Alby's CravingsI am a Ghanaian who likes experimenting with food
It is a no bake snack in Ghana that is very easy to do. It’s similar to make nkati cake (Peanut brittle) A friend asked if I could do it and I said yes even though I had never done it before. My first attempt at it was fascinating, I used store bought coconut flakes […]
Nanaimo Bar is a Canadian dessert named after the city Nanaimo, British Columbia. It is a no bake bar made with three layers of pure goodness. You get a chocolatey, biscuit-coconut base, a sweet cream filling, and a top layer of rich semi-sweet chocolate. This is my first time making and eating Nanaimo bars and […]
Achomo is a deep fried snack that is very popular in West Africa. It tastes like fried cookie and donuts at the same time; depending on how you cut it. It’s a popular snack in Ghana, Nigeria and parts of West Africa. In Nigeria it’s called Chinchin. I craved achomo for a long time but […]
A cupcake is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup. Just like larger cakes, icing and other cake decorations such as fruit and candy may be applied. For a whole week, I decided to bake cupcakes for the first time and it […]
For a while now, I’ve been making a lot of cookies and cake but I realized that I need to make an accompaniment for it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s amazing on its own but it needed extra “joush”. So I was looking online and I wasn’t really getting any recipes that are easily accessible […]
Chocolate cake is a cake flavored with melted chocolate, cocoa powder or both. Chocolate Milk turned Chocolate Cake So in my attempt to make chocolate milk, I ended up with chocolate cake. It’s a funny story of adding too much chocolate syrup in my chocolate milk and then deciding to turn it into cake. So […]
Smoothies are pureed fruits and vegetables sometimes made with dairy products. Since smoothies are made up of fruits and vegetables, there are endless opportunities for variations. For a long time, I have struggled with incorporating fruits and vegetables in my meals. I tried eating fruits and vegetables for a whole week and that is when […]
Sobolo has been the craze in Ghana for the past couple of years and I remember the first time I drank it, it was very spicy so I stayed away from it for a number of years. Then recently I was looking for variety of teas on the internet because I was tired of drinking […]
Simple syrup is arguably one of the easiest thing to do in the world. It’s simple, straightforward and there’s no way you can go wrong with it. Trying to make cold drinks, hot drinks or cocktails, simple syrup is your best friend. Do you remember the first time you tried to do a cocktail? You […]
Alby's Cravings 