Almond Snowball Cookies

          Snowball Cookies, also known as Russian Tea Cakes or Italian Wedding Cookies, these have been on my do list for a long time, somehow I bake more breads and cakes than cookies, so it got missed out every time and I have always thought it to be a difficult recipe too. But when I saw how simple this Almond Snowball Cookies was, I decided to make it the same day, just in time for this Christmas. As the name suggests, these cookies have some almond meal ( almond powder, either store bought or homemade ) along with the all purpose flour/maida. This gives such a nice texture and taste to these cookies, they just melt in the mouth. The lemon zest added gives the most delicious flavor to these cookies and we just loved them..

Eggless Cherry Cupcakes

          When I had bought this box of cherries ( the dark ones ), I had tried out two baked dishes with it, the Cherry Clafoutis and these Cherry Cupcakes and the remaining, were very good to eat as such. I saw this recipe here for Cherry Cake and I have made an eggless version with it. This recipe uses both plain flour and almond meal for making the cake and since I had almond meal with me, I did the same and this is the first time I used it in baking. The cakes turned out really good, you can taste the almond meal in the cakes, and if you can't find cherries, you can use other berries in its place..