…are not so fond of it. We prefer our Easter Eggs coated and decorated with Chocolate. My hubby being a diehard fan of CHOCOLATE!! My DIL Ramita Mascarenhas suggested that I post this recipe again so that it can be found with ease. This is why I am re-posting it. So here is my Easter Eggs (Cooked Marzipan Recipe). Go ahead and enjoy your Easter celebration and make your sweet table gorgeous this Easter. Gift with love and share Easter blessings. Ea…
…film/plastic and place in the fridge. Add espresso/Instant coffee, melted chocolate, cocoa powder to the remaining dough and mix well to combine. Pat and shape the chocolate dough into a rectangular block (2 inches in width & height , 6 inches in length). Do the same with the vanilla dough. Wrap in a plastic/cling film and refrigerate for an hour or until firm. Cut each block of cookie dough into desired size for checkering along the length o…
…the remaining meringue in this way. Remove skillet from the heat. To make Chocolate Custard Sauce : Beat egg yolks until thick in a large bowl; gradually add remaining ¾ cup sugar. Beat in cocoa & a pinch of nutmeg until well blended. Strain milk from the skillet a little at a time into the yolk mixture, beating briskly until well blended. (Make sure it does not curdle). Return cocoa mixture to skillet & keep stirring constantly over lo…
…delicious glaze options for you to select from… Refrigerate excess glaze. Chocolate Glaze : For 30 small doughnuts Ingredients : ¼ cup unsalted butter 1/3 cup warm Whole Milk ½ tbsp. Light Corn Syrup 1 tsp. Vanilla Essence ¼ cup Dark/White/Milk Chocolate(grated) 1 cup sifted Confectioner’s Sugar (Icing Sugar) or to taste Procedure : Combine butter, milk, corn syrup and vanilla essence in a saucepan and heat over medium heat until the butter is me…
…set aside. In a sufficiently large & heavy bottomed pan combine white chocolate, condensed milk, unsalted butter & a pinch of salt. Heat the pan on a low flame & keep stirring till the chocolate melts completely. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla essence. Fold in the pistachios, & cherries. Pour the contents in the prepared tin & smoothen the top. Cool the fudge completely at room temperature & then refrigerate the fudge u…
…vanilla chequered bar cake using a Victoria sponge cake recipe & used chocolate butter icing to sandwich & cover the cake. I have also baked banana cakes with all purpose flour (maida). This is the first time I am trying out an eggless cake without sugar & with whole wheat flour & honey. This is Sunita Bhuyan’s recipe which I felt was different & wanted to try it out. Above all I liked her idea of chequering! I…
…oday’s post is very simple & my hubby’s favorite… LAMINGTONS!! Usually chocolate lamingtons are popular but since red is the significant color for Valentine’s Day, I thought I should consider it. Here is one recipe which always comes in handy if you are running short of time to surprise your valentine… Enjoy these lovely lamington hearts with your valentine… 😀 Ingredients : Refer to Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe (you may halve the recipe if you w…
…ge Jelly 2 tbsp Icing Sugar Water To Decorate : Orange / Sweet Lime Slices Chocolate Vermicelli Method : In a sufficiently large bowl, beat eggs with sugar until white & fluffy (I used an electric beater). In a separate bowl, sift together flour & baking pwd. Pour fanta & oil into the egg mixture & blend carefully. Then add flour mix into this & fold in gradually with a spoon. This mix will now have a light & foamy te…
…mango cake but finally decided to include our other two favorite flavors – Chocolate and Vanilla. I was imagining how it would taste with three strong flavors and then finalized on baking it because it would triple our joy! Besides, you can enjoy this combination throughout the year as canned mangoes and frozen pulp is always easily available. Above all, tomorrow is the 3rd Anniversary of my blog “Hilda’s Touch of Spice” and this beautiful and del…
…or 3 tsp. Instant Coffee 2 tbsps. Brandy or Rum 50 gms. Cocoa pwd. Grated Chocolate for garnishing (optional) Procedure : In a sufficiently large bowl, whisk egg yolks, sugar & 1tbsp. brandy/ rum till thickened. In another bowl whisk the egg whites until very stiff. Combine mascarpone cheese by spoonfuls in the yolk mixture till well mixed & thickened. Next, lightly fold in whipped cream, stiff egg whites & leave to rest in the fridge…