Keralan Plum Cake
Originally posted on Manju's Kitchen:
I remember the olden days when shop-bought Christmas cakes in Kerala looked extremely fancy, with thick white sugar icing, pink piped boarders and flowers, which we children…
Originally posted on Manju's Kitchen:
I remember the olden days when shop-bought Christmas cakes in Kerala looked extremely fancy, with thick white sugar icing, pink piped boarders and flowers, which we children…
Originally posted on Manju's Kitchen:
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