#LBBPicks: Get Festive With Modak And Gajar Halwa Cupcakes This Year

This Ganesh Chaturthi gorge on these unique mithai cupcakes that combine Indian festivities with Western sugar highs perfectly.

Steamed or fried modaks {essentially made using flour, coconut and jaggery} have had variants such as chocolate, pistachio, nutella, coffee and so on.  But now, for the very first time, we’re told that Star Anise Patisserie will have modak cupcakes- the best way to recreate a combination of mithai and modern desserts. These cupcakes are topped with coconut cream and jaggery, whereas the filling is freshly grated coconut cooked with jaggery and brown sugar {delicious, we say}.

There will also be other flavours such as gajar halwa cupcake {with orange jelly and vanilla frosting and star anise pod}, banana caramel chocolate cupcake {with chai masala, caramel sauce and butterscotch frosting}, and pineapple cupcake {with bay leaf, pepper and vanilla frosting}.

Priced at INR 550 for a box of 10, we’re told these cupcakes are available only during the festive season, and the patisserie is kind enough to even home deliver them {the delivery areas are Bandra, BKC, Khar, Vile Parle, Santacruz, Kurla West, Ghatkopar, Chembur and Andheri}.

This year, give a shot to your traditional mithai with a twist and add another element of fun to all the festive madness.