Tooti fruity pineapple cake

My 3 year old loves cakes, whenever we pass through a bakery he says amma we'll buy cake.. So one fine afternoon when we were returning home from his school he again said the same words so i told him amma will make it at home and he instantly says i want tooti fruity cake (he had eaten it once in the same bakery that we crossed) and i answered ok..

Once back home i put him to sleep and started with baking the cake. I used pineapple essence rather than the usual vanilla essence this time.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 25-30 minutes (depending on the oven)
Serves: 9-10 pieces

Ingredients: 

1. Maida/all purpose flour 1.5cups
2. Powdered sugar 2 cups
3. Eggs 3nos
4. Baking soda 1.5tbsp
5. Butter (melted) 3/4cup
6. Tooti fruity a little
7. Pineapple essence 1tsp


Method:

1. Preheat oven at 200 degrees.
2. Sieve maida and baking powder and keep aside.
3. Beat eggs (both white and yolk), add the pineapple essence and beat well till fluffy.
4. Now fold in butter and sugar and beat really well.
5. Slowly add the maida and tooti fruity and mix really well. More you beat, more fluffy the cake.
6. Grease the baking tray, pour the mixture and bake at 200 degrees for about 25-30 minutes, depending on the oven you use (you can check in between).
7. Once baked, remove from the oven, let it cool and turn around and cut as desired.

pizaaa ma ma miaaa

Well after i bought an OTG, 1st thing i baked was Cookies, which was my last post and after that i wanted to make Pizza's.. well researched the internet on methods, followed bits and pieces from a lot of blogs and of course took help from my friend who has an OTG and her hubby does bake yummy cakes and breads in them.. Well there was nothing more to stop me from making a pizza, but my hubby was out in The US of A from office and it was just me and my 3 year old son at home to enjoy it.. guess what both of us had a pizza party.. he loved every bit of it.. of course with lots of tomato sauce...

My previous efforts to make pizza on the tava and in the grill microwave weren't so successful, but that didn't deter me from making them..

Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 12-15 minutes (depending upon the oven)
Serves: 1 (small base)

Ingredients:

1. Pizza base 1 nos.
2. Vegetables finely chopped of your choice (i used tomatoes, capsicum, cabbage and carrot)
3. Pizza sauce available readily in stores

4. Pizza cheese (i used Britannia, Amul is also good)
5. Tomato sauce

Method:

1. Preheat the oven at 220 degrees for about 5-7 min
2. Spread the pizza sauce over the base evenly

3. Heat oil in a kadhai and saute the veggies (optinal).. you can omit this step and just spread it evenly.

4. Grate the cheese (as much as you require).

5. Bake at 220 degrees for 12-15 minutes (till cheese melts and the base turns light brown)

6. Cut them .. and enjoyy with tomato sauce/ketchup.

Cookiessss

After a lot of yes and no and lot of research on the internet i finally bought an OTG (Oven, toaster and griller) from Prestige... And the love of baking made me buy it, my hubby was a little against it in the beginning since he thought its of not much use and since i was already using my mom's round oven he thought it would not be right to have 2 of them in the kitchen.. i had to convince him (it was easy though)..

So i was all excited to bake... and i decided let me start with cookies/biscuits 1st.. and also i had bought cookie cutters recently so there began the experimentation..

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 20-25 minutes (depending upon the oven)
Yield: About 35-40

Ingredients: 

1. Maida 1.5 cups
2. Sugar (powdered) 2 cups
3. Pineapple/vanilla essence 1tsp
4. Baking powder 1.5tsp
5. Butter 100gms
6. Milk if required

Method: 

1. Sieve the maida and baking powder and keep aside.
2. Mix butter and sugar and beat till light and fluffy.
3. Add vanilla/pineapple essence to the mixture.
4. Now slowly add in the maida mixture and knead it to a dough.
5. Add milk while making dough if you find it too dry.
6. Now roll the dough into 1/4" thickness.
7. Using a cookie cutter cut them into shapes and arrange them on a greased baking tray.

9. Bake them at 175 degrees for about 10-15 minutes or till they turn light brown, depending upon the oven.

10. Let them cool and they're ready to serve..

the finished product

Microwave 5 minute brownie

Hogging on some yummy brownies is something i always love.. But the fact that i didnt have a proper oven to bake the perfect one.. But one such foodie social website provided me an idea that i can even bake it in a microwave oven and that too in 5 minutes flat..

