Showing posts with label Cakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cakes. Show all posts
Monday, 8 September 2014
Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Walnut and Raisins
Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Walnut and Raisins is an exceptional combination of cake made with Beetroot and walnuts mixed together in the cake batter and the cake top sprinkled with walnuts and raisins. Walnuts that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids strengthen the heart and Beetroot is low in fat, full of vitamins and minerals and packed with powerful antioxidants. So here comes the healthy cake recipe...
100 grams Wheat flour
100 grams Butter
100 grams Beetroot (grated)
100 grams Sugar powder
3 number Egg (medium size) (approximately 100g)
4 tbsp Unsweetened coca powder
2 grams Baking powder
2 tsp Vanilla essence
100 grams Walnuts
50 grams Raisins (Optional)
To prepare Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Walnut and Raisins :
1. Take a bowl add butter, sugar powder, cream it and add vanilla essence, egg, mix this well.
2. Take another bowl add wheat flour, coca powder, baking powder, walnuts, Beetroot grated, mix this with the flour, add this wet mixture to the butter mixture and mix it well.
3. Transfer into the greased baking tray and spread the walnuts and raisins on the top of the cake batter and bake them at 200 c for 20 to 25 minutes or until the tester (toothpick or knife) inserted near the center comes out clean. Allow the cake to become cool for 15 min before inverting on a wire rack.
4. Delicious Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Walnut and Raisins is ready to serve.
Tips / Notes :
- U can add any nuts instead of walnuts for this cake
- U can prepare Carrot Walnut Raisins cake by following the same steps by replacing the Beetroot with Carrot.
- Instead of Walnuts and Raisins spreading on the cake u can sprinkle sugar powder before cutting and serving the cake.
- U can use All purpose flour or Ragi flour instead of wheat flour.
Health benefits :
Beetroots :
1. Beetroots have long been used for medicinal purposes, primarily for disorders of the liver as they help to stimulate the liver's detoxification processes.
2. Beetroot is rich in fiber, exerting favorable effects on bowel function, which may assist in preventing constipation and help to lower cholesterol levels too.
Walnuts :
1. Walnuts have potential health benefits in the area of memory and cognitive function as well.
2. Walnut helps prevent heart disease and are the fruit recommended for lowering cholesterol.
3. Walnut is a good ‘hair food’ too. This is because walnut contains biotin (vitamin B7) that helps strengthen hair, reduce hair fall and improve hair growth to certain extent.
4. Walnuts are high in protein, vitamins, omega 3 fatty acids, trace minerals, lecithin and oils. Compared with other nuts, which typically contain a high amount of monounsaturated fats, walnuts are unique because the fats in them are primarily polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and are the only nut with a significant amount of alpha-linolenic acid. Moreover, walnuts have insignificant amounts of sodium and are cholesterol free.
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Monday, 14 July 2014
Baking a Cake Using Pressure cooker
Baking a cake without using an oven? is a common question most of the women get. Before buying the oven I used to bake cakes using a pressure cooker and the outcome used to be marvelous. I thought to share my experience and the recipe since too many queries exist! Here, is how to bake a Egg-less Chocolate Beetroot Cake Using Wheat Flour in a pressure cooker.
Ingredients for Egg-less Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Wheat flour:
2 cup Wheat flour
2 med size Beetroot grated
1/2 cup Oil
2/3 cup Sugar
6 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 1/2 cup hot water
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
For baking
Pressure Coker to bake cake
1 cup salt
To prepare Egg-less Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Wheat flour :
1. Spared a cup of salt at the bottom of the cooker.
2. Preheat the cooker without putting the Vishal.
3. Prepare the cake batter by fallowing the below steps.
4. In a bowl add all wet ingredients - Oil, Sugar, Hot water, Vanilla Essence, and stir well till sugar dissolves.
5. Sew all dry ingredients to wet ingredients Wheat flour, Cocoa Powder, Baking Soda, Baking Powder and mix well.
6. Add Lemon juice. It reacts with baking soda in it, which helps cake to rice.
8. Grease cake tin with butter and pore the cake mixture.
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6. Delicious Egg-less Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Wheat flour prepared using pressure cooker is ready to serve.
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Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Carrot Almond Cake with Wheat flour
If you are looking for a super yummy, low calorie version of a homemade carrot cake recipe, then you came to the right place! Healthy, moist, delicious Carrot Cake with Wheat flour. The fact that it’s packed full of really good nutrients for you. If you've never eaten a carrot cake with wheat flour before or you’re worried about adding wheat flour to a cake recipe, fear not. The cake comes out so well plus carrot increase the moistness of the cake.
Ingredients for Carrot Almond Cake with Wheat flour :
2 cup grated Carrot
1/4 cup sliced Almonds
1 & 1/2 cup Wheat flour
1 cup sugar
3 Eggs
80 ml Refined Oil
1 tsp Baking soda
To prepare Carrot Almond Cake with Wheat flour :
1. Preheat the oven for 220'c for 10 min.
2. Mean wile add all dry ingredients - Wheat flour, Baking soda and sieve them 2 times.
3. In a bowl add Eggs and Sugar and beat with hand beater for 5 min. Then add oil to it and beat for 2 more min.
4. Put dry ingredients mix, grated Carrot, sliced Almonds to wet ingredients and mix well with cut and fold method.
5. Grease cake tin with butter and pore the cake mixture.
6. Place the cake tin in oven and bake at 220'c for 25 min or until a tester inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before inverting on a wire rack.
