Saturday 17 October 2015
Carrot and Cinnamon Sponge Cake with Cinnamon and Walnut Frosting
Friday 16 October 2015
Fresh Fruits and Dry Fruit Cake Loaf
Fresh Fruits and Dry Fruit Cake Loaf
This is an extremely healthy cake with no sugar and no oil at all. It's gooey and yummy...
Ingredients
4 tbsp of chopped Pineapple
1 small Apple chopped
1 Plum (not very ripe) chopped
10 to 12 Red Grapes seeds removed and chopped
6 Longan / Vietnamese Litchi seeds removed and chopped
1/2 cup Curd
1 cup Oats
1/2 cup Water Chestnuts Flour
6 Almonds
2 Walnuts
Few Black Raisins
Few Dry Cranberries
Few Dry Blueberries
Few Almond Flakes
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Soda bicarbonate
Oil spray
P. S. If required then add 3 to 4 tbsp Honey.
Method
Take Pineapple, Apple, Red Grapes, Longan (keeping few chopped fruits for garnishing), honey (optional), almonds, walnuts, black raisins, baking powder, soda bicarbonate, curd, oats and water chestnut flour. Blend all the ingredients in a blender. Add milk if required to make it into a thick dropping consistency. If it is watery then add more oats. Take take a bread loaf tin. Spray oil in the tin. Add the batter, garnish it with chopped fruits, almond flakes, cranberries and blueberries. Bake it in a preheated oven for 1 hour and more at 160 degrees. Check it by pricking a toothpick. If it comes out clean then it is done. Let it cool and then slice it.
Saturday 29 August 2015
Red Velvet Cake with Almond White Chocolate Mousse Shots.......
Red Velvet Cake with Almond White Chocolate Mousse Shots.......
Red Velvet Cake
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups of All Purpose flour
2 tbsp Cocoa powder
1 cup of Caster Sugar
1 cup of Butter / Oil
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Soda bicarbonate
1 cup or more Butter milk ( 1 cup milk + 2 tbsp Curd)
1 tsp or more Red colour
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
Method
Take a mixing bowl, add sugar and butter and beat it well till light and fluffy. Sieve the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda bicarbonate. Add half the flour and half butter milk and beat it. Add rest of the flour and butter milk till thick dropping consistency is achieved. Add the colour and essence and mix it. If requires add more colour to get red colour batter. Grease a baking tray. Pour the batter in the tray. Bake the cake at 180 degrees celcius for 25 to 30 minutes in a pre heated oven. Cool the cake and make crumbs of the cake. Keep it aside.
Almond White Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients
2 cups Whipping cream
1 cup grated White chocolate
1/2 cup Fresh cream
1 tbsp Veg Gelatine powder
1/ 4 cup Hot water
1 tsp Almond essence
2 tbsp Almond flakes
Method
Beat the whipping cream till soft peakes come. Take the cream and heat it up. Add the chocolate and mix it well till the chocolate dissolves. Take hot water in a bowl, sprinkle the gelatine powder , mix it till the gelatine dissolves. Add the gelatine to the chocolate and mix it, add the essence and almond flakes, mix it. Let the chocolate cool a bit, then slowly add it to the whipping cream and mix it. Keep it in the fridge till half set..
Red Velvet Cake with Almond White Chocolate
16 shot glasses
Red Velvet cake Crumbs
Almond White Chocolate Mousse
Almond flakes
Method
Take a shot glass. Fill 1/4 of the shot glass with cake crumbs. Mix the white chocolate mousse. Take a piping bag, add any big round nozzle, add the white chocolate mousse in the piping bag, fill up 1/4 of the shot glass with the mousse on the cake crumbs. Fill up the remaining shot glass with cake crumbs. Press the crumbs to the level of the glass. Add a blob of mousse on the top. Sprinkle the cake crumbs and almond flakes on the mousse. Chill it and enjoy...
