Spice Cake with Brown Butter Swiss Meringue Buttercream is made with cardamom-spiced cake filled with perfectly ripe pears macerated in brown sugar, cinnamon and cardamom all frosted with a nutty brown butter swiss […]

Lemon Cardamom Snickerdoodles (Eggless)

Lemon Cardamom Eggless Snickerdoodles Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

Honestly, there is no big backstory on why I made these cookies other than being inspired by Malai Ice Cream’s Lemon Cardamom ice cream flavor! I love the mix of citrus and cardamom, its bright and floral and totally reminds me of spring. Not only is this lemon cardamom snickerdoodle recipe eggless, but it’s also […]

Cardamom and Coffee Chocolate Tart

Cardamom and Coffee Chocolate Tart | Milk and Cardamom

One of my biggest tips when it comes to making desserts, especially mithai, is to add salt! Salt helps balance out sweetness, makes spices and flavorings pop, and helps dark chocolate taste less bitter. In this tart, I use salt in both the crust and the filling to really deepen the flavor and cut the […]

Caramelized White Chocolate and Peda Bark

Caramelized White Chocolate and Peda Bark Diwali Dessert | Milk and Cardamom

My favorite mithai during Diwali has always been penda/peda. It’s a milk fudge made with khoya (solid milk fat), sugar and cardamom. I use a popular shortcut by using powdered milk and sweetened condensed milk for my penda/peda. ! I used some of their milk powder to make my peda/penda. Traditionally, peda/penda are shaped into […]

Gajar Ka Halwa Granola

Gajar ka Halwa Granola Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

If you ask any Indian auntie what their favorite Indian dessert it, they’ll tell you its gajar ka halwa. Gajar ka halwa is made with shredded carrots cooked down until they’re tender in ghee and milk and spiced with cardamom. It’s sweet, soft, with just a little texture from chopped nuts and, depending on who cooked it, super […]

White Chocolate & Cardamom Cookies

White Chocolate and Cardamom Cookies

  Christmas is almost here! I love this time of year! I look forward to taking part in cookies exchanges to raise money for No Kid Hungry. This year I participated in The PinterTest Kitchen‘s Cookie exchange! I sent off my delicious cookies over to Allison from The PinterTest Kitchen, Deanna from Seduction in the Kitchen (oo […]