7. Delicious Carrot Almond cake is ready to serve.
Tips / Notes:
· U can prepare this cake using Mida/plain flour instead of wheat flour.
· Use the Preheat and baking instructions as per oven user guide.
· U can add walnut / pecan nut / chocolate chips for this recipe.
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Friday, 20 June 2014
Carrot Cup Cake with Wheat flour
If you are looking for a super yummy, low calorie version of a homemade carrot cup cake recipe, then you came to the right place! Healthy, moist, delicious Carrot cup Cake with Wheat flour. The fact that it’s packed full of really good nutrients for you. If you've never eaten a carrot cup cake with wheat flour before or you’re worried about adding wheat flour to a cake recipe, fear not. The cup cake comes out so well plus carrot increase the moistness of the cup cake.
Ingredients for Carrot Cup Cake with Wheat flour :
2 cup grated Carrot
1/4 cup sliced Almonds
1 & 1/2 cup Wheat flour
1 cup sugar
3 Eggs
80 ml Refined Oil
1 tsp Baking soda
To prepare Carrot Cup Cake with Wheat flour :
1. Preheat the oven for 220'c for 10 min.
2. Mean wile add all dry ingredients - Wheat flour, Baking soda and sieve them 2 times.
3. In a bowl add Eggs and Sugar and beat with hand beater for 5 min. Then add oil to it and beat for 2 more min.
4. Put dry ingredients mix, grated Carrot, sliced Almonds to wet ingredients and mix well with cut and fold method.
5. Distribute the batter evenly among the prepared cupcake liners. Bake at 220'c for 10 to 12 minutes, or until a tester inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean. Cool the cupcakes for five minutes in the tin (taking them out too soon can distort the shape!) before removing them with a knife and setting them on a wire rack to cool completely.
6. Delicious Carrot cup cake is ready to serve.
Tips / Notes:
· U can prepare this cake using Mida/plain flour instead of wheat flour.
· Use the Preheat and baking instructions as per oven user guide.
· U can add walnut / pecan nut / chocolate chips for this recipe.
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Wednesday, 4 June 2014
A Guide to Easy Egg Replacement .... Kitchen Basics
Are you Vegetarian, have an egg allergy or just don’t like eggs? Here are some egg replacements that are no fuss and easy to find – you may already have these in your kitchen! Eggs play a vital role in baking and dessert recipes. They have properties that help in binding, leavening and emulsifying. Each substitute works in 1 or more ways. Baking is all about trial and error people so it really is about what works best for you and the recipe. Some of my favorites are Flax seeds, Yogurt / curd & Banana.
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Yogurt / curd - 1/4 cup
Potato Starch - 2 tbsp
Chickpea flour - 3 tbsp + 3 tbsp water
Banana - 1/4 cup mashed
Chia Seeds (we get in super markets) - 1 tbsp ground chia seeds + 3 tbsp water. Mix and allow to sit for 5 minutes or so till it starts to gel.
Note: Use white chai seeds as the darker ones will be visible in the final product
Note: Use white chai seeds as the darker ones will be visible in the final product
Canned Pumpkin/Squash - 1/4 cup puree
Flax seeds (we get in super markets) - 1 tbsp ground flax seeds + 3 tbsp water. Mix well and allow to gel before adding. Alternatively you can lightly warm the mixture to thicken it before adding.
Plain Tofu (soft/silken) - 1/4 cup puree
Applesauce - 1/4 cup
For a flavorless replacement:
2 tbsp baking powder + 2 tbsp water + 1 tbsp oil
or
1 tsp unflavored gelatin + 3 tbsp cold water + 2 tbsp oil
To replace Egg whites:
Agar agar powder – 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp water. Whisk together and refrigerate. Once cold, whip and use as required.
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Sunday, 1 June 2014
Egg-less Chocolate Beetroot Cake Using Wheat Flour
Healthy, moist, delicious Egg-less Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Wheat flour for Vegetarians. A Chocolate Beetroot Cake that will change your mind about beetroot – and chocolate cake – forever. A deeply chocolatey cake, this is moist, lush and delicious. The fact that it’s packed full of really good for you beetroot is just an added bonus. Nutrients, antioxidants and dark chocolate cake.
Ingredients for Egg-less Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Wheat flour:
2 cup Wheat flour
2 med size Beetroot grated
1/2 cup Oil
2/3 cup Sugar
6 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 1/2 cup hot water
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
To prepare Egg-less Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Wheat flour :
1. Preheat the oven for 220'c for 10 min.
2. In a bowl add all wet ingredients - Oil, Sugar, Hot water,Vanilla Essence, and stir well till sugar dissolves.
3. Sew all dry ingredients to wet ingredients Wheat flour, Cocoa Powder, Baking Soda, Baking Powder and mix well.
4. Add Lemon juice. It reacts with baking soda in it, which helps cake to rice.
5. Grease cake tin with butter and pore the cake mixture.
6. Place the cake tin in oven and bake at 220'c for 25 min or until a tester inserted near the centre comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before inverting on a wire rack.