Preparation time: 3 minutes
Cooking time: 2 minutes
Serves: 1


Ingredients:
1. Oven proof coffee mug
2. All purpose flour/maida 2 tbsp
3. Sugar 2tbsp
4. Oil/butter 2tbsp
5.Cocoa powder 1 tbsp
6. Water/milk 3tbsp

Method:

1. In the coffee mug first mix the flour, sugar and cocoa powder well.
2. Next add oil/butter, water and mix well.

3. Put it into the oven at high power for 1 min and 40 sec or till its baked..

Enjoy it just like that or with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.. slurrrppp..

Just Bake - Sponge cake with choco icing

Now that i had started to bake I wanted to bake something special for our 4th wedding anniversary. I rushed into the local store and bought a heart shaped cake tin and started to bake a cake..


Preparation time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 30 minutes


Ingredients: 

For the sponge: 

1. Maida 1.25 cups
2. Sugar 1.75 cups
3. Butter 2 cups
4. Eggs 3 or 50gms of egg mix
5. Vanilla essence 1tsp
6. Baking powder 1/4tsp
7. Salt a pinch
8. Milk as required

For icing:

1. Icing sugar 100gms
2. Butter 50gms
3. Cocoa powder 1.25tbsp
4. Milk if required


Method: 

For sponge: 

1. Sieve maida, salt, baking powder twice.
2. Fold in butter (melted) and sugar.
3. Mix beaten eggs and vanilla essence till fluffy.
4. Add this mixture to the butter sugar mix and blend well.
5. Slowly add the flour mix and blend well. Add milk as required to dropping consistency.
6. Pour into greased tray and bake in a preheated oven @ 190 degrees for 25-30 minutes or till done. (you can check this by poking a stick, if it comes out clean it shows its done).
7. Cool completely before you proceed for icing.

For icing:

1. Soften butter (at room temperature).
2. Add icing sugar and cocoa powder and mix well to make a thick paste.
3. Spread over the cake or pipe through a nozzle as desired.

Just Bake - Eggless Cupcakes

Baking, an interest i developed of late and as a beginner i always have the zest to keep baking something all the time so for starters i bought a  new muffin (cupcake) mold and after buying it i had to try out right.. so i started with the eggless version.


Preparation time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 20-25 minutes
Makes: 10 cupcakes


Ingredients: 

1. Maida 1.5 cups
2. Cocoa powder 2tbsp
3. Baking powder 1tsp
4. Salt a pinch
5. Sugar (powdered) 1.25 cups
6. Butter 1 cup
7. Milk 1 cup
8. Vanilla essence 1 tsp


For icing: 

1. Icing sugar 1 cup
2. Butter 1/2 cup
3. Vanilla essence a few drops
4. Milk if required


Method: 

1. Preheat oven @200 degrees for 15 minutes.
2. Grease the muffin tray/mold and keep aside.
3. Sieve maida, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder twice.
4. Fold butter, sugar, vanilla essence and mix well.
5. Add flour mix and fold gently. Add milk as required so that batter comes to a dropping consistency.
6. Spoon batter into mold till 1/2 or 2/3 full.

7. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or till brown.



For icing:

1. Sieve icing sugar to make it lump free.
2. Soften butter well and mix it with icing sugar and vanilla essence.
3. Add milk if required and spread as desired or pipe it in.

Just Bake - Chocolat cake - Anniversary cake...

The word chocolate sends across many arousing signals to any humans minds.. Not only kids but even adults just love chocolate so much that some just can't resist the cravings.

Well I didn't need a much better occasion than my brother in law and co-sister's 1st wedding anniversary to bake a special home made chocolate cake for them, even though this was the 1st time i was trying one the thought that it had to be special for them made me more excited to bake it..


Preparation time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 25-30 minutes
Serves: About 320gms of yummylicious cake.