Friday 28 August 2015
Happy Onam 2015 Instant Baked Vattayappam (Baked Rice Cake)
This Onam may the spirit of King Mahabali spread prosperity and Happiness to all.... I wanted to make some floral rangoli and celebrate the festival with sweets... I thought of this dish where it should be traditional as well.. Instead of a cake base I made Instant Baked Vattayappam (Baked Rice Cake) as a base and then decorated it with Coconut cream... Floral design on top of the rice cake...
Instant Baked Vattayappam (Baked Rice Cake)
Ingredients
2 1/2 cup Rice flour
1 1/2 tsp Dry Yeast
1/4 cup Luke warm Water
2 cup Coconut milk
1 Mashed Banana
1/2 cup Or more Sugar as per taste
1/4 tsp Salt
2 tbsp Raisins
2 tbsp Cashewnuts
1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
Method
Take yeast, 1 tbsp sugar and lukewarm water in a mixing bowl. Keep it for 10 minutes or till it rises. In a separate mixing bowl, add the coconut milk, sugar, salt and Cardomon powder, mix the ingredients well till the sugar dissolves. Add the liquid to the yeast, gradually add the rice flour and whisk it till no lumps remain. Add the mashed banana, raisins and cashewnut. Mix it well. The batter should be thick dropping consistency. Keep it for 10 minutes. Take a baking tin, grease the baking tin. Pour in the batter in the tin. Let it rest for 20 minutes in the baking tin. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 30 minutes...
Thursday 13 August 2015
Vegan Beetroot Whole Wheat Cupcakes
Vegan Beetroot Whole Wheat Cupcakes
Ingredients
2 1/2 cup Whole Wheat flour
1 tbsp Cocoa powder
1cup Powder Sugar
1/2 cup Oilve Oil
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Soda bicarbonate
300 Ml Coconut milk
2 tsp Vanilla essence
1 Beetroot pureè
Method
Mix and seive the flour, baking powder, soda bicarbonate and Cocoa powder together. Take a mixing bowl. Add oil and sugar. Beat it well till the oil and sugar blends well. Add the vanilla essence and beetroot puree, beat it well. Add 1/2 the flour and 100 ml coconut milk, beat it well. Add the remaining portion of the flour and add the remaining coconut milk little at a time. Beat it till thick batter consistency is achieved. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius. Take a 12 cavities cup cake mould. Add the cupcake liners. Pour the batter in the cupcake liners filling only 1/2 the level of the cupcake liners. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 25 minutes. Cool the cupcakes and frost with vanilla buttercream.
Monday 3 August 2015
Eggless coconut almond bundt cake with white chocolate ganache
Eggless coconut almond bundt cake with white chocolate ganache
Ingredients
100 grams butter
1/4 cup castor sugar
200 grams condensed milk
1 tsp coconut essence
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
100 ml coconut milk
2 tbsp curd
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup fine samolina
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda bi carb
1/4 cup roasted chopped almonds
Milk as required
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Take a mixing bowl and beat butter and sugar till fluffy. Add in all the other wet ingredients except milk and beat the mixture till well blended. Mix all the dry ingredients except roasted almonds and add in to the wet batter little at a time. Beat the batter well. If the batter is dry add in milk to make it into a thick dropping consistency. Add the roasted chopped almond and gently mix the batter. Take a bundt pan and spray the pan with oil. Pour the batter into the pan. Bake it for 35 minutes. Cool the cake and pour white chocolate ganache from top.
Sunday 12 July 2015
Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Cake and Eggless Italian Meringue VanillaButtercream
Tried making this Gluten free -- Vegan Chocolate cake with Almond flour, Rice flour , Corn starch and coconut milk and icing with
Gayathri Kumar's recipe Eggless Italian Meringue Buttercream.... Thank you Gayathri... It came out superb... Just loved it.