7. Delicious Chocolate cake is ready to serve.
Tips / Notes:
· If you taste the cake while warm you will taste the beets. Strange, I know, but if you wait until the cake is completely cool, you will taste nothing but rich chocolate!
· U can prepare this cake using Mida/plain flour instead of wheat flour.
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Saturday, 31 May 2014
EASY BANANA MUFFINS
Not to use an electric mixer for making Banana Muffins. Use a spoon or whisk just to incorporate all ingredients together without over-stirring. The cake would be turned out really soft. To make this cake more healthy and delicious, I prefer to use wheat flour instead of plain flour.
Ingredients for Banana Muffins :
1 & 1/2 cups wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt (if butter is salted omit salt)
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt (if butter is salted omit salt)
1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder (optional)
3 to 4 large bananas, mashed
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter, melted
3 to 4 large bananas, mashed
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tsp Vanilla essence
1/2 cup Sour CurdTo prepare Banana Muffins :
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Use paper liners and place in muffin tray.
3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, Cinnamon powder and salt, set aside.
4. Combine bananas, sugar, eggs, Vanilla essence, melted butter and Sour Curdin a large bowl.
5. Fold in flour mixture, and mix until just incorporated. Do not over mix.
6. Scoop into muffin pans.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes
2. Use paper liners and place in muffin tray.
3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, Cinnamon powder and salt, set aside.
4. Combine bananas, sugar, eggs, Vanilla essence, melted butter and Sour Curdin a large bowl.
5. Fold in flour mixture, and mix until just incorporated. Do not over mix.
6. Scoop into muffin pans.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes
Tips / Notes:
· Use the Preheat and baking instructions as per oven user guide.
· U can add walnut / pecan nut / chocolate chips for this recipe.
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Thursday, 29 May 2014
Chocolate Beetroot Cake with wheat flour
Healthy, moist, delicious Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Wheat flour. A Chocolate Beetroot Cake that will change your mind about beetroot – and chocolate cake – forever. A deeply chocolaty cake, this is moist, lush and delicious. The fact that it’s packed full of really good for you beetroot is just an added bonus. Nutrients, antioxidants and dark chocolate cake.
If you've never eaten a chocolate cake with beetroots before or you’re worried about adding beets to a cake recipe, fear not. You can’t taste the beets themselves. They give the cake a subtle earthiness, which works wonderfully well with the dark chocolate flavor of this cake. Plus they increase the moistness of the cake.
Ingredients for Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Wheat flour:
1 cup Wheat flour
5 tbsp Cocoa Powder
2 tsp Baking Powder
2 med size Beetroot grated
1 cup sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
4 Eggs
150 ml Oil
To prepare Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Wheat flour :
1. Preheat the oven for 220'c for 10 min.
2. Mean wile add all dry ingredients - Wheat flour, Cocoa powder, Baking powder and sieve them 2 times.
3. In a bowl add all wet ingredients - Eggs, Sugar, Vanilla Essence, Oil and mix well till sugar dissolves.
4. Put dry ingredients mix to wet ingredients mix and mix well.
5. Grease cake tin with butter and pore the cake mixture.
6. Place the cake tin in oven and bake at 220'c for 25 min or until a tester inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before inverting on a wire rack.
7. Delicious Chocolate cake is ready to serve.
Tips / Notes:
- If you taste the cake while warm you will taste the beets. Strange, I know, but if you wait until the cake is completely cool, you will taste nothing but rich chocolate!
- U can prepare this cake using Mida/plain flour instead of wheat flour.
- Use the Preheat and baking instructions as per oven user guide.
- U can add walnut / pecan nut / chocolate chips for this recipe.
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Tuesday, 20 May 2014
CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS
Perfect for a special morning treat! or even it goes well for kids luch box - Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients for CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS :
1 cup - All Purpose Flour
1 cup - Sugar Powder
1 cup - Butter / Spread
1 tsp - Baking Powder
1/2 cup - Chocolate Chips
3 no's - Eggs
To prepare CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS :
1. Take a bowl add butter / Spread (I used spread for this recipe) and mix this well and add sugar powder, mix it and add eggs one by one and vanilla essence and mix well.
2. Add all purpose flour, baking powder and mix it well in this finally add chocolate chips and mix it well. mean while preheat the oven.
3. Line a muffin pan with paper-lined cups and fill it 2/3rd full with the batter.
4. Fill cups 2/3 full, sprinkle chocolate chips on tops of muffins before baking, put it in the oven for 180 c for 10 min. or until a toothpick inserted near the centre comes out clean. Cool it for few minutes before removing them from the pan.
Tips / Notes:
· Use the Preheat and baking instructions as per oven user guide.
· U can add walnut / pecan nut / chocolate chips for this recipe.
· Use the Preheat and baking instructions as per oven user guide.
· U can add walnut / pecan nut / chocolate chips for this recipe.
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