Fire up your Oven Archives

Recap of Fire Up Your Oven, BM # 51

Posted on May 2, 2015May 6, 20157 CommentsPosted in Events & Roundups, GeneralTagged Blogging Marathon, Fire up your Oven

My month long baking marathon concluded yesterday and I am already missing my oven. I don’t think I can let my oven stay cold for too long and will fire it up very soon. If you have been following the blog for the past one month, you would know that I was on a baking […]

Cranberry Walnut Bread

Posted on April 30, 2015May 6, 201512 CommentsPosted in Bakes, Baking, Breads, Breads & Pizzas, Breakfast, Cakes, Muffins, Cranberries, Fruits, Nuts, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, WalnutsTagged Baking Marathon, Blogging Marathon, Breads, Cranberries, Dry Cranberries, Fire up your Oven, King Arthur Flour Recipes, Walnuts

For the last day of this month long baking marathon, I have a sweet bread with cranberries and nuts. Couple of weeks ago I was looking for muffin recipes for my third week theme and found this one. Later I found strawberry muffin recipe and opted to bake that instead.

Baked Masala Chicken Wings

Posted on April 29, 2015May 6, 20159 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Baked & Grilled, Baking, Chicken, Meats & Poultry, Non Veg, Non VegetarianTagged Baking Marathon, Blogging Marathon, Chicken, Chicken Wings, Fire up your Oven, Indian Food

Ever since I came across this baked masala chicken wings recipe, I wanted to fire up the oven. I was excited as this would fit the theme for this month’s baking theme and thought even U would like it. When I mentioned I was going to bake these, he showed no interest what so ever […]

Potato Fry ~ Potato Dry Curry in the Oven

Posted on April 28, 2015May 6, 201513 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Appetizers/Snacks, Baked & Grilled, Baking, By Category, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Potatoes, Stir Fries, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Baking Marathon, Blogging Marathon, Curries, Fire up your Oven, Indian Food, Potatoes

When someone says they are baking, one would expect it to be a bread, cake, cookies, pretzels, etc but one would not expect a curry. My second post for this week is one such unconventional bake; potato fry. I roast potatoes once in a while when I am lazy to fire up the stove. Cut […]

Cheese and Herb Scones

Posted on April 27, 2015May 6, 201516 CommentsPosted in Bakes, Baking, Breakfast, Cakes, Muffins, Cheddar Cheese, Cookies, Biscuits, Dairy, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Baking Marathon, Blogging Marathon, Cheddar Cheese, Cheese, Fire up your Oven, Home Bakers Challenge, Savory Bakes, Scones

We are into the final week of this month long baking marathon, Fire up your Oven. Of the three month long marathons I have done so far, this was the least prepared marathon and even was in two minds if I should even do it. To my surprise, it was not that stressful at all. […]

Orange Cake

Posted on April 25, 2015May 23, 201512 CommentsPosted in Bakes, Baking, Cakes, Muffins, Desserts, Desserts, Desserts & Sweets, Fruits, OrangesTagged Baking Marathon, Blogging Marathon, Cake, CCChallenge, Fire up your Oven, Oranges

For the last day of this week, I have a soft, moist and spongy orange cake. This recipe is a from a cookery class I attended long time ago. I was always interested in cooking and after marriage I cook one baking and one cooking class before coming to the US. After coming here, none […]

Devil’s Chocolate Cake

Posted on April 24, 2015May 6, 201516 CommentsPosted in Bakes, Baking, Cakes, Muffins, Desserts, Desserts, Desserts & SweetsTagged Baking Marathon, Blogging Marathon, Cake, Chocolate, Cocoa, Fire up your Oven

For the 5th day of Cakes & Muffins, I have a rich, decadent chocolate cake. I had bookmarked the recipe long time ago when Bharathy posted and only got to bake it couple of weekends ago. I bookmarked the recipe and forgot about it until few days ago. As I was searching for cake recipes […]

Strawberry Cake

Posted on April 23, 2015May 6, 201518 CommentsPosted in Bakes, Baking, Cakes, Muffins, Desserts, Fruits, StrawberriesTagged Baking Marathon, Blogging Marathon, Cake, Fire up your Oven, Strawberries

For the last 3 days of cakes and muffins series, I have cakes. Had initially planned on doing 6 days of cakes for this week but husband was not on board. Then I had to chance the theme to cakes and muffins. The first cake in this series is strawberry cake. To check all the […]

Flax Seed Whole Wheat Blueberry Mini Muffins

Posted on April 22, 2015April 9, 201916 CommentsPosted in Bakes, Baking, Blackberries, Breakfast, Cakes, Muffins, Daily Recipes, Eggs, Flour, Fruits, Non Veg, Quick and Easy Recipes, Wheat FlourTagged Atta, Baking Marathon, Blogging Marathon, Blueberries, Fire up your Oven, Flax Seeds, Muffins, Wheat Flour

Flax seed whole wheat blueberry muffins are butter less, healthy, moist muffins with a crunchy top. Great for breakfast, snack and also for portion control. For the third day of cakes and muffins, I have a healthy blueberry muffin. This is the last muffin for this week. For the rest of the week I have […]

Whole Wheat Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Posted on April 21, 2015May 6, 201519 CommentsPosted in Bakes, Baking, Banana, Breakfast, By Category, Cakes, Muffins, Eggs, Fruits, Non Veg, Non Vegetarian, Quick and Easy Recipes, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Baking Marathon, Bananas, Blogging Marathon, Chocolate, Chocolate Chips, Fire up your Oven, Muffins

Today I have another easy muffin recipe. This is another recipe I baked in India for my nephew. Muffins came out ok but I was not happy with the texture and even these muffins were done in less than 10 minutes in my mom’s oven. As mentioned earlier, I could not figure out my mom’s […]