http://suskitchenbysumitra.blogspot.com/2015/07/gluten-free-vegan-chocolate-cake-and.html
Wednesday 8 July 2015
Egg less Almond Cake Loaf
Egg less Almond Cake Loaf
Ingredients
1 cup almond milk
1 tsp vinegar
1 cup plus 2 tbsp all purpose flour
1/3 cup almond powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup powder sugar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 tsp almond essence
4 tbsp almond flakes
Method
Preheat your oven to 160 degrees and grease the cake loaf pan. Beat the vinegar into the almond milk and keep aside. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, almond powder, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix the sugar powder, oil, essences and almond milk mixture. Mix all the wet ingredients together. Now add all the dry ingredients and beat it well till all the ingredients combines well. Pour into the prepared cake loaf pan and sprinkle the almond flakes from top and cook for 30 – 35 minutes at 160 - 170 degrees, or until the edges brown. Cool it on a wire rack.
Non alcoholic Super rich fruit cake for Christmas
1 1/2 cup raisins chopped
2 cups trutti futti
1 cup red canned cherries chopped
1 cup lemon candy peels chopped
1 cup cashew nuts chopped
1 cup dates chopped
1/2 litre Orange juice
1/3 cup honey
250 grams oil or butter
1 cup brown sugar
5 eggs
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
Method
Pre heat the oven at 150 degrees. Mix all the dry fruits, orange juice and honey and keep it over night in the fridge. Take oil and sugar. Beat it well till both the ingredients are well incooperated. Add the eggs one by one and beat it well. Add the flour and the baking powder to the marinated dry fruits. Slowly add the egg, sugar and oil mixture to the dry fruits and fold the mixture slowly. Now take 6 mould of 500 grams. Grease the moulds. Add the batter into the mould. Fill it half the size of the mould. Bake it for an hour at 150 degrees. Cool the cake completely and then slice it. This cake can be stored for few months in an air tight container in the fridge.
Saturday 4 July 2015
Moist Chocolate Sponge Cake (Eggless)
Moist Chocolate Sponge Cake (Eggless)
Ingredients
115 grams Self Raising Flour
2 tbsp Coco powder
200 grams Condensed Milk
60 grams Butter Melted
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Soda bi carb
100 ml Club Soda
Method
Melt the butter and keep it aside. Add the flour, coco powder, soda bi carb and baking powder and mix it. Take the condensed milk, add the flour little at a time and beat it. Add the butter and beat it in one direction. Add the club soda little at a time and mix it till the batter is thick and is of dropping consistency and the batter has a glossy look. Take a square tin. Grease the tin. Pour the batter in the tin. The batter should fill 1/2 the tin. Bake in a pre heated oven for 30 minutes at 160 degrees Celsius. To check the cake insert a tooth pick. If the comes out smooth then the cake is done. Cool the cake on a cooling rack. Cut the cake in to half. Spread chocolate ganache in the centre of the cake.. Spread the ganache on top of the cake and all over on the sides. Cut in to peices and sprinkle with sprinklers.
Wednesday 1 July 2015
Microwave 3 Minutes Irish Coffee Cake
Microwave 3 Minutes Irish Coffee Cake
Ingredients
2 tbsp Butter
3 tbsp Caster sugar
3 tbsp Self Raising flour
1 Egg beaten
2 tbsp Amul Cream
2 tbsp of Irish Coffee syrup
Method
In a mixing bowl, whisk together the butter and sugar until smooth.Mix in the egg and cream gradually. Add in the flour, and fold in gently. Put Irish Coffee syrup, in bottom of microwave-safe bowl. Pour in batter.Cook for 3 minutes on full powder, or until the top has set. Up turn the cake on a serving plate, pour in 1 tbsp of the Irish Coffee syrup on the cake.
