Baking always gives me a different satisfaction, but still before making anything I really feel nervous. Because if I do anything wrong with cooking can still able to manage that anyhow but in case of baking there is no chance to manage. So you have to be perfect and careful while baking. It’s freezing cold outside and I am running out of cookies at home so I thought to make some easy cookies for my husband and daughter. Actually I am not getting any idea how to make it but while watching a cookery show I got a nice idea of making cookies.
This recipe is a quick one, anyone can make it within 20 mints, and these cookies made without egg so perfect for vegetarian people also. After making it perfectly I am satisfied from inside. The specialty of the recipe is Custard Powder which is the key ingredients for these cookies, and these cookies are called CUSTARD POWDER COOKIES.
Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: 1 cup.
2.Custard Powder: ½ cup.(I use vanilla flavor)
3.Baking powder: ¾ spoon.
4.Baking soda: Pinch of.
5. Sunflower Oil: ¾ cup.
6.Powder sugar: ¾ cup.
7.Vanilla essence: 1 tea spoon
Process:
Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl (flour, custard powder, baking powder, baking soda).
Mix sugar and oil till it become smooth and creamy; now add this into the powder mixture along with the vanilla essence.
Now make soft dough. Now with the dough make some small balls and help of a fork just press in top of all the balls. Now the balls became little flat.
Pre heat the oven in 170 C, In an over poof tray spread one butter paper first then place the cookies and leave around 3 cm space between each cookies.
Now bake it in middle rack for 10 to 12 mints. Then take out the cookies from the hot tray and place them in a cool rack.
Your easy and crispy Custard Powder Cookies are ready enjoy with Tea or Coffee.
It’s time to sing a song together, it’s time to dance in a tune, it’s time to see snowflakes falling from the sky because it’s Christmas. Once in every year all over the world people celebrate this special occasion with friends and family. I think Christmas has its own essence, the decoration all over the street, Shops, Houses, Malls make you feel that it’s Christmas.
This is also one of the best times to purchase gifts for your near and dear ones. I think when it comes to gifts we all want to be kid again so that we can ask whatever we want from Santa. The price of the gift or the size of the gift actually does not matter, what matters is the feelings of love. From last few months my husband asked me what I want in coming Christmas which actually gives me an immense pleasure. But he only decided to buy a DSLR camera for me which can help me to take some nice Photos for my blog. And can help me to become a little better in food photography. Which I loved was his thinking about my passion of photos.
So my Santa is going to bring a big smile on my face this year, hope each and every people of the world get his or her smile from Santa clause. Christmas cannot be completed with a perfect cake and this is the best time to bake an authentic PLUM CAKE. My husband, daughter, friends everybody liked it very much and that's why I am really satisfied after everybody's reaction. This authentic Plum cake used to make with RUM but my daughter is going to have it so I just added Rum essence, but if you don’t have any issue then you can use any normal RUM or Spiced RUM which is available in any big super market.
Ingredients:
For Soaking dry fruits
1.Dry fruits: raisins, currents, cherries, orange peels, apricot, prunes, cranberries, cashews, almonds, pumpkin seeds, pistachios. (1 cup chopped)
2.Two table spoon powdered sugar.
3.One tea spoon water,
4.One tea spoon lemon juice.
5. Rum or Rum essence one cup.
At least 7 days before baking the cake, you have to soak the dry fruits for that you have to prepare caramel sauce.
First in a heavy bottomed vessel add two table spoon of sugar then slowly add the water and lemon juice in medium heat and slowly your sugar will become dark brown in color, don’t use any spoon just shake the vessel . And don’t allow it to burn also so stand in front of the stove still it become dark and thick like sauce. Then add 2 table spoon water.
Now in an air tight container add all chopped dry fruits then add the caramel sauce then add the Rum essence or normal Rum and keep it aside for at least 7 days.
Caramel Syrup for cake:
Sugar : 1 cup.
Water: one cup and Two table spoon
Lemon juice: 1 tea spoon.
First in a heavy bottomed vessel add one cup of sugar then slowly add the water and lemon juice in medium heat and slowly your sugar will become dark brown in color, don’t use any spoon just shake the vessel . And don’t allow it to burn also so stand in front of the stove still it become dark completely.
Then allow it to cool a bit then add the one cup warm water and your caramel syrup is done.
Ingredients for cake.
1.All-purpose flour: 2 cup.
2.Sugar: 2 cup. And One tea spoon
3.Egg: 4 (separate the egg yolks and egg white).
4.Spices powder: Nutmeg powder, Cinnamon powder, Clove powder (1/2 tea spoon of each item).
5.Few almonds and few walnut : just make dry powder with the nuts.
