Delicious Date cake

Ingredients :

1. All-purpose flour / maida - 7 tbsp
2. Dates - 10 pitted
3. Vegetable oil - 8 tbsp
4. Baking powder - 2 tsp
5. Eggs - 2
6. Sugar powder - 6 tbsp
7. Milk - 1 tbsp
8. Salt - a pinch 
9. Heavy whipping cream  - 1/4 cup
10. Sugar syrup - 1/4 cup

Method :

1. Soak the dates in water 6-7 hours or overnight.
2. Blend to make puree, keep aside.
3. Mix oil and sugar together until soft and the sugar has blended well. 
4. Add the eggs and beat until well combined.
5. Add the pureed dates and mix well. 
6. Now add a pinch of salt, baking powder and mix .
7. Then add the flour in small batches and carefully fold into the mixture, once incorporated repeat with the remaining flour.
8. Transfer to a greased tin and bake in a pre-heated oven at 350F/180C for 40-45 mins until a tooth pick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
9. Let it cool down to room temperature.

Frosting :

1. In a large bowl, whip up the cream until light and fluffy. 
2. Beat in vanilla essence, icing sugar and cocoa powder until peaks form. 
3. Keep the frosting in the freezer for about an hour before using.

Decorating the cake :

1. As soon as the cake cools down prick the top of the cake with a skewer to make tiny holes and pour in the sugar syrup.
2. Once the sugar syrup is absorbed, Spread the cream over the cake from the center and cover the sides. 
3. Decorate it with chocolate cigars and cherries. 
4. Sprinkle some love ♥ and serve.

 

                   Enjoy and good luck :)

Luv,

Coconut cake with simple cream frosting

 

                           Before                                                                   After

 

Ingredients :

1. All-purpose flour/maida - 1 cup
2. Coconut  - 1 cup grated
3. Butter - 1/2 cup
4. Baking powder - 1 tsp
5. Eggs - 2      {egg substitute : 1/4 cup condensed milk}
6. Sugar - 3/4 cup
7. Milk - 1 tbsp
8. Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp
9. Salt - a pinch 
10. Raisins - 1/4 cup
11. Yellow food color

Method :

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350F/180C.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until soft and the sugar has blended well. 
3. Add the eggs, one at a time and beat until well combined.
4. Add the grated coconut and raisins,  mix well.
5. Now add the vanilla extract , pinch of salt and mix .
6. Then carefully fold in the flour along with baking powder into the coconut mixture.
7. Pour the mixture into a greased tin.
8. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 
9. Cool the cake in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simple cream frosting:

1. In a large bowl, whip cream until light and fluffy. 
2. Beat in vanilla essence, icing sugar and yellow food color until peaks form. 
3. Keep the frosting in the freezer for about an hour before using.
4. Spread the cream over the cake from the center and cover the sides.
5. Decorate it with sliced apples and bananas.
6. Sprinkle some crushed pistachios and Ta da! Your cake is ready.  

           

                      Enjoy and Good luck : )

Luv,

 

 

Banana cake - Our very first cake :)

I can't believe we really made this cake. This is our very first banana cake, and it came out absolutely perfect.
I was always afraid of baking so I never tried it . It was always my elder sis who used to do baking but my lil sister wanted to bake something in her Christmas holidays so we decided to try our hand at a very simple recipe from her baking notes and we chose this banana cake. The recipe was really simple and the outcome was great!!
So here's our first cake :)

Ingredients :

1. All-purpose flour/maida - 1 cup
2. Ripe Banana - 1
3. Butter - 1/2 cup
4. Baking powder - 1 tsp
5. Eggs - 2
6. Sugar - 3/4 cup
7. Milk - 1 tbsp
8. Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp
9. Salt - a pinch

Method :

1. Blend the banana well with 1 tbsp of milk and keep aside.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until soft and the sugar has blended well. 
3. Add the eggs and beat until well combined.
4. Add the blended banana and mix well. 
5. Now add the vanilla extract , pinch of salt, baking powder and mix .
6. Then add the flour in small batches and carefully fold into the banana mixture, once incorporated repeat with the remaining flour.
7. Transfer to a greased tin and bake in a pre-heated oven at 350F/180C for 40-45 mins until a tooth pick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
8. Let it cool down to room temperature.
9. Cut into slices and enjoy.

                              Enjoy and Good luck :)