…depending on the depth of your moulds. Bake in a pre-heated oven till the cup cakes are done. Do the toothpick test to check if the cakes are done. Cool the cup cakes completely. Meanwhile, heat enough jam with a few tablespoons of water. Do not add too much water. Cool the jam. The jam should be sufficiently thick to coat the cakes. Spread enough dessicated coconut on a tray or in a bowl. Dip each cooled cup cake in the jam so that it is evenly…
…mp; continue beating till the batter is smooth. Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Divide the batter in the prepared cupcake moulds or any variety of cake moulds or in cake tins. Bake for 20-25 mins. if using cake tins & for 12-15 mins. if using cupcake moulds/muffin tins. The top of the cakes/cupcakes should be lightly golden & a toothpick inserted in the centre should come out clean. Do not overbake or the cake will be dry. It is better to be al…
…cherries. For Assembling the Black Forest Cake: For the Soaking Syrup: 1/3 cup Water 1/3 cup Sugar 1 tsp. Kirsch/Cherry Syrup/Vanilla Essence (use one of these) Combine the above mentioned ingredients to prepare a syrup to brush and moisten the cake layers. Cherry Filling: 2 cups pitted Cherries with syrup (I used canned) Sugar to taste 1 small stick Cinnamon 1 tbsp. Kirsch/Rum (optional) or vanilla essence 2 tbsp. Corn Flour mixed with water to f…
…ly chopped) 1 cup Tomatoes (finely chopped) 1 cup Sweet Tamarind Chutney 1 cup Green Chutney 1 cup Red Garlic Chutney (optional) 1 cup Chaat masala (optional) 1 cup fresh Coriander Leaves (chopped) 1 cup fine Sev Method : To prepare Paapdi Chaat, place about 6-7 paapdi puris in each plate. Cover each puri with boiled diced potatoes, sprinkle with onions, chopped tomatoes, a light sprinkling of salt & chaat masala. Then top each puri with gree…
…y the risen Christ bless you. Ingredients : 2 cups Maida (Refined Flour) 2 cups Caster Sugar ¾ cups Cocoa pwd. 1 ½ tsps. Baking pwd. 2 tsp. Baking Soda (Soda bicarb) 2 Eggs A pinch of Salt 1 cup Milk 1 tsp. Vanilla Essence ½ cup Vegetable Oil 1 cup boiling Water or hot Coffee (as per desired strength…for mild 1 sachet) Procedure : Line two 23 cm. round cake pans or one 23×33 cm. rectangular baking pan with parchment or butter paper. Gre…
…poon ½ cup hot apricot sauce over the top of the steamed pudding/cake. Cut in wedges to serve with remaining sauce. Tip : This is a sweet pudding/cake, so please adjust sugar according to taste. Apricot Sauce for Puddings, Pies, Ice Cream & Cake : Ingredients : 1 can Apricot Halves ½ cup Honey ¼ cup unsalted Butter A pinch of Salt Procedure : Puree apricot halves along with the syrup until smooth. Pour in a saucepan & stir in honey, butter…
…coloring. I know the red food coloring does justice to the red velvet cake/cupcakes but I was happy with the final outcome of the cupcakes. Besides, this time I used vanilla butter cream frosting instead of the cream cheese frosting because the cream cheese was not available in the speciality stores. The weather conditions in Pune did give me a hard time with butter cream frosting but I was happy with the final look even though I had to do several…
…s,Fresh Carrot & Grape Salad, Gajar ka Halwa. Today’s recipe is Carrot Cupcakes which can be baked as a holiday treat. They are light, moist, fruity and with some crunchy nuts. A good way of including carrots in your diet; especially for kids who do not like to eat carrots. These individual sweet goodies are delicious and nutritious as a snack or teatime treat. They are ideal to gift and a super no mess dessert. Give these Carrot Cupcakes a tr…
…/ Edible Food Color ¼ cup crisp golden fried onions 3 tbsps. Lemon Juice ½ cup Mint Leaves (chopped) ½ cup Coriander Leaves (chopped) A pinch – mix of mace, nutmeg & green cardamom pwd. (optional) Few drops of Kewra mixed in water (optional) Before you start assembling… Make sure that the cooked rice and gravy are proportionate to assemble the biryani. The gravy should be thick enough while serving. The gravy should not be too thin nor too dry…
…I got myself into! 😀 Ingredients : 4 ¾ cups All Purpose Flour (Maida) 1 ½ cups warm Milk 1/3 cup unsalted Butter or Margarine 4 ½ tsps. Active Dry Yeast 1/3 cup warm Water 2 large Eggs (beaten) ½ cup Castor or granulated Sugar 1 tsp. Salt 1 tsp. Nutmeg (grated or pwd.) Vegetable Oil – for deep frying Procedure : Melt butter or margarine in a bowl with warm milk. Set aside. In another large bowl, sprinkle yeast over warm water, dissolve and set as…