For most Diwali bakes, you can replace 1 egg with ¼ cup curd or ¼ cup mashed banana, swap butter with an equal amount of ghee or oil (use slightly less oil), replace sugar with powdered jaggery 1:1 (and reduce the milk a little), and swap part of the maida with whole wheat or ragi
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Biscoff, Chocolate, and Mithai: Fusion Diwali bakes mix Indian mithai flavours like gulab jamun, kaju katli, rasmalai and ladoo with Western desserts like cheesecake, brownies and cake. Biscoff and chocolate are the two most popular flavours to pair with them, because their caramel and cocoa notes go well with milky, nutty Indian sweets. Diwali 2026
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Coconut and Gur Bake Recipe: Think of the sweets from your grandmother’s kitchen. Many of them came down to two humble things: fresh coconut and gur. Narkel naru, nariyal ladoo, patishapta, coconut barfi. Different names and different states, but the same comforting combination of nutty coconut and warm, caramel-like jaggery. These coconut and gur bakes
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Jaggery Cake for Diwali: Ask anyone in an Indian home what they remember from winter, and many will mention the smell of gur. Warm, earthy, a little caramel-like. It sits in a steel box in the kitchen, and a small piece after lunch feels like a treat. This jaggery cake brings that same comfort into
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Rasgulla Cake Recipe: Every Diwali, there’s a box of rasgullas sitting in the fridge. Someone brought it as a gift, and after the first few, nobody quite knows what to do with the rest. Sound familiar? Here’s a fun idea: turn them into a cake. This rasgulla cake is soft, light and gently sweet, with
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Dry Fruit Fudge Brownies Recipe: Every Diwali, the gift boxes start piling up. Kaju katli, soan papdi, more kaju katli. They’re lovely, but sometimes you want something that feels different. That’s where these dry fruit fudge brownies come in. They’re dense, gooey and chocolatey, with crunchy bits of almonds, walnuts and cashews, and sweet little
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Masala Chai Cake Recipe : There’s a particular kind of evening during Diwali that I love. The diyas are lit, the house smells of incense and sweets, guests are still dropping by, and someone always says, “Chai bana do?” This cake is made for that moment. It tastes like a cup of masala chai in
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Ragi and Dates Cookies Recipe: Diwali is all about sweets, but let’s be honest: by the third day, many of us start feeling heavy, sluggish and a little guilty. What if you could enjoy a festive treat that tastes good and is also good for you? These ragi and dates cookies are exactly that. They
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3-Ingredient Diwali Cookies : Every Diwali, the same thing happens in my kitchen. I plan to make a long list of sweets, and by day two I’m tired, the kitchen is a mess, and there’s still a pile of work left. If that sounds like you, these cookies are for you. They need just three
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If you’ve ever cut into a chocolate cake at a restaurant and watched warm chocolate ooze out of the middle, you know exactly why choco lava cake is one of the most loved desserts in the world. The good news? You don’t need to be a professional baker to make it. This choco lava cake
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