Coffee Almond Cake

Here's the recipe for those who've been asking me for ages:

Ingredients:

Maida - 150 gm
Sugar 150 gm
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Eggs - 4
Almonds n raisins - a handful
Butter or Oil- 150 gm
Coffee - 1 to 2 tbsp as per taste

Method:

- Mix all the dry ingredients: Maida, sugar, baking powder
- In another bowl whisk the eggs and add oil and mix
- Heat a tbspn of water and mix the coffee till it dissolves
- Now mix all ingredients along with dry fruits in a blender
- Grease the baking dish with butter, sprinkle some baking powder or maida before adding the blended cake mixture
- Add some crushed almonds at the top of the baking mix for a crunchy texture.

Enjoy! :)

Jaggery Cake with Oats

I love nolen gur (its a special jaggery that you find in Bengal in winter). Since I had some left in the freezer thought would try something different. Decided to bake a cake with nolen gur instead of sugar. After baking the cake, there was some jaggery left over so also made "nolen gurer payesh".



Sharing the recipe of Nolen Gur Cake with Oats. If you do not have this variety of jaggery, you can always substitute with 1 cup of sugar.

2 cups flour
1 cup jaggery (nolen gur)
1/2 cup oil
25 gms butter
1 cup oats
2 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence

- Mix all the ingredients in a blender
- Grease a baking dish and pour the mixture in.
- Sprinkle some crushed oats on top.
- Set the oven temperature to 200 degrees and bake for around 45 minutes or till a fork comes out clean.

Simple Banana Cake

For the umpteenth time I bought bananas last week for Joy and a week later it is still there. So decided that before it spoils, let me try baking a banana cake that I used to see my Mom bake years ago.

Ingredients:

4-5 ripe bananas mashed
75 gms butter
1-2 eggs
1-2 tbsp of milk or milkmaid for added flavor
90 gms of castor sugar (you can even use plain sugar)
1 and half cups of plain flour
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of sodium bicarb
1 tsp of orange essence (you can use vanilla essence too)
1 tsp cinnamon powder

- Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and sodium bicarb in a bowl
- Beat the eggs, milk and butter and add them to the mashed bananas.
- Mix the dry mixture with the rest of the ingredients in step 2 along with orange essence and cinnamon powder and whisk them in a blender.
- Pour into a greased baking dish and bake with the temperature set at 200 degree for around 40-45 minutes.

Voila! Its ready.

Eggless Milkmaid Cake

This is an eggless milkmaid cake that I baked the other day. I have used milkmaid for the first time while baking and decided that henceforth will use milkmaid as it adds a delicious flavor to the baking. I also added Quaker oats that I bought recently but didn't quite like it for breakfast so decided to use it in my baking instead.

You can also add cocoa for a chocolatey taste. In my version didn't add as Joy is not too fond of chocolate but for all chocoholics this is a good option. Here goes:

Milkmaid - 1 tin of 400 gm
Butter - 100 gm (I use Amul but you can use the unsalted variety)
Flour - 2 cups
Aerated drink - 100 gm (Thums Up, Pepsi or even plain soda)
Cocoa Powder - 3 tbsp
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Vanilla essence
Oats - 1 cup

- Mix the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder in a bowl
- Mix the milkmaid and the butter in another bowl till the butter dissolves completely.
- Fold in the dry mixture and the soda bit by bit until its completely mixed with the milkmaid and butter.
- Add the vanilla essence.
- Add the mixture to the mixie and run it for about 2 minutes.
- Add the oats and mix some more.
- Grease a baking dish with butter and add the cake mixture to it. Sprinkle some oats on top for a crunchy taste.
- Heat the oven to 200 degree and bake for about 35-40 minutes.
- Keep checking with a fork to check if it completely baked. If the fork comes out clean, the cake is ready.



Forgot to click a pic immediately after it was baked but did have some crumbs left. Agree, it doesn't look that good but those who tasted it know that appearances can be deceitful. :))

Dark Chocolate Cake

This recipe is amazing. I am sure a lot of folks at work will vouch for this. I have added dark chocolate and walnuts to the original recipe and also changed the baking time as I prefer the traditional slow way of baking but the taste remains divine.

Ingredients:

2 eggs (on the smaller side)
100 gms unsalted butter
100 grams maida
100 grams sugar
1 Dark Chocolate bar melted
1/2 tspn baking powder
30 gms cocoa powder (can vary, depending on preferences)
Handful of walnuts
Few drops of vanilla essence
Milk


-Beat eggs till light and fluffy
-Add sugar and vanilla essence and continue beating
-Add butter and beat some more (Microwave it till it melts)
-Add dark chocolate (Microwave this too till it melts)
-Sieve maida, cocoa powder and baking powder and gradually add to the mixture
-Add a few tablespoons of milk and mix till it reaches the desired consistency
-Crush and add the walnuts
-Bake at 180 degree in a greased bowl for 35 mins in the microwave
-Once it cools, cut into pieces, pack in a tiffin box and bring to office the next day :)

Chocolate Cake

This recipe is dedicated to all the chocoholics around. Well, baked this yesterday for a lunch party at Meenu's. Meenu added her own special touch and we (Prati, Gowri, Meenu and I) had chocolate cake topped with vanilla ice cream topped with Hershey's chocolate sauce topped with choco chips. Yummilicious. Here goes:

Ingredients:

Maida - 2 cups
Cocoa Powder - 3 tbsp
Sugar - 1 cup
Eggs - 3
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Melted chocolate - 1 bar
Butter - 100 gm
Oil - 50 ml
Water - 150 ml
Chopped Walnuts if you like the nutty crunch
Orange essence since I did not have vanilla essence

-Mix all ingredient in a mixer till it forms a ribbon like consistency
-Grease a baking bowl with oil/butter and sprinkle some flour
-Pour the cake mix to the baking bowl
-Set the oven temperature to around 180 degree Celsius and bake for around 35 minutes

Eggless Coffee Cake

Today, I decided to bake an eggless cake for dessert for some vegan friends of mine who are visiting. I haven’t tasted it yet but thought I will share it with you folks as it is pretty simple.



Ingredients:

Sugar – 1 and half cup
Flour - 2 cups
Vegetable Oil – ½ cup
Cinnamon powder– 2 tsp
Coffee powder – 2 tbsp
Baking soda – 1 tsp
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Milk – 1 cup
Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp
Chopped walnuts - 1/2 cup

-Mix all ingredients in a mixer
-Grease a baking bowl with butter or oil and sprinkle some flour on it
-Pour the cake mix to the baking bowl and place in the oven
-Set the oven temperature to around 180 degree Celsius and bake for around 30-35 minutes
-Wait till it cools and then cut into slices