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Posted: April 8, 2007 by Deeba @ PAB |Filed Under: About me | contact me | email deeba | vindee | 49 Comments 
n this is exactly what happened to us..
Cheers,
Nachiketa
The Variable
it’s yummy. i mean your site. am always in in search of new writers for my monthly magazine. would u be interested?
hiren
I stumbled on your beautiful blog when I did a search for Ramgarh cottages. Your pages are gorgeous, your food looks divine. Lucky kids! Could you please tell me the name of the Cottage you stayed at? I am headed that way soon.
Hi there Catface. Can you mail me at vindee@airtelmail.in as I donot have any address to mail you back at? Will forward you the details. The bungalow is an ITC heritage property Taradale Cottage, owned by a retired Army brigadier. I am in touch with him too. Cheers
Hey Deeba!!
Like most others I landed on your site accidently.. It was landing on moon to me. I love baking. I have realized this fact only recently. I want to explore my new passion to the fullest. Thank you for your blog. It is awesome.
I was just wondering what was the first recipe you baked??
Best wishes!!
Naina
very nice blog and design, come by my site and get in on the cupcake holder giveaway and check out my new book,pam
Hello Deeba –
Landed on your site through another blog – it was like eureka!! I am so glad to find you. I love it…Love the layout, creative photographs, great writing, beautiful and appropriate quotes. You are definitely very passionate and dedicated to your site. Being a novice photographer, I appreciate the great photographs…
I am looking forward to trying some of your recipes… top on the list is your version of mascarpone Cheese.
Will visit again soon.
Keep up the great work.
-Cook in PA
Dear Deeba,
Passionate About Baking really caught my eye because I look forward to your daily blog posts and am eager to try all of your mouth watering baked goods. I'm writing from beso.com, a property owned by Scripps Networks (who operates HGTV and The Food Network) to share with you news about a new contest we're running, which your readers might want to learn about and enter.
Last week, Beso.com launched the Summer Sweets Recipe contest, hosted by our style director, Emily Schuman, the award-winning blogger behind CupcakesandCashmere.com. Readers are invited to enter by submitting the recipe for their favorite sweet treat for summer. Ms. Schuman will select the winner, who will receive a KitchenAid Mixer and be featured on our site over the summer.
In our last contest, Ms. Schuman selected six winners, each of whom received a pair of Hunter Boots in their favorite color. We received over 1800 entries in 3 weeks. We believe the KitchenAid giveaway is the kind of event that will get your readers excited about baking for the summer, and spur conversation.
We'd be delighted if you shared this news with your readers.
http://www.beso.com/style-director-contest/bake-up-summer-sweets
Thanks, and I would love to hear your thoughts. Please email me at whatsyourbeso@gmail.com.
Dana
Beso.com
Deeba!!
I was just going thru this month's edition of MOEMENTS and I saw your name in there!
Wow… you must be so proud to have featured in the magazine; even I feel honored reading your name, thinking that I know this person! :d
All the best for you!
Regards,
~Sania
HAI DEEBA,
I AM PRIYA WORKING AND SETTLED IN BAHRAIN. IM INTERESTED IN COOKING AND BAKING.. I USED TO PREPARE CAKES BUT THE IDEA OF DECORATING CAKES STRUCK ME AFTER SEEING UR BLOG. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO GET THE DECORATING TIPS FROM UR BLOG AND MY FIRST DECORATED CAKE WAS THE PINEAPPLE CREAM CAKE.. I WILL POST U SOME PHOTOS SOON.. I ALSO TRIED OUT THE MARBLE CAKE AND IT WAS JUST AWESOME… THANK U VERY MUCH ONCE AGAIN.. AND DO KEEP IN TOUCH.. I ALWAYS DROP BY UR BLOG FREQUENTLY SINCE ITS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME….
Hi deeba,
Just went through ur recipes and ur blog is awesome ! with commendable pics ! its my pleasure to follow you and get nice recipes from u
Your site loads very slowly, try to see if you can make it load any faster. Other than that, nice site!
Hi,
Nice site, but loads slowly. Also, there is scope for improving the layout and navigation. Have you considered using a blogging template? For example, look at this baking blog by a "stay-at-home-mom" in Singapore. Loads fast and easy to find info. See: http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com/.
One thing that I would like to get more information on is the type of flours that we get in India. There are a lot of recipes that we see on the Net, but the ingredients might not be available in India. For example, what's the Hindi translation of "all purpose flour" or "plain flour" or "wheat flour". Would love to get some info on the flours and other ingredients available in India.
Thanks for a good site and sharing the recipes. Cheers!