Sunday 28 June 2015
Basic Egg less Cup cakes and Variations
Basic Egg less Cup cakes
Ingredients
1 cup All purpose Flour
1/2 cup Powder Sugar
1/4 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/2 cup Oil
2 tsp Vanilla extract
1 cup Milk + 1 tbsp Vinegar ( Mix)
OR
1/2 cup Curd + 1/2 cup Milk ( Mix )
Method
In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Keep it aside. Take oil and sugar. Beat it well till the sugar in cooperates with the oil. Add vanilla essence and Milk vinegar OR Milk Curd. Beat it once more. Add the flour mix 1/2 cup at a time and beat it until you get a thick batter. If the batter is too thick then add 1 or 2 tbsp milk. The batter should be thick dropping concestency. Arrange the cupcake liners. Fill in 2/3 rd of the cup cake liners. Bake at 180 degrees for 25 minutes or till done. Insert a toothpick and if it comes out clean it is done. Cool the cupcake completely and frost with favorite frosting.
For Frosting
Ingredients
2 cups Heavy whipping Cream
2 tbsp powder Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla essence
Method
In a mixing bowl add all the frosting ingredients. Whip the cream till a peak is form. Using a piping bag and different nozzles decorate the cupcakes.
Variations in cup cakes
For Red velvet add 1 tbsp Coco powder and red colour in the batter and frost with cream cheese frosting.
For chocolate cupcakes reduce 2 tbsp of all purpose flour and add 2 tbsp of chocolate powder
Soy milk, almond milk or coconut milk in the place of milk can be used in the recipe for vegan option.
For lemon cupcakes add 1 tbsp orange or lemon zest and 2 tsp lemon essence 1tbsp lemon juice to get the zesty aroma. Frost it with butter cream lemon frosting.
Cinnamon can be add to make it cinnamony and frost with chocolate ganache.
Chocolate chips or frozen berries can be added to make it chocolate chip cupcake or berry cupcakes. Frost it with cream cheese frosting.
Friday 19 June 2015
Lebanese Semolina Cake (Nummoora)
Friday 12 June 2015
Jackfruit Coconut Cake
Saturday 6 June 2015
Cake Sandesh
Cake Sandesh
Ingredients
500 grams home made paneer mashed well till no lumps remain
8 tbsp milk powder
10 Marie biscuits
4 tbsp butter
12 tbsp condensed milk ( sweetness according to the taste)
3 tbsp rose syrup
Rose petals
3 tbsp coco powder
1 tbsp chocolate sprinkles
300 grams carrots grated
1/2 cardamom powder
1 tbsp almond flakes
2 tsp ghee
1/2 cup hot water
2 tsp vegetable gelatine
Chocolate ganache for decoration
Sugar Gum paste lotus flower
Sugar lace
Method
For gajar halwa
Take a vessel add grated carrots, ghee, 2 tbsp milk powder, cardamom powder, 4 tbsp condensed milk. Mix all the ingredients and let it cook on a low flame stirring occasionally till all the ingredients incorporates with each other and starts to live the sides of the vessel. Add almond flakes and keep it aside
For rose Sandesh
Take a vessel add 1/2 the paneer, 2 tbsp condensed milk, 2 tbsp milk powder. Cook the ingredients on the low flame stirring it occasionally for 5 minutes. Add rose syrup and cook it again for another 5 to 8 minutes. Add the rose petals and keep it aside.
For chocolate Sandesh
Take a vessel add remaining paneer, 2 tbsp milk powder, coco powder, 4 tbsp condensed milk. Mix well and cook on slow flame for 10 minutes stirring it occasionally. Take of the flame and add chocolate sprinkles and keep it aside.
For the base
Grind Marie biscuits with 2 tbsp condensed milk, butter and milk powder.
Gelatine
Take hot water and add vegetable gelatine and mix it well till no lumps remains.
Add 2 tbsp gelatine water to gajar halwa, rose and chocolate Sandesh and mix well.
For assembling
Take a 8 inch spring form pan. Keep it on the cake board. Add the Marie biscuit mixture on the base. Level it well. Add the next layer gajar halwa and spread the mixture to level it. Now add chocolate Sandesh and level it. Add the last top layer rose Sandesh and spread the mixture to level it. Refrigerate it for 6 to 8 hours. Take the cake out of the mould and decorate it with chocolate ganache and add a sugar gum paste lotus and sugar lace for decoration.
You can decorate as per your choice too.