Simple Pleasures

07/03/2021

07/02/2021

After many months of staying in, it feels great to be out. The weather is perfect. The day and month is right. If you have been looking for a good reason to come out, this could be it. Of course, safety is top priority. We will be exercising all the safety precautions while baking and follow all the social-distancing protocol at the bazaar too!

On our menu today:

- "Ugly Delicious" Vegan Wholewheat Zucchini Brownies

- Chocolate Chunk and Nut Speckled Blondies

- "Springtime" Strawberry Bundt with White Chocolate Ganache

- Banana Tahini Wholewheat Cake

- Carrot Tahini Muffins with Tahini Glaze

- "Glutenfree" Flourless Chocolate Cake

- Egg-free Croissants and Pain Au Chocolates

- Egg-free Flaky Strawberry and Chocolate Chunk Hand-pies

So put on that mask, pick up that bag and head to the Goodseeds First Sunday Bazaar today. From 11 am - 5 pm.

28/03/2020

Unable to get your hands on bread in this lockdown period? Bake your own bread. Here's a simple recipe to bake a basic white sandwich bread. Please watch the video and read the recipe thoroughly before you start to bake. In the recipe I have also given instructions to use Active Dry Yeast (What's typical available in super markets), shoot me any questions you might have and I will answer it as soon as I can. Share with me pictures of the bread you've baked and I would love to hear your baking stories. Get started with this and then you can graduate to whole-wheat and wholegrain breads!

RECIPE FOR THE EASIEST WAY TO BAKE SANDWICH BREAD Though this bread is out of fashion right now, it does make for the perfect sandwich bread. This bread woul...

08/03/2020

When you miss taking a call after a long day at the bazaar and then see this customer reaction on your vegan zucchini brownie to your phone 🙂! Need I say more!

01/03/2020

It's been a month already. Yes, February is a short month too :). We are ready for the GoodSeeds Sunday Bazaar with a set of special bakes, including a couple of tributes to strawberry. This of this as our farewell to the beautiful red one :)

Our menu for the day:

1. Whole wheat-Chia Tahini Banana Bread
2. Strawberry-Vanilla Cake
3. Vegan Zucchini Wholewheat Brownies
4. Shiny Crackle Topped Sea-salt Brownies
5. Egg-free Strawberry and Chocolate Chunk Hand Pies
6. Egg-free Croissants
7. Glutenfree Almond Chocolate Cake (aka Torta Caprese)
8. Orange Chiffon Cake with Mascarpone Frosting

Come and get some. At Saptaparni, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm, today.

02/02/2020

Spring is here. Well, at least as much as we get to experience it in Hyderabad. Filled with gratitude and celebrating this beautiful beginning, we have created a menu of some popular and some debutant bakes.

- Wholewheat Tahini Sesame Chia Seed Banana Bread
- Vegan Wholewheat Zucchini Brownies
- Dark Fudgy Brownies
- Croissants and Pain-Au-Chocolates (Eggfree)
- Strawberry Bundt Cake
- Glutenfree Hazelnut-Brown-butter Cake
- Eggfree Strawberry Handpies (Eggfree)

We are at Saptaparni, today, Feb 2, from 10 am to 2 pm.

05/01/2020

We missed the bazaar last month and were told by some of you that you missed us there! So here we are back again with the first bake sale of the year. Come meet at the Organic bazaar and pick up some fresh-baked goodies, made from mostly-organic ingredients, seasonal produce and cage-free desi eggs. We will be at the Bazaar at Saptaparni tomorrow (Sunday from 10 am - 2 pm, so come by! Here are some pictures to give you a sneak peak...more pictures to follow tomorrow...

03/11/2019

Morning people! Today, we have a delightful menu of vegan, gluten-free, refined-sugar-free and egg-free bakes, in addition to some classic fresh-baked goodies - all made from made from mostly-organic ingredients.

Here's the full menu:

- Nutty Sea Salt Brownies
- Eggfree Apple Pie (will be sliced and sold by slice)
- Gluten and Refined Sugar free Chocolate Quinoa Cake with Ganache Drizzle
- Orange and Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache Drizzle
- Vegan Banana Maple Muffins
- Berry Bundt Cake with Lime Glaze (photo taken before drizzling glaze)
- Eggfree Croissants and Pain Au Chocolates

At Saptaparni, GoodSeeds Bazaar, between 10 am and 2 pm.

02/11/2019

A Q&A I did recently for a Women's Group. Thoroughly enjoyed doing this. Thank you Sammy Sahni for such a warm introduction.

Bringing to you this week, a beautiful person and an amazing baker. I met her many years ago at the Organic Bazaar and it was like you find ‘someone from your own tribe.’ As authentic and true to t…

06/10/2019

It's festive time and a time for inclusion. Simple Pleasures brings you a lot of egg-free bakes, in addition to conventional goodies. Made with organic flours, organic sugar, cagefree eggs, cold-pressed coconut oil, there’s something for everyone.

On the menu for the day are:

1. Espresso-ChocolateChunk Cake - For Coffee Lovers
2. Kentucky Butter Cake
3. Glutenfree-Dairyfree-Refined-Sugarfree Chocolate Quinoa Cake made with Cold-pressed coconut oil, Coconut Milk, Quinoa, Cagefree Organic Eggs, Raw Cacao sweetened with coconut sugar - for the health freaks with a sweet tooth.
4. Vegan Zucchini Wholewheat Brownies
5. Eggfree Croissants
6. Eggfree Apple Pie

Come and taste them. At Saptaparni, Banjara Hills. From 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

01/09/2019

Wil we? Won't we? While the weather plays hide and seek with us, there are a few things we can control. Like how to bake delectable goodies!

Today, at Saptaparni, in the Good Seeds Bazaar, from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm, we present some old fare and some new. Made with mostly-organic ingredients, free-range desi eggs and seasonal fruits.

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- Chocolate-Espresso-Vanilla Marble Bundt
- Apple-Cranberry-Fennel-Malai Bundt
- Lamingtons (debuting today!)
- Eggfree Apple Slab Pie
- Eggfree Croissants
- Vegan Wholewheat Zucchini Brownies
- Glutenfree and Dairyfree Mandarin and Almond Cake

31/08/2019

The rain gods had their own plans for the organic bazaar last month, praying to them to let us have a bit of sunshine tomorrow because it's been a while. Yes, Simple Pleasures will be at the bazaar (rain-gods willing) from 10.30 am -2pm tomorrow morning at Saptaparni, Banjara Hills. On the menu this time are some old fare and some new. Made with mostly-organic ingredients, free-range desi eggs and seasonal fruits. We have a balanced fare of some old fare and some new. On the menu are:
- Chocolate-Espresso-Vanilla Marble Bundt
- Apple-Cranberry-Fennel-Malai Bundt
- Lamingtons (all new)
- Eggfree Apple Slab Pie
- Eggfree Croissants
- Vegan Wholewheat Zucchini Brownies
- Glutenfree and Dairyfree Mandarin and Almond Cake
Pictures to follow tomorrow morning.