January 8, 2008

"These are a few of my favourite things"-Chocolate round up and announcing new theme for JAN-08

                         "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
                           Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens
                           Brown paper packages tied up with strings
                           These are a few of my favourite things


                          Cream coloured ponies and crisp apple strudels
                          Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
                          Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
                          These are a few of my favourite things


                          Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
                          Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
                          Silver white winters that melt into springs
                          These are a few of my favourite things


                          When the dog bites
                          When the bee stings
                          When I'm feeling sad
                          I simply remember my favourite things
                          And then I don't feel so bad"

 

This lovely song from the movie-"Sound of music" totally sums up the mood of this event!, I would like to thank each one of you for the great entries and for making this a success!!, and... also looking forward to your participation every month.

The theme for this month is equally delightful and a favourite with all of us again!!!

                                         cakes and muffins logo

Yes!! It is all about that tucked-away lovely recipe of Cakes and muffins ,which should be brought out this month!, Bake, bake bake... click and post and send it to me at- bindiyasingh7@gmail.com with the subject line- My favourite things-Cakes and Muffins , before the 7th of February 08 alongwith a picture of the same and a link to this post.

Now for the round up of the previous month's favourite theme-Chocolate....

                                 walnut strudel-dhivya

                           A lovely walnut strudel from Dhivya, with chocolate!

                                truffles-tasty palettes

                            Suganya's divine Chocolate creme pots with truffles

                               truffles- arundati

                                 Home made chocolate truffles! from Arundati 

                                 persimmon cake-mansi desai

                          Delicious Persimmon spice Cake baked to perfection by Mansi

                                 Truffles2-the budding cook

                                      TBC's great Chocolate balsamic truffles

                                  moms delight-nagalakshmi

                         What could be better than Mom's delight by Nagalakshmi

                                   mocha choc pots-jugalbandi

               Sinful Mocha chocolate pots by who other than Jai and Bee of Jugalbandi

                                  hot chocolate-bharathy

                                     Bharathy's lovely Mexican hot chocolate

                                 home made choc-aparna

                                  Delicious Home made chocolates! by Aparna 

                                 ChocSformato-siri

                           Superb Chocolate Sformato with amaretto whip by Siri

                                fruit and nut squares- namrata

                                    Namrata's to die for Fruit and Nut squares

                                cupcakes-passionate about baking

                            Super duper Chocolate orange cupcakes from Deeba

                                cookies -sunitabhuyan

                                             Divine Cookies by Sunita 

                              chocs and cinnamon-rachel

                          Unusual Chocolates and cinnamon crunchers by Rachel 

                              chocolates-srivalli

                                   Collection of favourite chocolates by Srivalli 

                               valli -chocolate tspiced pudding

                                        Valli's beautiful Chocolate pudding

                                 chocolate soup-happy cook

                                      Slurp!  Chocolate soup by Happy cook 

                                 choc orange muffins-rajitha

                            Mouthwatering! Chocolate orange muffins by Rajitha 

                                 choc coated nuts- easycrafts

                                  Beautiful Chocolate coated nuts by easycrafts 

                                cappuccino_heart- zlamushka

                                  Pretty Cappucino hearts by pretty Zlamushka 

                                  cadburys choc -archana

                                         Cute Cadbury's chocolates by Archana 

                                 brownie cookies -asha

                                      Sweetiepie Asha's yummy brownie cookies

                                    almond chocolate-kajal

                                           Kajal's delicious almond chocolates

                                 5 star meera

                                Meera's favourite Five Star chocolate- mine too!!

                                 varada-chocolate fondue

                                     Varada's simply divine chocolate fondue

                                johanna-fudge sauce with fruit

                                    Johanna's sinful fudge sauce with fruit 

                               choc cinnamon cakes-bindiya

                                    Chocolate cinnamon cakes-my entry

                               choc-bindiya

                                         Selection of chocolates -my entry 

                                 Renuka-chocolate barfi

                                     Renuka's delightful Chocolate malai barfi

This roundup is enough for even diehard chocoholics like me to start salivating and, dear ravenous (after seeing this roundup!) reader- hope you had a great chocolatey New year ,coz I sure did!!!

Do check out all these delicious chocolate delights (just click on the picture or name to take you to the complete recipe)

Chao! till next round up!!!

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36 comments:

  1. SrivalliJanuary 8, 2008 at 6:12 PM

    ehmm...fantastic collection of chocos...great bindiya...

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  2. FinlaJanuary 8, 2008 at 6:18 PM

    Congragulation with the round up of your first theme.
    Now i know were to come if i need a chocolate recipe :-)
    Will surley send you for the new theme.

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  3. IdeasmoneyJanuary 8, 2008 at 6:25 PM

    Lovely collection of all kinds of chocolates...

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  4. RachelJanuary 8, 2008 at 6:59 PM

    Slurp! Slurp! Slurp!

    And i baked a cake today and I shall send it to this event!!!

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  5. FHJanuary 8, 2008 at 7:10 PM

    Great collection Bindiya. I have decided not bake anything sweet for another 6 weeks atleast after all the sweets I have been eating!:D
    Will try to bring myself to bake something, no promises!:)

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  6. FHJanuary 8, 2008 at 7:14 PM

    Guess what? I just thought of it, I already have one cake for ya at FH, will send it!:)

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  7. beeJanuary 8, 2008 at 7:43 PM

    thanks for the roundup. wish you a happy new year.

