Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen was our August 2013 Daring Bakers’ hostess and she challenged us to make some amazing regional Indian desserts. The Mawa Cake, the Bolinhas de Coco cookies and the Masala cookies – beautifully spiced and delicious! 🙂
I love Indian food but I’ve never done any Indian baking, so this was an eye-opening challenge in that respect. Aparna set us a beautiful challenge to make a cake (the Mawa cake) and one of two kinds of cookies/biscuits. Never one to turn down an opportunity for cake, I made it early in the month… and then ran out of time for the second half of the challenge, ie: the cookies. 🙁
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