Monday 18 February 2013

Eggless white forest cake

Eggless white forest cake 







As a variation from black forest cake i wanted to try white forest cake using white chocolate .The cake came out well but as usual the fresh cream was again a disaster for me but some how i managed to decorate the cake. 

Ingrediants


All purpose flour 1 cup
Butter 1/4th cup
Condensed milk ½ can or 200 ml
salt a pinch
Baking powder ½ tsp
Baking soda ½ tsp
Vanilla extract 1-2 tsp
Cocoa cola
100-150ml                                


 Sugar syrup 


sugar
½ cup
Water
½ cup

 Icing


Fresh cream
200ml
Sugar
4tbs
 

Method
  1. Firstly finely sieve all purpose flour,salt,baking soda,baking powder and a pinch of salt.
  2. In a bowl whisk butter in room temperature and milkmaid  until smooth and fluffy,then add vanilla extract.
  3. To that butter and milkmaid mixture alternatively add sifted flour and lehar soda one by one and slowly whisk .
  4.  Take a baking tray and grease it with butter and dust it with little flour.
  5.  Pour the batter in the greased tray and bake for 30 to 35 mts depending on your microwave and also on your electric voltage condition.
  6. After 35 mts transfer the cake from your tray to a wired rack and let it completely cool down.
  7. When the cake is completely cooled we can start with the icing.
  8. Before we start icing keep the fresh cream, bowl and whisk in the fridge for atleast 2 hour.
  9. Then after 2 hours whisk the fresh cream with sugar and vanilla extract untill soft peaks.
  10. For sugar syrup take a pan add sugar ,water stir it until the sugar dissolves .
  11. Cut the cake into two equal parts,then apply sugar syrup,fresh cream and jam then place another half and apply sugar syrup then cover the cake with fresh cream .
  12. Atlast add whitechocolate shaving.........



Eggless coconut cookies

Eggless coconut cookies

This is a mouth watering cookie .It just melts in our mouth,my cousin taught me this recipe and I did few alterations but the end cookie was amazing .So here we go




 Ingredients

Maida
1 cup
Grated fresh coconut
1 cup
Butter
½ cup
Sugar
3/4th cup
Baking powder
1 tsp
Cardamon powder
½ tsp
Milk
1 tbs
Vanilla essence
1tsp

Method

1. Beat butter and sugar until creamy (butter should be in room temperature).

2. Add vanilla essence to the butter mixture.

3. Sift maida and baking powder at least 2 times and add cardamom powder.

4.  then add the maida mixture to butter mixture and mix it.

5. Add coconut and milk and make it a slightly sticky dough.

6. Take a gooseberry size dough round it and slightly flattern it.

7. Take baking tray and grease it with ghee and arrange the cookies leaving enough space between two cookies,because our cookies will double in size after baked

8. Preheat the microwave 180c and bake it for 15 mts or till the sides of the cookies turns light brown.

9. Enjoy the melting coconut cookies any time you wish....... 


Sunday 17 February 2013

Vanilla cup cake





 Ingrdients  

All purpose flour 1 cup
Butter 1/4th cup
Condensed milk ½ can or 200 ml
salt a pinch
Baking powder ½ tsp
Baking soda ½ tsp
Vanilla extract 1-2 tsp
Any soda (i used lehar soda)
100-150m


 Method 
  1. Firstly finely sieve all purpose flour,baking soda,baking powder and a pinch of salt.
  2. In a bowl whisk butter in room temperature and milkmaid  until smooth and fluffy and then add vanilla extract.
  3. To that butter and milkmaid mixture alternatively add sifted flour and soda one by one and slowly whisk .
  4.  Take cup cake mould ,if its a silicon mould no need to grease, if its a aluminum mould grease it with little butter and dust it with flour .
  5.  Pour the batter in the cup cake mould and bake for 20 to 25 mts depending on your microwave and also on your electric voltage condition.
  6. After 25 mts transfer the cup cake from your tray to a wired rack and let it completely cool down. 

Enjoy ...........................................

Valentines day cake


Vanilla cake with fondant icing 



Valentines day is a special day not only for lovers but also for all who wants to share their love and affection with their loved one.So i have prepared a heart shaped cake with fondant icing for my lovable husband and i love him so so much ................................

Ingredients


Maida
100 gms
Sugar
100 gms
Milkpowder
60 gms
Baking powder
1 tsp
Baking soda
1 tsp
Dalda
50 gms
Milk
 ¼ cup
Water
¼ cup
Curd
¼ cup
Vanilla essence
2 tsp

Butter cream icing

Butter
50 gms
Icing sugar
2 cups
Vanilla essence
1 tsp
Fondant
200 gms
Edible food colours
As needed

Method 
  1. Sift all dry ingredients at least  two times.
  2. Cream dalda and sugar .
  3. Shift all the dry ingredients to dalda mixture .Then add milk,water and essence give a good stir in one direction .
  4. At last add curd to the mixture stir slowly and transfer it to the greased mould 
  5. Bake it for 30-35 minutes or when you insert a toothpick it has to come clean.
  6. Let the cake cool down before icing .
  7. For icing mix butter,sugar and vanilla essence till you get a decorating consistency which is slightly thick. 
  8. First apply a fine coat of butter cream icing on the cake and refrigerate for 15 minutes, then roll the fondant into a clean and dry place dusted with icing sugar and decorate your cake as you wish and enjoy.
 
                                                                                         

The Pooh Bear


The Pooh Bear 

   

  I love pooh bear from my childhood .It looks very funny and the colors are very attractive so i started my fondant cake with pooh bear .I know it is not up to the original pooh bear but i have given my best .


Ingredients


Maida
100 gms
Sugar
100 gms
Milkpowder
60 gms
Baking powder
1 tsp
Baking soda
1 tsp
Dalda
50 gms
Milk
 ¼ cup
Water
¼ cup
Curd
¼ cup
Vanilla essence
2 tsp


Butter cream icing

Butter
50 gms
Icing sugar
2 cups
Vanilla essence
1 tsp
Fondant
200 gms
Edible food colours
As needed


Method 
  1. Sift all dry ingredients at least  two times.
  2. Cream dalda and sugar .
  3. Shift all the dry ingredients to dalda mixture .Then add milk,water and essence give a good stir in one direction .
  4. At last add curd to the mixture stir slowly and transfer it to the greased mould 
  5. Bake it for 30-35 minutes or when you insert a toothpick it has to come clean.
  6. Let the cake cool down before icing .
  7. For icing mix butter,sugar and vanilla essence till you get a decorating consistency which is slightly thick.
  8. First apply a fine coat of butter cream icing on the cake and refrigerate for 15 minutes, then roll the fondant into a clean and dry place dusted with icing sugar and decorate your cake as you wish. 
soooooooooooooo yummmy .............................................