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Thank you,
Warm regards,
Mita
Hi Deeba, great blog full of wonderful recipes and lovely pictures! I stumbled across this when I was looking for a recipe for chocolate pound cake. I just made your chocolate buttermilk pound cake and it was devoured in 10 mins flat
Now I’m going to make another one that will hopefully last longer and can be shared with family and friends. I love your blog because, like me, you have to work with ingredients available in India. So I am assured of a recipe that I won’t have to move away from for lack of ingredients (can’t tell you how many times that has happened and it simply breaks my heart!). Keep posting and good luck with your move to WP.
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Donna, can you mail me at vindee@airtelmail.in? Thanks
Hi Deeba,
Happened accross your blog while surfing. Wondering how i missed it earlier. What a LOVELY blog! Beautiful pictures! Look forward to reading more. Will definitely be back!
Rushina
.-= Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal´s last blog ..My Cook-shelf =-.
dear deeba,
i stumbled upon you website thru your article in toi on nameless streets. good one.
i am new to delhi, can you help me in finding confectionery and bakery products viz. choco chips, gms, chocolate bars, crush, baking powders, caramel, cherries etc.
landed at your site …. through some blog…. lovely blog n lovely layout n the photographs. n….. it goes on…
Hi,I came across your site while surfing for some frozen cakes.Actually,I am planning to open an exlusive frozen stuff retail outlet.Can you help me in finding confectionery and bakery products viz. frozen cakes,choco chips, etc.Please help me in finding out some exclusive sources.
Hi
I stumbled across your website looking for baking ingredients retailers in kolkata.
I moved here to India (Kolkata) 5years back from South Africa, i am too passionate about baking and do so almost once a week as my entire family has a sweet tooth.
I however am sometimes very discouraged and dissapointed at the non availability of baking ingredients and utensils in kolkata. A simple thing as dry yeast is so hard to get in the normal food bazaar, spencer and also the local modis
I am wondering if you could assist me in finding a retail outlet that has everything.
Please help
whenever i tried to open up recipes from the sites it doesn’t open up. It says server cannot be found or Page not found.
Hi Neetu,
Sorry you are having trouble with the links. I recently cut over from blogger to Word Press and a few links have got corrupted. Was there something particular you were looking for?
Hi Deeba,
First of all, congrats for this blog. We all agree that managing a home and taking time off for blog is one tremendous effort!! Kudos for that !!!
I have just one query and it would be indebted to u for life if u answer me.
Background: I am a new entrant in baking world and recently “attempted” to bake simple chocolate cake. I followed all instructions to the T but the cake looked like burnt toast. Flat and burnt. I tried various celeb recipes but all failed. All were similar recipes “preheat and bake using convection”,
However, once i read a microwave recipe and followed it, as a miracle, the cake turned out to be eatable.
Query: I saw that even ur recipes are the “pre-heat” ones. Is there any trick involved in using this convection oven? I use the LG Convetion Oven and it works well except when i bake a cake. Can your recipes be used for a cake using microwave???
Thanks
and praying for a response 
Hi Deeba,
I have been following your website for about a year now and I love it!
I wanted to let you know how much you have inspired me in my baking as I love baking cakes.
I wish you all the best and will always refer to your blog for guidance as well.
Happy New Year!
Hello Deeba ji
Few weeks back i saw ur website and i found it very interesting..I must say you have a great sense of cooking.I spend one hour daily on ur blog too learn new recipes.I m facing lot of problems as i m new to baking.I will be really thankful if u answer my queries.I want to know At which temperature should i bake my cakes so that they come out perfect.Everytime i bake my cake remains raw from inside despite baking for 2 hours.
I have a round electric oven and i made garam masala cake.I replacedthe eggs with mixture of milk and curd.to 230 gms of flour,230 gms of unsalted butter and 210 gms of sugar i added a glass of milk+curd and i baked at 150 celsius more little more thn two hours and 15 mins of preheating.even then the cake came out real heavy and not spongy.it seemes it was uncooked so i kept it in the refrigerator and the next day it became very hard.Plz tell me where did i go wrong so as to improve my baking and plz also tell me where can i find vanilla pods or vanilla sticks and lavender used in cakes in delhi?waiting for ur rply
Thanx a ton in advance
Regards
Ashima
Hello!
I came across your page a few times and I love love love your blog!! and I love how you so passionate with your baking. Everything looks amazing!!!!!!
Dear Deeba,
I love your blog especially the photographs.
I live in Gurgaon as well and was curious to know after reading about the bagels where you got the vital wheat gluten from.
I really want to try out the recipe.
Regards,
Sulagna
Deeba,
Greetings from the USA, I love your blog.
Danny Klecko
Hi Deeba,
Was wondering if you could help me locate a baking store in Delhi Noida or Gurgaon wher i can find Baking / Parchment paper. Marzipan, and otehr baking good.