6.Butter: 1 cup.
7.Vanila essence: one table spoon.
8.Baking powder: one table spoon.
9.One tea spoon orange zest.
10.Pinch of salt.
Process:
Pre heat the oven in 350D F. And grease one round loaf pan with butter and flour.
First in a bowl mix all the dry ingredients together (flour, salt, baking powder, spices powder, dry nuts powder) and keep it aside.
Now in a bowl mix the butter and sugar till it become smooth, then slowly add the egg yolks one at a time and mix it nicely till it become smooth and creamy.
Then add the butter sugar mixture into the dry ingredients bowl and combine together, now slowly add the caramel syrup, orange zest, vanilla essence and mix together.
Now drain the rum from the soaked dry fruits save the rum. Then add some flour on to the dry fruits and slowly add them in to the mixture and with wooden spoon just folds the dry fruits in to the mixture.
Now in a separate bowl mix the egg whites with one spoon of sugar and whisked them till it become smooth.
Now add the egg white mixture into the cake batter and fold it carefully with the wooden spoon.
Now pour the cake batter into the greased pan and bake it for 55 mints to 1 hr or till it done, to checking insert a toothpick inside the cake if its come smoothly then your cake is done.
Now take the cake out from the oven and slowly take out from the pan, now allow it to cool. Now brush the saved rum on top of the cake for at least one day.
Your authentic super yummy PLUM CAKE is ready enjoy your CHRISTMAS with your family and friends.
It’s winter and it’s time to bake and celebrate the season. I want to celebrate every bit of this winter season. Most of the people from America going to celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow but here in Canada we celebrate this in October but that time my daughter was not ok so I was not able to make anything special to celebrate this occasion. So I thought to prepare something which can make me feel that it is Thanksgiving here also.
I prepared some simple BUTTER CHOCO WALNUT COOKIES which is a very simple and a perfect treat for us. I don’t know why specially in winter when outside is completely white the baking smell makes the house more perfect. Because of the wind I can’t even open my balcony door. So almost the whole day the house was filled with the smell of the cookies.
Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: 1 cup.
2.Butter softened: ½ cup.
3.Grounded sugar: ½ cup.
4.One egg.
5.150 gm choco chip.
6.150 gm chopped walnuts.
Process:
Pre heat the oven in 180C and cover your backing tray with a backing paper.
In a large bowl whisked the butter and sugar first till it become smooth.
Now add the egg and mix nicely.
Now add the flour and mix well.
Now add the chopped walnuts and choco chips and stir to combine.
Now use your hands and make some small balls with the cookies mixture (tablespoonful) .Place the balls in the pre heat tray and make some distance between the cookie balls.
Now bake the cookies in pre heated oven for 15 to 18 mints or till it looks golden.
Now remove the cookies from the tray and place them in a cool rack.
The easy CHOCO WALNUT BUTTER cookies is ready to celebrate the winter season with a hot cup of coffee or Tea.
Making bread is a very good learning process for me. Every time I learnt through my experience. I love to watch cookery shows, there is always something new which makes me excited. Just like today, I learnt a very easy way of making bread, and this bread is not a normal bread. The taste and the look were really awesome. This is the first time I tried making something like that, and they turned out just perfect.
I never thought before that this way also we can make bread. This is just perfect for kid’s lunch box as well as a good breakfast for elders also. My daughter likes it so much so as my husband. Feeling great when my family gives me a big smile and I become charged up for my next venture.
Preparation time: 15 mints.
Baking time: 40 to 45 mints.
Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: 1 cup.
2.Sugar: 1 table spoon.
3.Salt: ¾ tea spoon.
4.Baking powder: 1 tea spoon.
5.Baking soda: ½ tea spoon.
6.Coarsely ground black pepper: ½ tea spoon.
7.One egg.
8.Plain yogurt: ½ cup.
9.Canola oil: ¼ cup.
10.Milk: ¼ cup.
11.Spicy brown mustard sauce: 1 tea spoon.
12.Shredded cheddar cheese: ½ cup.
13.Two green onions thinly sliced.
14.Little butter and flour for greasing the loaf pan.
Process:
In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients.
In a small bowl, whisk the egg first, and then add the yogurt, canola oil and mustard sauce and mix well.
Now add the mixture into the dry ingredients mixture and mix well.
Now add the cheese and green onions and mix all slowly.
Now pre heat the oven in 350 degree F.
Grease one loaf pan with little butter and flour, now pour the mixture into the pan.
Bake it for 40 to 45 mints or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool it for 10 mints, then take out the bread from the pan and place it in a cool rack.
