Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and here goes my cake recipe which I prepared on Xmas.I used half wheat flour and half all purpose flour so that the cake gets a bit more healthy.I tried to include bananas so that my fussy kid can get the fruit through the cake..just a medium to feed fruits.A simple and yummy home made cake which am sure all of you will like.
Ingredients-
wheat flour/atta(2cups)
all purpose flour/maida(2cups)
baking soda(1tspn)
baking powder(1tbspn)
eggs(4)
sugar(3cups)
melted butter(1cup)
vanilla essence(1tspn)
banana(2)
Method-
Beat the eggs together.Add sugar to the eggs and mix well.
You can also blend the egg-sugar mixture.
While blending chop the bananas and add to this mixture and blend.
Mix the atta, maida,baking soda and baking powder.
Start adding butter little by little and knead the dough simultaneously.
Now add this dough to the egg-sugar-banana mix.
Sprinkle some drops of vanilla and mix well so that the batter is consistent and smooth.
Preheat the oven.
Grease a baking dish and bake it in microwave(convection option) for 40min.
If you are using a cake pan,grease the pan and bake it for around 40min.
Yummy banana cake is ready :)
My toddler loves pancakes.One morning when I served him bread for breakfast,he said he wanted pancakes.I tried to make him understand that I would prepare them some other day, but was in vain.I did not want to prepare the normal pancakes as I already had bread.So I thought of using the bread, and the pancakes made out of bread turned out so yummy that everyone just loved them and they are a hot favourite in my house now :)
Ingredients -
bread slices-2
milk-1/2cup
egg-1
water
sugar
oil/butter for frying
Method -
Cut the edges off the bread slices.
Dip them in water till soft and squeeze out the water.
whisk 1 egg in a bowl.
Add milk,the softened bread slices and sugar to it.
Adjust the sugar quantity as per your need.
Mix well.
Heat a non-stick pan.
Add few drops of oil/butter to it.
Pour one laddle full of the batter.
Cook till the pancake turns light brown and then flip and cook on the other side.
Soft pancakes are ready to serve :-)
This quantity makes 3 pancakes.
This is a cake which contains sooji and not maida.So it is rest assured that its a healthier version of cake which you can prepare at home.Its a perfect snack or tiffin which is filling and healthy both.Don't go by the thought that how can you bake a cake without maida, please give it a try and know for yourself :-)
Ingredients -
sooji-rava (2 cups)
baking powder (1 tspn)
eggs (2)
sugar (1.5 cups)
oil (1/2 cup)
vanilla essence
Method -
Beat the eggs together.Add sugar to the eggs and mix well.Powdered sugar is preferable since it will
take less time.Or else you can blend the egg-sugar mixture.
Mix the sooji and baking powder.
Start adding oil little by little and knead the dough simultaneously.
Now add this dough to the egg-sugar mix.
Mix it well so that the batter is consistent and smooth.
Preheat the oven.
Grease a baking dish and bake it in microwave(convection option) for 40min.
Yummy rava cake is ready :)
Cake is a favourite amongst everyone in our home specially home-made cake.This cake apart from being tasty is also healthy as it has atta and apples.So go for this easy and delicious recipe instead of the calorie rich cream cakes :)
Ingredients-
wheat flour/atta(2cups)
all purpose flour/maida(2cups)
baking powder(1tbspn)
eggs(4)
brown sugar(3cups)
melted butter(1cup)
vanilla essence(1tspn)
apple(1)
Method-
Beat the eggs together.Add sugar to the eggs and mix well.
I have used brown sugar but you can use normal sugar also.You can blend the egg-sugar mixture for less time.
Mix the atta, maida and baking powder.
Start adding butter little by little and knead the dough simultaneously.
Now add this dough to the egg-sugar mix.
Sprinkle some drops of vanilla and mix well so that the batter is consistent and smooth.
Peel one apple and slice it finely.Add these chopped pieces to the batter.
Preheat the oven.
Grease a baking dish and bake it in microwave(convection option) for 40min.
Healthy atta cake is ready :)
This is a delicious cake recipe with the orange flavour making it unique..
Ingredients -
all purpose flour/maida-4cups
caster/powdered sugar-3cups
baking powder-2tspns
eggs-4
butter/oil-1cup
vanilla essence-1tspn
orange juice-2/3rd cup
orange peel/zest-1tspn
almonds,cashew nuts
Method -
Mix the maida and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
Beat the eggs and mix in the sugar till fluffy.
