Cranberry And Chocolate Cake Loaf!!

Cranberry And Chocolate Cake Loaf!! This is one my best cake, which I can make even closing my eyes and eat even in the mid night without think about the calories. This taste awesome with vanilla ice cream topped with some chopped salted peanuts..

Ingredient's.

1+1/2 cup all purpose flour

1+1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1/2 tbsp baking soda

3/4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 large eggs

3/4 cup butter milk

3/4 cup warm water

1/4 cup cooking oil

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup dried or fresh cranberry. (Buy Here -> Cranberry Whole 250g)

Baking Method.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Butter the baking pan and keep it aside.

Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt in a large bowl, set it aside.

Beat the oil and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl for few minutes. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the egg and blend for another minute or 2, add the vanilla essence and warm water and give a quick mix.

Now add the dry ingredients and with the speed on low mix together and slowly add the butter milk and just mix everything to combine, making sure not to over mix. Then add the cranberry and mix everything well.

Pour the batter into buttered pan and bake for 30 to 35minutes. Allow it cool before taking out from the pan. Then sprinkle the icing sugar on top and Then cut them into slices and serve with whipped cream or ice cream. 

Serve with Tea or Coffee.

Choco Walnut Cake!!

Choco Walnut Cake and Happy New Year 2017. Let's welcome the new year with a sweet note and put the past behind and look forward for the new beginning.. New year always brings the new thoughts and new things into our life, which gives a chance for everyone to make a new mistakes and wait for the next year to make a new resolution and break it again. hehehe😂. Anyways these things happens in life and I think everyday is a new year if you live your life to the fullest..

Ingredient's.

1+1/2 cup all purpose flour

1+1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1/2 tbsp baking soda

3/4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 large eggs

3/4 cup butter milk

3/4 cup warm water

1/4 cup cooking oil

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup chopped walnuts.

Baking Method.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Butter the baking pan and keep it aside.

Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt in a large bowl, set it aside.

Beat the oil and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl for few minutes. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the egg and blend for another minute or 2, add the vanilla essence and warm water and give a quick mix.

Now add the dry ingredients and with the speed on low mix together and slowly add the butter milk and just mix everything to combine, making sure not to over mix. Then add the 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts and mix everything well.

Pour the batter into buttered pan and sprinkle the left over chopped walnuts and bake for 30 to 35minutes. Allow it cool before taking out from the pan. You can ice the cake with whipped cream or chocolate ganache. or as you like. 

Serve with Tea or Coffee.

Carrot Cake With Walnuts. (Butterless Sugarless)

Carrot Cake With Walnuts is an a awesome cake with little hint of nutmeg and cinnamon and it taste very good and lite. Using vegetable oil makes this cake very light and fluffy. Usually its icing with cream cheese, since I was out of cream cheese so I did with icing sugar glaze and it was not a bad decision.. It looked as beautiful and tasted as it suppose to be.. Since it's less calories and you don't have to worry after eating a piece and there is no compromise on the taste.. Try this recipe you'll love it..

Ingredient's.

3/4 cup honey (if no honey use 1 cup sugar)

1/2+1/4 cup vegetable oil

1+1/4 cup plain flour

1 egg

1/4 cup curd

1+1/2 cup shredded carrot

1/2tsp cinnamon powder

1/4tsp nutmeg powder

1/2+1/8 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup chopped walnuts.

Ingredients For Glaze.

1/2 cup icing sugar

2 tbsp milk.

Baking Method.

Pre-heat the oven at 180c for 10 minutes.

In a mixing bowl. beat the oil, honey, curd and egg together for 2 to 3 minutes or till fluffy

In another bowl mix the all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon

Then add the shredded carrot and dry ingredients to the wet mixture and beat for another 1 to 2 minutes. Now add the walnuts and give a quick mix. Then transfer the batter to the non-stick round baking tray and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.

Then cool completely on a wire wrack.

Mix the icing sugar and milk together to a pouring consistency. Then pour the glaze on the cooled cake and Serve.

NaanKhatai!! (Indian Eggless Shortbread)

NaanKhatai!! (Indian Shortbread) is the very famous cookies in India. This is the easiest and best cookies to be made in no time and with minimum ingredients. These cookies can be made with gram flour and rawa or even only with maida. Even this naankhatai can be made on cook-top  for that recipe may be you have to wait for my next post.. This is a beginner recipe with only few basic ingredients which I believe every house will have it. This cookies can be stored in a airtight container for a week and you enjoy with hot cup tea... Naankhatai can be a great idea for gifting during Diwali or Holi..Do try this recipe and let me know.

Ingredients.

3/4 cup maida(all purpose flour)

1/4 cup gram flour(besan)

1/2 ghee (clarified butter)

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cardamom powder.

Baking Method.

Pre-heat oven at 180c for 10 minutes.

In a mixing bowl add maida, besan, sugar, baking powder and cardamom powder and mixing them well. Then by adding little by little ghee, knead a cookie dough. Then divide a dough into 18 equal sized portion. Take a each ball and press in between your palm to give a cookie shape.

Now place the cookies on to greased baking tray and bake them for 12 to 15 minutes at 180c.

Then cool them on to a wire rack and once completely cooled. Store them into a airtight container.

Serve with hot cup tea or warm milk..