Posted on 26 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 1/2 gallon Paneer
- pinch of cooking soda
- 1/4 tsp. rava (sooji)
- 1/4 tsp. maida
- 1 cup sugar
- cardamom powder
Method:
- Add sooji,Paneer,maida, soda, 1/2 cup sugar. Mix all very well.In a non-stick pan, lightly grease with butter and put on low heat. Add the paneermixture.
- Cover and let cook.when one side is light brown, remove the cake on a plate and slide it back to thesame pan to cook the other side to brown.Towards the other side, make chashni(sugar syrup). To the rest 1/2 cup sugar, add 1cup water.
- Add cardamom powder. When the paneer cake is done, pour hot chashni(sugarsyrup) on the top, while it still is in the heat.
- Cover and let cook in slow heat for a minute.
- Then off the heat and let the paneer cake cool in the room temperature.
- Cut into slices and serve.
Posted on 25 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- All purpose Flour 1 cup
- Dates 18 dates
- Milk 3/4 cup
- Egg 4nos
- Sugar 3/4 cup
- Oil or Butter 1/2 cup
- Baking soda 1/4tsp
Method:
- Soak dates in warm milk for 2-3hours ( i used fresh dates)
- Grind it to fine paste with sugar.Add oil,egg and milk,mix
- Mix all the dry ingredients and slowly add the above mixture and mix li>
- Sprinkle walnuts on the top.
- Preheat oven to 230 c and bake for 45 minutes and check with a tooth pick and if it comes out clean then the cake is done.
- Cool it on a wire rack.
Posted on 23 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 3cup all purpose flour
- 1teasp Baking soda
- 1/2teasp Salt
- 2cup Sugar
- 3Eggs, large
- 12tbsp Corn oil
- 1tbsp Rum, dark
- 1cup Crushed pineapple, undrained
- 1cup chopped walnuts
- 2 cup Bananas, mashed
- 1lbs Cream cheese
- 1cupButter, unsalted
- 3cup Powdered icing sugar
- 1teasp vanilla extract
Method:
- Leave the cream cheese and butter to thaw at room temperature for 1 hour.
- Lightly grease the sides of three 9-inch round cake pans.
- In a large bowl, put together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt and sugar. Mix well.
- Slightly beat the eggs.
- Slowly add the corn oil and beaten eggs to the flour mix.
- Mix gently until dry ingredients are moist. Use a spatula to fold carefully.
- Fold in the rum, bananas, walnuts and pineapple. Mix well.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Farenheit.
- Pour the batter evenly into the cake pans. Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes. Insert a knife into the cake to find out if it is already cooked. If the knife comes out clean, then the cakes are done.
- Remove from the cake pans and let cool in room temperature for about 1 hour. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy.
- Slowly add in the sifted powdered sugar, and continue mixing until light and fluffy.
- Stir in the vanilla extract and set aside.
- After the cakes have cooled down, spread the cream frosting on top of each cake. Carefully place each cake layer on top of the other. Frost the sides and top with the remaining cream cheese frosting. Sprinkle the top with a little cocoa powder for color. Refrigerate.
- Serve chilled.
Posted on 19 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- 6 tablespoons salt-free butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups sieved flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup milk
Method:
- Pre-heat the oven at 375 degrees. Use paper cups for lining the 18 muffin tins.
- In an electric mixture blend the peanut butter, salt-free butter and vanilla extract nicely.
- Then slowly, add the sugar and beat them for 3 minutes until the mixture become fluffy. Then add eggs one at a time and blend well.
- In a separate bowl, sieve the flour, baking powder and salt. Then add flour and milk to the mixture. Make sure you make beginning and ending with the flour. Now, you may fill batter to the cups below the rim. Bake them for about 20 minutes.
- Let it cool in a pan for 10 minutes and then you can place them on wire racks to cool completely.
- Now you need following ingredients to prepare GANACHE-
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, thickly chopped
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- For Ganache, put chocolate in a dish. Set it aside. Then take a 1-quart saucepan, mix cream, butter and corn syrup well. Stir with a wooden spoon while cooking them over medium heat.
- Do not boil the substance. Now discharge the cream over the chocolate and keep them stirring until they are mixed well. Let it cool for 15 minutes. Finally, dip the tops of the cupcakes into the Ganache and let excessive ganache drip down before serving them.
- Now you may enjoy your yummy Peanut Butter Cupcakes With Chocolate Ganache.
Posted on 16 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients :
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- ¾ to 1 tsp baking powder
- 3-4 drops of vanilla extract
- 4 eggs (separate the yolk and whites)
- ½ cup jam (melted to be able to spread easily)
- 1/3 cup sugar (granulated)
- ½ cup sugar (granulated)
- 1 ½ cups vanilla ice cream
Method:
- Mix the flour and baking powder and sieve 2-3 times so that well blended. Keep aside. Take another bowl, add in the egg yolks, vanilla extract and the sugar (1/3 cup).
- Beat well till all ingredients are well-combined. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites along with the ½ cup sugar.
- Beat well till it forms peaks. Fold in the egg yolk mixture and the flour lightly. Pour the cake batter into a pre-greased cake tin.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or till done (the time would vary slightly from one oven to the other).
- Take out cool on a wire rack and roll up in a towel. When cool unroll and spread a layer of the jam (you could use your favorite flavor) and then spread out the ice cream. Roll and refrigerate. Take out cut into slices and serve.
Posted on 15 May 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Eggs – 3
- Sugar – 1 cup
- All purpose flour(maida) – 1 cup
- Warm water – 4 spoons
- Baking powder – 1 spoon
- Vanilla extract – 1 tspn
- Butter – For greasing the pan
Before you bake:
- Keep the following items ready
- Baking pan
- Mixing bowl
- Hand mixer or Any tool that you can use to mix or beat the ingredients.
- Let all the ingredients be at room temperature.
Method:
- In a mixing bowl, add Eggs and beat well using a hand mixer. You can use food processor and blender too.
- Add Sugar and beat together for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add 4 spoons of Water and mix well.
- Add All purpose flour and Baking powder. Just make the flour to mix with the other ingredients.
- Finally add the Vanilla extract and mix again.
- Grease the baking pan and its sides with Butter. Pour the mix to the baking pan.
- Before that preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the baking pan in the oven for 20 – 25 minutes or until the tooth pick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.