Your easy cheesy bread is ready, serve with a cup of coffee and enjoy.
My 22 month old daughter loves fruits very much instead of vegetables. So I love to give her all kinds of fruits. In every month I bake at least two cakes because my husband and my daughter love cake very much. Today I planned to make a nice cake but wanted to add something which I never added in cakes before. Few days before I saw a nice Fruit cake in one of my blogger friends Chitrangada’s page, and after that it’s difficult to resist. But instead of adding one fruit I added all the fresh summer fruits like Blueberry, Strawberry, Raspberry, Cherry. And with all the fresh fruits my cake turned out a super hit.
With the smell of all fruits the cake becomes nice and melts in mouth. If you love berries then this cake is a perfect summer dessert for you.
Preparation time: 20 mints.
Backing time: 45 mints.
Ingredients:
1.All purpose flour: 3 cup.
2.Sugar: 3 cup.
3.Eggs: 5.
4.Butter: 1 cup (softened)
5.Baking powder: 1 tea spoon.
6.Salt: ½ tea spoon.
7.One table spoon sour cream.
8.One table spoon fruit essence.
9.Fresh Strawberry: 4 to 5 chopped.
10.Fresh blueberry’s: 15 to 18.
11.Fresh Raspberry: 8 to 10 chopped.
12.Fresh Seedless Cherry’s: 4 to 5 chopped.
13.Butter Milk: 1 cup.
14.Some extra butter and flour for greasing.
Process:
Preheat the oven in 175 C.
In a big bowl add the sugar and butter mix till it light and fluffy about 5 mints.
Now add eggs one at a time and beating well after each addition.
Now add the sour cream and the fruit essence and mix well.
In a separate bowl mix the flour, salt and baking powder nicely.
Now slowly add the flour mixture into the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat just until combined.
Now whisked the blueberries with some flour, and in a separate bowl add the chopped raspberries, chopped cherry’s, chopped strawberries. Sprinkle some flour into the chopped berries also.
Now divide the cake mixture into two different bowls, and in one add the blueberry’s And add the chopped berries into the other bowl mix them slowly.
Now flour and grease one cake pan and pour blueberry’s mixture into the bottom of the pan, then add the other mixture in top of that. And bake it for 45 to 50 mints or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool it for 10 mints, then take out the cake form the pan and place it in a cool rack.
Enjoy your oven fresh FRUIT CAKE with a cup of coffee.
Every day will be a cake day if it’s homemade one, and for us homemade cake is always the first choice. My husband just loves the homemade plain cake. So I always try to make a simple cake. Yesterday while watching a cookery show I learnt a very easy and nice lemon cake. First time I made a lemon flavor cake and this one turned really very good.
A oven fresh hot cake is a best evening snack in my place because my kido also loves to have cakes. So I prefer to give her a homemade one.
Preparation time: 20 mints.
Backing time: 45 mints.
Ingredients:
1.All purpose flour: 2 cup.
2.Sugar: 2 cup.
3.Eggs: 3.
4.Butter: 1/2cup (softened)
5.Canola oil or Vegetable oil: 3 table spoon.
6.Baking powder: 1 tea spoon.
7.Salt: ½ tea spoon.
8.One full lemon zest.
9.One table spoon lemon juice.
10.One table spoon lemon essence.
11.Milk: 1 cup.
12.Some extra butter and flour for greasing.
Process:
Preheat the oven in 175 C.
In a big bowl add the sugar, butter and canola oil mix till it light and fluffy about 5 mints.
Now add eggs one at a time and beating well after each addition.
Now add the lemon zest, lemon juice and lemon essence and mix well.
In a separate bowl mix the flour, salt and backing powder nicely.
Now slowly add the flour mixture into the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat just until combined.
Now flour and grease one cake pan and pour the mixture into the pan and bake it for 40 to 45 mints or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool it for 10 mint, then take out the cake form the pan and place it in a cool rack.
Your easy LEMON POUND CAKE is ready serve and enjoy.
I am never afraid while cooking but if its matter of baking I am always afraid. Because baking is something which can be best or worst, if the measurement is not perfect your all kind of work will be in vain. I am not that baking person I just love to bake cake occasionally and every time I am really cross my finger. This is the first time I baked some burger bread and they are just beyond my imagination. So soft so fluffy exactly like shop and I am just more than happy.
While doing all the process I am just praying to God that I don’t want to be failed. But I am so wrong they are just awesome my husband can’t even believe that I made those breads. We all love burgers but I never thought I can make burger breads ever like shops.
Preparation time: 20 mints.
Baking time: 20 to 25 mints.
Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: 3 cup.
2.Luke warm Milk: 1 ¼ cup.