Add butter and mix well.
Now add the flour to the above egg mixture slowly little by little.
Scrap out the white portion of the orange peel and then use.
Add in the essence,orange juice,peel and dry fruits.
Mix well so that no lumps are formed in the batter.
Preheat the oven to 220degC.
Grease the cake pan with butter or oil.
Pour in the batter and bake for around 30-35min till a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Let the cake cool and then de-mould it.
Orange cake is ready to serve :-)
Chocolate brownies are a hot favourite of many of us...they have a texture which falls between that of a cake and a cookie.Sometimes they also contain nuts or chocolate chips or cream.They can be served as a dessert or accompanied by coffee :)
Ingredients -
3/4 cup maida(all purpose flour)
1 tbspn baking powder
3/4 cup butter
3 eggs
1.5 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup cocoa pwder
1 tbspn vanilla essence
Crushed walnut pieces(2-3tspns)
Method -
Mix together maida and baking powder.
Take a bowl and beat the butter and sugar till fluffy.
Now add the eggs,maida and cocoa powder alternately.
Add essence and beat well.Sprinkle the walnuts.
Grease a baking dish with butter.
Pour the batter and bake for 35-40 min.
Serve it hot with chocolate sauce and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream as a dessert or it just goes well with coffee too :-)
A very healthy cake as its made up of dates :-) Very easy recipe and not at all time consuming !
Ingredients -
16 dates(khajur) deseeded and chopped
milk - 1.5 cups
oil - 1/2 cup
powder sugar - 3/4 cup
all purpose flour(maida) - 1 cup
baking powder - 1 tbspn
vanilla essence
Method -
Take 16 dates/khajur.Remove the seeds and chop them fine.
Heat 1.5 cups of milk and soak the dates in the milk.
Take 1 cup maida,mix in 1 tbspn baking powder.
Slowly add 1/2 cup oil to the maida and knead the dough.
Add 3/4 cup powdered sugar to the milk-dates mix and grind to a fine paste.
Now add this date-milk mixture to the maida and mix well.
Add few drops of vanilla essence to it and make the batter consistent.
Grease the cake pan with oil/ghee and pour the batter in it.
Bake for around 20 min and date cake is ready :-)
This is a vegetarian cake recipe as it is eggless.I always wanted to try out this cake.. and it turned out yummy :) worth giving it a try..
Ingredients -
Semolina/rava/sooji (1 cup)
milk (1 cup)
curd (1 cup)
sugar (1 cup)
vanilla essence
ghee (2 tbspn)
baking powder (1 tspn)
Method -
Mix the semolina,milk and curd in a mixing bowl.The milk must not be hot.
Mix well and keep it covered for about 2-3 hours.
Now add the sugar,ghee,essence and baking powder to the above mix.
Beat well so that the batter is smooth.You can add cashew nuts to the batter(optional).
Put the batter in the cake pan and bake for about 20 min.
Semolina cake is ready :-)
This is a very simple cake recipe.This is best for beginners in baking just as I started :-)
I have mentioned 2 ways of baking here.One is in microwave and one is using a cake pan.
So go ahead and bake your first cake if you have not baked till now :-)
Ingredients -
all purpose flour -maida (2 cups)
baking powder (1 tspn)
eggs (2)
sugar (1.5 cups)
oil (1/2 cup)
vanilla essence
Method -
Beat the eggs together.Add sugar to the eggs and mix well.Powdered sugar is preferrable since it will take less time.Or else you can blend the egg-sugar mixture.
Mix the flour and baking powder.
Start adding oil little by little and knead the dough simultaneously.
Now add this dough to the egg-sugar mix.
Mix it well so that the batter is consistent and smooth.
For baking - I have baked in a cake pan and in microwave.
Cake pan baking procedure -
See the pic of the cake pan.Grease the cake pan with oil.
Put the cake batter in the pan and close its lid.
Since I did not have an oven,I used this simple way of baking.
Put some sand in the plate which you see at the bottom.
Place this plate on the burner.Now keep the cake pan over this plate.Keep it on very low flame.
Thats it..that is all you have to do and your cake will be ready in 25-30 min :-)
Microwave oven procedure -
I made cup cakes in microwave.
Grease the cups with oil.Put the cake batter in them.
Preheat the oven.
Place the cups in convection option in microwave for about 25-30 min.
Fluffy cup cakes are ready :-)
