Z for Zebra Cake!

I am a relatively new cook and surfing food blogs has become my latest pass time. There are so many ideas out there.. it mind boggling!! During this blog cruising, I came along Passionate About Baking. Its one helluva blog, I have to say. More than the content, the pictures pop out straight away. There is a lot I need to learn about food photography. And the cakes... ooooooh cakes Deeba makes. Hey that rhymes!! It makes you want to eat them right from the pictures. She is an awesome photographer ( I would be blind to say otherwise ) and a great baker. There are some more recipes there that I am definitely going to try like Roasted Garlic Focaccia and  Kathci Biryani


Anyways, I was looking around for some simple yet different cake to bake for my husband's birthday. Google.....links......and blogs later, I came upon this zebra cake. Its a regular cake, just different looking! Perfect for S.... he likes the old fashioned home baked cakes. And the stripes would definitely interest my kids.

LocknLock ceramic cookware and Pizza... awesomeness with a pop of color!!!

 Its time...to test second set of items from lock and  lock. It is ceramic pan's turn this time. I received a 7 cup 

Cookplus Ceramic Sauce Pan and 10.2 inch Cookplus Ceramic Frying Pan.

The better part,  it has non-toxic, eco-friendly coating (ZERO PFOA i.e PFOA is  not included  in manufacturing process of coating liquid). I can see the question marks and head scratching... well almost. PFOA is a man made material thats used to bond non-stick coating to utensils. This can get harmful when the coating starts peeling off and is absorbed in the food from the cookware. Read more about it here.  Now the best part, it's yellow!!!! It brings a pop of color in the kitchen, amongst boring black nonstick and shiny stainless steel cookware. More colors for ceramic cookwares are available on LocknLock website.

When I received them, I immediately had to use them. It was pizza night... so they were perfect for making sauce and topping for the pizza. And they were...easily sauted mushroom and chicken without having to worry all the time that it would stick.

Lock n Lock knife...Watch out!!

Lock Knives are most important tool in  any kitchen, in my opinion. If its not sharp, it easily makes a cook's life miserable. And I was on my way there!  I was looking to replace my current knives, but no ways was ready to spend a fortune on it. Lock n Lock every weekday has some items on huge discounts during its Happy Hour Sales Event. And these knives were on  it last week for $9.99. I promptly ordered 2 sets and they were delivered y'day.