3.Warm water:1/4 cup.
4.Butter: 3 tea spoon.
5.Dry Yeast: 2 ½ tea spoon.
6.Salt : half tea spoon.
7.Sugar: two tea spoon.
8.One beaten egg.
9.Few sesame seeds.
10.Little all purpose flour and butter for greasing.
Process:
First add the butter into the Luke warm milk and mix nicely, now add the yeast into the Luke warm water and mix nicely.
Add the yeast mixture and the milk butter mixture in a big bowl with some salt and sugar and mix well.
Now add the all-purpose flour into the mixture (one cup at a time) and slowly mix them.
Now in a floury surface knead the dough with both your hands till it become soft and shiny.
Now cover the dough with a plastic wrap and keep it in a warm place for 40 to 50 mints.
Now after 40 mints your dough become double in size (that mean the dough is perfect for bread).
Now divide the dough into 9 equal sizes and give a nice round shape to them with the help of your palm.
Grease the oven proof tray with some butter and flour and place the balls one after one (in 3 rows just like the photo). Try to place them very close as they will rise and spread. Now brush the bitten eggs in all the balls and sprinkle some sesame seeds.
Now cover the tray again with a plastic wrap and keep it in a warm place for 30 mints, after that those balls are become double in size. Pre heat the oven in 350F.
Now bake them for 20 to 25 mints, then remove it from the tray and place them in a cool rack.
The easy and yummy homemade burger breads are ready you can eat whatever way you would like too. They are soft and perfect for dinner or breakfast.
Last Few days my 18 months old daughter stopped taking solid foods and she refuses to eat rice roti everything. As a mother it’s become a great challenge for me to feed her solid foods anyhow. So I started asking my friends who are mom also and they gave me few useful suggestion. As well as I read few of the articles in Google where most of the moms said give her something different but which has the protein and calcium too. So I decided not to force her with the daily meals and better to try something different for her.
Especially for her I made some SUGAR DOUGHNUTS or DONUT which has milk, butter, flour so at a time she can eat some protein and calcium too. The recipe is very easy and a perfect breakfast or you can pack this for lunch box also. But honestly speaking me and my husband we both also enjoyed the DONUTS with her. Being a mother every day we have to face some new challenges and any how we have to overcome from the situation.
DONUTS are very famous in US and UK, it has two kinds of shape one is RING DONUTS and FIELD DONUTS. DONUTS are basically a fried food but this one is for my daughter so I baked it. And for giving some nice look I decorated them with some icing sugar and chocolate.
Preparation time: 15 mints.
Baking time: 10 to 12 mints.
Ingredients:
1.One cup all-purpose flour.
2.Two spoon butter.
3.One tea spoon dry yeast.
4.A pinch of salt.
5.One table spoon sugar.
6.One small cup of milk.
7.Two table spoon icing sugar.
8.One tea spoon vanilla essence.
9.One table spoon of coco powder.
10.Some more flour for making the dough.
11.One tea spoon cinnamon powder.
Process:
Luke warms the milk in microwave and adds one tea spoon butter into the milk and stir till the butter melt completely.
In a bowl add the flour, salt, sugar, dry yeast and mix well. Slowly add the butter and milk mixture and vanilla essence and make a smooth dough.
Now in a plain surface add some flour and knead the dough nicely till it become very soft and smooth.
Now take another bowl and sprinkle some flour, now put the dough inside the bowl and cover with a foil paper and keep it a warm place for 1 hour.
Now with the help of a rolling pin roll it out to about 1/2-inch thickness on a lightly floured counter.
With the help of any round bowl or if you have doughnout cutter cut the circles in the dough.
Now take one small round shape cutter to make the hole of the doughnuts. Be sure to make the holes large enough that as the doughnuts rise again and bake, they don’t fill in the doughnut hole with the puffiness of the dough. After cutting the first set of circles bring together the
extra dough and again do the same process.
Now put the doughnuts in a tray and cover with a greased plastic wrap for 20 mints.
Now bake them in 375 F for 8 to 10 mints or till both the sides turn brown.
Now take one small bowl and add the icing sugar vanilla essence and some milk and make a smooth mixture.
In a separate bowl add the icing sugar and cinnamon powder and mix well.
Now in a different bowl add the one tea spoon of butter and the coco powder and mix well.
Now brush the butter mixture into the DOUGHNUTS and sprinkle the icing sugar and cinnamon powder mixture into that.
And for few doughnuts brush the butter and coco powder mixture decorate them with the icing sugar and milk mixture.
You can keep the DOUGHNUTS in fridge for few mints till the icing sugar and butter become stiff.