Ingredients: 

1. Maida 2 cups
2. Castor sugar 2 cups
3. Butter 2 cups (soft)
4. Eggs 4
5. Cocoa powder 3-4tbsp
6. Baking powder 1.5tsp
7. Vanilla essence 1tsp
8. Milk as required

For icing: 

1. Butter 1 cup
2. Icing sugar 2 cups
3. Milk 2-3tbsp
4. Vanilla essence 1-2 drops

Method:

1. Sieve maida, baking powder, cocoa powder 3 times
2. Cream the butter and sugar well. Keep aside. .
3. Beat the eggs well and add vanilla essence and blend.
4. Now add this to the sugar butter mixture and mix well.
5. Fold in the flour mix and mix well.
6. Add milk as much as required to get the mixture to a dropping consistency.
7. Grease a tray and pour till half full and bake @190degrees for about 25-30 minutes or till done. You can check this by poking a stick into the cake, if it comes out clean at all places it means the cake's done.
8. Cool on wire rack completely before you proceed for icing.

For icing: 

1. Soften butter and mix icing sugar and vanilla essence. Add about 2 tbsp of milk if required.
2. Spread a layer on the cake or pipe it through a nozzle into desired shape or message.



Here I've used colourful gems and cherries for the decoration.

Just Bake - Crispy Jeera biscuits

My very 1st baking task... with all fears and very much excitement i started off baking for the 1st time with this very easy recipe suggested by a friend on cookery group. And as always said 1st time experiments may turn a little haywire it did... These crispy biscuits became a little too crispy for the 1st set... the 2nd set was perfect to the core...

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 20-25 minutes (depending upon the oven)
Makes: 20 biscuits


Ingredients:

1. Jeera seeds 2tbsp
2. Maida 2 cups
3. Salt 1.5tsp
4. Baking powder 1tsp
5. Sugar 1/4 cup
6. Oil (butter also can be used) 1/2 cup
7. Milk 1/4 cup (if you use eggs 1 egg fits in easily)
8. Water 2tbsp (if required)


Method:

1. In a bowl mix all ingredients with 2tbsp of water (if required)
2. Divide dough into 20 small balls.
3. Slightly press and flatten them. (make sure you don't press too much)
4. Bake them in preheated oven to 180 degrees till they turn golden brown.

Just bake - Sugar coated custard powder biscuits

Like I mentioned in my previous post i love to bake biscuits and cakes, here's another one I came across on internet and found it pretty interesting and easy to bake. My husband has a sweet tooth for sweet biscuits so this is how this came up.


Preparation time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 25-30 minutes (depending upon the oven)
Makes: 30 biscuits


Ingredients: 

1. Maida 2 cups
2. Oil 1.25 cups (you can use butter as well for a different flavour)
3. Baking powder 1tbsp
4. Custard powder 1/2 cup
5. Tooty fruity (for decoration - optional)
6. Powdered sugar/Icing sugar 1 cup plus another 1/2 cup for rolling the biscuits
7. Vanilla essence a few drops
8. Baking soda 1 pinch

Method: 

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees
2. Mix powdered sugar, oil and beat till fluffy.
3. Sieve maida, custard powder, baking soda and baking powder together.
4. Add this to the sugar, oil mixture, knead to make a nice dough. You can add more oil/butter if too dry.
5. Make small balls and place on palm and press.

6. Decorate with tooty fruity. (optional)
7. Bake at 200 degrees till golden brown and done.
8. Cool and roll them over sugar powder for yummy, crispy biscuits.

Just Bake - Cherry biscuits

I was all excited to bake... bake cakes and biscuits like how my mom used to when i was a kid.. i would watch her do it eagerly and very much like her developed interest in baking.. I kept asking for a convection microwave from my hubby but once i got to know that microwave baking is not as good as the old age oven... i requested my mom to lend me her oven for a few days... and she did...

Found this recipe from a blogger like me... it was easy and looked yummy and moreover my hubby wanted me to bake something sweet so y delay..


Preparation time: 15-20 minutes
Baking time: 20-25 minutes (depending upon the oven type)
Serves: 30 biscuits

Ingredients:

1. Maida 1 cup
2. Cornflour 1/2 cup
3. Icing sugar 1 cup
4. Butter 3/4 cup (melted)
5. Vanilla essence 1tbsp
6. Baking powder 1/2tbsp


Method: 

1. Preheat oven to 150c for about 20 minutes
2. Sieve maida, cornflour and icing sugar along with baking powder.
3. Cream butter with fork and add vanilla essence.
4. Mix the flour mix to butter mix little by little.
5. Mix well, add 1tbsp milk if too dry..
6. Make small balls and flatten a little. (While making balls make sure that they're fluffy enough and don't press too much, just a gentle press)
7. Make an indent with finger and place cherry.
8. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or till golden brown.