Saturday, 17 September 2016

Choco Lava Cake

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 cup
Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
Baking powder - 1/4tsp
Curd - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Dark Chocolate chips - 1 cup
Butter (unsalted) - 100 g

Method:
  • In a bowl add flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and mx well.
  • In other bowl add butter and chocolate and melt and keep (use microwave or double boil method)
  • in other bowl take curd and add sugar to it and mix well.
  • Then add flour mix and mix well.
  • Finally add melted chocolate and butter mix ad mix nicely.
  • Grease the cupcake pan and add batter on each cups.
  • Preheat oven at 200 °C and bake for 6-8 mins.
  • Dust icing sugar on top and serve.

Blackforest Cake #1



Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 cup
Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
Baking powder - 1/4tsp
Butter milk - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Vanilla esc - 1tsp
Olive oil - 1/4 cup
Cherry juice - 3-5  tbsp
Whipped cream - 1 cup
Chocolate chips - 1 cup
Cherries- 10 no.

Method:
  • In a bowl add all purpose flour, cocoa, baking powder and mix well.
  • In other bowl add butter milk, sugar, baking soda and mix well and leave it for 4-5mins.
  • Once you find bubbles in it add vanilla esc,flour mix and olive oil and mix nicely.
  • Grease the pan with butter and add the batter.
  • Preheat the oven at 180 degrees and bake for 20 mins.
  • Make two such layers. Let it cool.
  • Now take a layer and dap it with cherry juice and then give a layer using whipped cream.
  • Place the second layer and repeat the same.
  • Cover the entire cake with cream and sprinkle chocolate chips and decorate using cherries.


Hidden Treat Muffins

Ingredients:

Butter - 110 g
Caster sugar - 110 g
Eggs - 2
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp
All purpose flour - 110g
Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
Milk - 30 ml
Glaze Strawberries - 10-15(chopped)

Method:
  • In a bowl blend butter and caster sugar.
  • Add eggs one by one and blend.
  • Then add vanilla extract, 1 spoon of flour and blend (we add this way to avoid curdles)
  • Then add baking powder and flour mix and blend.
  • Add milk to it and make the batter ready.
  • Add the mashed glaze berries to piping bag.
  • Now add the batter to the liners and fill in center the strawberry sauce.
  • Preheat oven at 150-160 °C and bake for 25-30 mins.

Note:

Instead of strawberries you can use chocolate chips or any fruit.

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Snow Crunchies



Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
White butter - 150g
Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
Vanilla esc - 1 tsp
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Corn Flakes - 1 cup (crusrh and keep aside)

Method:
  • In a bowl add the flour and baking powder and mix well.
  • In other bowl add butter and sugar and blend till creamy.
  • Then add venilla esc and extract and blend nicely.
  • Add the flour mixture to this and use cut and fold method mix well.
  • Make small balls from this dough.
  • Dust it in corn flakes mix and arrange in greased baking tray.
  • Preheat oven(OTG) at 180 °C and bake for 10-15mins.
  • Snow Crunchies ready.
Note:
I did'nt have white butter when I made this so used regular one.

Short bread cookies

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 cup
White butter - 25g
Castor Sugar - 1 cup
Salt - a pinch
Cherries - 10 finely chopped

Method:
  • In a bowl add all purpose flour, butter and blend well.
  • Then add sugar and salt and mix.
  • Add cheeries to this and make a dough.
  • Then knead the dough and cut to 1 inch cubes.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  • Arrange the cubes in baking tray and bake for 15-20 mins.
  • Insert toothpick and serve the cookies.