Tag: Nigerian desserts

Cakes

Layered Dessert: Zobo & Lime Cheesecake

This cheesecake combines zobo jelly with lime cream and crushed ginger cookies. It is a rendition of a blackberry and lime cheesecake I made a few years ago which had me smitten. One thing I’ve learnt in the process of making jellies and things with gelatin is the importance of testing. A great lesson taught […]

Nigerian Cuisine, Recipes

Agbalumo Posset

Lool, if you are tired of me and my Agbalumo experiments, imma have to ask you to step aside for a minute or two because there’s more. I’ve been wanting to make this posset since I first realised how acidic Agbalumo was. How it curdled milk. Yep, this has been in my plan for a year […]

Recipes

Seven (7) Desserts for Ramadan

Posset, Panna Cotta, Verrine, Kunnu Aya Pudding, Fruit Salad, and on and on and on. If you have a sweet tooth and desire quick and light desserts during Ramadan, here are a few ideas. They all involve some milk/ cream, fruit and citrus.  Orange Panna Cotta Citrus, cream, heaven. And yes, with directions for using […]

Nigerian Cuisine, Recipes

Mango Yogurt Parfait

Because mango puree, yogurt and granola make an awesome trio. I experimented in two ways: Take one – I layered the elements starting with the mango puree, then unsweetened yogurt and topped with the granola Take two – I stirred the yogurt into the mango puree and topped with granola Preferred? Take one. Because it […]