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  8. RajithaJanuary 8, 2008 at 7:48 PM

    sitting absolutely bored and mad..and these entries make me salivate and the prospect of making these at home happy!..great round-up bindiya...thnks for hosting :)

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  9. TBCJanuary 8, 2008 at 8:06 PM

    You've done a great job hosting, Bindiya! Beautiful collection!

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  10. PadmaJanuary 8, 2008 at 8:12 PM

    Wonderful round up, but I am sad that I could not pitch in :(

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  11. SiriJanuary 8, 2008 at 8:15 PM

    Nice collection of chocy posts Bindiya... great job!

    ~ Siri

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  12. Aparna BalasubramanianJanuary 8, 2008 at 9:50 PM

    Chocolate rules!!!
    Going by the fact that chocolate is a mood booster, we are one happy lot.:)

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  13. ArchyJanuary 8, 2008 at 10:21 PM

    Yummy..!! Wonderfull round up..!!
    New theme.. will surley send u for d new theme.. !!

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  14. ShellaJanuary 8, 2008 at 10:22 PM

    Chocolate chocolate everywhere - Lovely recipes will go thru each one. I wish I knew that I could send in an already posted recipe. I would have sent the chocolate recipe. Thanks for the roundup.

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  15. zlamushkaJanuary 9, 2008 at 12:04 AM

    Wow, what a feast. I put on ten pounds already ;-) Thanx for letting me participate. It was fun, lets see what next month brings ...

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  16. NamrathaJanuary 9, 2008 at 12:15 AM

    Lovely round up Bindiya, and that's my fav song from the Sound of Music:) I'm on a sugar high now after looking at all these dishes...phew! Nice theme for the next one, I posted a cake only yday...if I don't bake another will send that one in...:)

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  17. SuganyaJanuary 9, 2008 at 12:44 AM

    Great roundup, Bindiya. Have a great year ahead.

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  18. MansiJanuary 9, 2008 at 1:11 AM

    That's like a powerhouse of chocolate!!! great job Bindiya:) and what a coincidence, I posted a muffin reicpe on my blog today:) so I'm all set for your next roundup...hehehe!

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  19. vimmiJanuary 9, 2008 at 1:15 AM

    what a lovely ound up Bindiya. Choc is everyone's favorite,

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  20. sunitaJanuary 9, 2008 at 1:28 AM

    Bindiya,that's a lovely roundup...thanks.

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  21. Johanna GGGJanuary 9, 2008 at 2:22 AM

    divine - I wish I could just go and taste each one - but you would probably have to carry me home because I'd be too full to walk! Thanks for hosting this delicious event!

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  22. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2008 at 4:48 AM

    Lots of yummy chocolate treats! Happy New Year, Bindiya :)

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  23. MeeraJanuary 9, 2008 at 5:21 AM

    Beautiful round-up, Bindiya! Now I am humming "These are a few of my favorite things......" :-) Count me in for the cake/muffin event too.

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  24. LaavanyaJanuary 9, 2008 at 6:41 PM

    I loved 5 star too growing up and double decker too! :) This is an awesome round-up for chocolate bindiya.

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  25. SeenaJanuary 9, 2008 at 11:17 PM

    Hi Bind,
    Though I hate chocolate, Love to see the lovely pictures of this round up!
    Great..:)

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  26. Deeba PABJanuary 10, 2008 at 6:59 AM

    FAB round up Bindiya...what a collection!!!

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  27. KajalJanuary 10, 2008 at 7:59 AM

    Yummy yummy chococlate!!!!

    No one resist this all. Great work my dear.

    Good Day.:)

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  28. SagariJanuary 10, 2008 at 10:29 AM

    wonderful roundup bindya everything looks so tempting

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  29. DKJanuary 11, 2008 at 4:18 AM

    that was a wonderful round up! luking fwd to the next one :)

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  30. ManjuJanuary 11, 2008 at 4:34 AM

    this is absolutely fantabulous...lovely round up!!! let me see if i can send in something for cakes n muffins.. :)

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  31. BharathyJanuary 11, 2008 at 7:11 PM

    Am I a little late :)??

    Love the round up..as sweet as you and the chocolates ! :)
    Cute!!!

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  32. BharathyJanuary 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM

    ...and girl!!!..Can I send over the muffins to you which I posted day before??..Very coincidental!!

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  33. renukaJanuary 17, 2008 at 10:57 PM

    A great round-up Bindiya thanks for including me

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  34. ServesYouRightJanuary 23, 2008 at 9:57 PM

    Wonderful theme and VERY nice job organizing! I am so bummed that I didn't send you an entry :-) Will surely come back to this post often.

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  35. SiriJanuary 25, 2008 at 3:56 AM

    Hey Bindiya,

    Hope u are doing good gurl..

    Below is the link for all the ongoing events in the blogosphere. I added urs too..

    www.events-n-roundups.blogspot.com/

    Have fun..

    ~ Siri

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  36. CarnationFebruary 1, 2008 at 3:50 PM

    hi...congrats dear on the round-up of ur first theme...indeed very temptin roundup... :))

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