Between faithful classics and new innovations, here are some offbeat flavour combinations that taste heavenly as desserts.
One of the great satisfactions of discovering more about flavour combinations is the confidence it gives you to strike out on your own. Understanding how flavours work together is like learning a language, it allows yourslef to express yourself freely and gives you the freedom to improvise. One book to help with this is ‘The Flavour Thesaurus’ by Niki Segnit.
1. Coffee & Cardamom
Subtle and exotic flavour of cardamom compliments the rich, beautiful and bold coffee, giving you a mind blowing combination. Strong coffee flavored with cardamom is popular in Turkey and other parts of the Middle East. One method for making it is to simply drop whole cardamom pods into small cups of thick, rich coffee, and the other is to actually brew the coffee and cardamom together.
Coffee Cardamom Chiffon Cakes
Pillowy soft, moist, fluffy and decadent chiffon cakes with a unique middle eastern flavour combination. A bite of these mini Coffee Cardamom Chiffon Cakes transports you to the middle east.
2. Passion fruit & Pineapple
A tropical wonder. Sweet and tart exotic passionfruit with delicious, slightly tart passion fruit. These tropical flavours go amazingly well together with bursting freshness.
Passion Fruit Cheesecake With Caramelized Rum Pineapple
A tropical dessert with sweet and tart flavour of passion fruit and pineapple with a dash of rum. This exotic passion fruit cheesecake is velvety and lusciously creamy.
3. Earl Grey Tea & Pomegranate
Earl Grey is a black tea base that is flavoured with the addition of oil of bergamot orange. A citrus fruit that is somewhat of a cross in flavor and appearance between an orange, a lemon and a lime, I guess. The rind’s fragrant oil is added to black tea to give Earl Grey its unique taste. Scented earl grey bergamot tea pairs wonderfully with sour, sweet, earthy pomegranate.
Earl Grey Cupcakes With Pomegranate Buttercream
Delicious and moist cupcakes infused with earl grey tea leaves and topped with creamy & tangy pomegranate buttercream. These Earl Grey Cupcakes with Pomegranate Buttercream are perfect for a tea lover!
4. Dates & Coffee
A typical Middle-eastern culture to serve aromatic black coffee with dates. Sweet dates compliment rich and bitter coffee flavour.
Coffee Date Cake
Sweet dates complimented by bitter coffee and topped with bittersweet chocolate. This Coffee Date cake is made with a combination of divine flavours..
5. Rose & Lemon
Delicate rose and sharp lemon together provide a beautiful contrast for your taste buds. Floral and citrus, so refreshing.
Rose Lemon Shortbread Cookies
A tropical dessert with sweet and tart flavour of Heart shaped cookies for the season of love. A refreshing blend of rose and lemon that is fragrant without being overly sweet. These Rose Lemon Shortbread cookies will surely be a winner this season.
6. Chilli & Chocolate
Chilli and chocolate is a WOW flavour combination to be made around the world. The sweet, fruity and spicy nodes of chilli combine well with bitter chocolate. The fattiness of chocolate offset some of the chilli heat too.
Chilli Chocolate Cupcakes
Chilli and Chocolate, one of the ‘WOW’ flavour pairings to have made its way around the world. Rich bitter chocolate offsets the heat of chilli making it a delicious combination. These Chilli Chocolate cupcakes are ultra moist and rich, with a hint of spicy.
7. Turmeric & Cream
Warm and earthy turmeric is an integral part of Indian Cooking. Bitter turmeric complimented by sweet milk/cream.
Turmeric Cream Filled Eggless Doughnuts
Soft pillowy doughnuts filled with creamy TURMERIC pastry cream. These turmeric cream filled eggless Doughnuts are like a dreamy turmeric latte inside a doughnut! YUM!.
8. Berries & Coconut
Fruity, milky and sweet coconut with sweet, tart and citrus berries make a delicious combination. Creamy coconut blends in deliciously well with sweet and tart berries..
Jam Coconut Cupcakes
A winning flavor combination of berries and coconut – these Jam Coconut Cupcakes are coconut cakes filled with berry jam and then topped with a smooth and creamy coconut buttercream.
9. Beetroot & Chocolate
Bright, sweet and earthy beetroot combined with rich dark chocolate. The flavour of chocolate overcomes the beetroot flavour, just leaving its earthy tones.
Vegan Beetroot Brownies with Chocolate Ganache
Light yet fudgy, moist and intensely chocolaty on the inside, these Vegan Beetroot brownies are topped with dark chocolate Ganache and filled with the goodness of beetroot.
10. Kashmiri Kahwa
Kahwa is a fragrant and mild exotic mix of Kashmiri green tea leaves, whole spices- essentially cardamom & cinnamom, nuts – almonds, rose petals and saffron. It is originally from the Kashmiri cuisine. A warming tea and always had hot. Using whole spices and saffron makes Kashmiri Kahwa warming for the body which suits the cold climate of Kashmir. The aromatic and warm spices blend amazingly well in a butter cake.
Kashmiri Kahwa Bundt Cake
Flavours of kashmiri Kahwa in a cake! A soothing and calming combination of favours in a deliciously moist butter cake. This kashmiri kahwa bundt cake is a crowd pleaser.
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