Thanks
Hi Deeba,
I am Yazzy! I stumbled upon your food blog and I should say, I am inspired! I just love it.
I am new to baking and I am just enjoying every moment of it. I tried making your Joconde Imprime, with slight tweaking and it was just delicious! I have added this to my blog (www.demiurgicambrosia.blogspot.com). Please let me know your comments
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Yazzy.
hi , accidentally came across your website .
was a pleasure going through the pages .
great reading . just started blogging recently .
do visti my blog http://icancook-ucancook2.blogspot.com/
if time permits
http://icancook-ucancook2.blogspot.com/´s last [type] ..NO Tomato Chicken Curry!
Hey Deeba
Have been an avid reader of your recipies for over an year now and have tried quite a few ones sucessfully. You are an excellent photographer and I have yet to see a food blog with more vibrant colors and write up equally spread over intelligence, Wit and mouth watering description. Your Old Delhi coverage actually showed your love for the city(and not shame unlike many others wud have). Love every bit of your site.
I would be moving to Gurgaon in 3 mnths and hope to see the real person someday
I would request some information in procuring- Graham Crackers in Delhi/Gurgaon. We had one of the yummiest “Chocolate Chip Paradise pie” at Chilis this weekend and my hubby has dared me to make that alike. Please let me know if you would know could I get Graham crackers.
See this link: http://www.food.com/recipe/chilis-chocolate-chip-paradise-pie-157601
Love
Sarvjeet
(Sarvjeetkaur@gmail.com)
Hi Deeba,
A dear friend told me about your blog and have been hooked onto it since then. Tried many of your recipes, they’re all great and simple to follow. I love the pictures as well, great site and look forward to more of your yummy posts!
Cheers Shalini
Hi Deeba..
Wow.. Ur Blog is pretty delicious… Me being newbie at Baking is pretty excited to do more just by looking at your pictures…
Kudos Deeba.. U make cooking an Art rather than a chore.. New Gen shud be grateful..
Cheers..
Hi Deeba..
Your Blog is soo awesum and Delicious too… I am a newbie at Baking and your blog encourages me to do more..
Kudos Deeba for making Cooking an Art rather than a Chore… New Gen shud be grateful to you…
(Have lots of doubts in Baking..I would be happy to learn the tricks from You)
Cheers..
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Regards,
Garima
Mailed you Garima.
Hello Deeba, Happy to connect with you on twitter. And we will be doubly happy to see you connect back with us on twitter. And then i believe the true relationship will start between you and Gourmise.
We have our figures crossed!!
Love from
@gourmise
Hi Deeba,
I am a big time fan of your pineapple fresh cream cake. I made it several times. but didnt note down the recipe even once. Now Iam not able to find it your blog or from recipe index.I think its some technical problems. Could you please try to restore that page ..
I heard from couple of other friends also that they were not able to get that recipe
Happy New Year to you.
Hi Deeba,
I am a big time fan of your pineapple fresh cream cake. I made it several times. but didnt note down the recipe even once. Now Iam not able to find it your blog or from recipe index.I think its some technical problems. Could you please try to restore that page ..
I heard from couple of other friends also that they were not able to get that recipe
Happy New Year to you.
Hi Sumi,
Thank you for taking time to leave a comment. Sorry you can’t find the link. Is it this one?
http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/2007/10/a-pineapple-n-cream-cake-the-makings-of-it.html
There is a cross link on this post to the basic sponge {http://passionateaboutbaking.blogspot.com/2007/09/pineapple-n-cream-sponge-caketotally.html}
Hope this helps. Happy 2012 to you too!!
Hi Deeba, was a pleasure to meet you today. Loving your site. There are amazing write-ups to explore. Keep up the good work. Cheers!
Loved your blog, Deeba. It was a pleasure to meet you today. Keep in touch. Cheers!
Pawan Soni´s last [type] ..Pasta Times @ Delmonte Corporate Office, Gurgaon
Dear Deeba,
I’m not too sure about delhi but its strawberry season in Mumbai !!! and just looking at them makes me so happy
the quick strawberry recipe sounds was something I really wanted to try but the link to the recipe for mascarpone cheese is missing could you please send it to me ?
love
a
Hi Anisha. Sorry that link didn’t work. Here it is…
http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/2009/08/foodbuzz-24-24-24-say-cheese-its-homemade.html
It’s strawberry season here too, and I just can’t get enough of them!
Hi Deeba, I just came across your website and found out that you are in Gurgaon. I am in Gurgaon too and was wondering if you conduct baking classes too? If you do, please share the details.
I have been looking for a good baking class as I dont understand even the basics of baking and i want to learn it all. Hoping to hear from you. Thanks, Archana
do you take classes teach how to fine skills of baking