Tuesday 30 June 2009

Chocolate Orange Drizzle Loaf Cake

It's been just ten days that I was away from this world of blogging but I get a feeling I have so much to catch up with . But before everything I am rushing for a last minute entry to Sweet and simple Bakes whose monthly challenge for the month of June was Chocolate Orange Drizzle Loaf Cake.
I encountered a few problems while making this cake...the first being , this is not the season of oranges here , then the second problem was self raising flour.. as it is not easily available here and what is available is too costly.
I have modified the recipe with the things that were readily available and some substitutes.

The end result was quite satisfactory. My kids loved it and looking forward to bake it again when I get fresh oranges as I am very sure nothing can substitute the taste that orange zest will give.
Here is my version of the cake.

Ingredients
Self raising flour - 175g
White butter-175g
Caster sugar-175g
eggs-3
orange essence-2tsp
milk-2tbsp
Orange Syrup:
orange juice-3/4cup (I used the tetrapak version)
sugar-6-7tsp
For the topping:
Dark Chocolate-50g
Silver sprinkles
Method
  • In a mixing bowl add the butter and sugar and beat till light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs one by one and beat.
  • Add orange essence .
  • Add flour and milk and fold.
  • Bake for 35-45 mins.
  • Cool and make holes on the top of the cake.
  • Mix the orange juice and sugar ,heat and bring it to a boil.
  • Put this juice on the top of the cake.
  • Melt the chocolate on a double boiler and spread it on the top of the cake , spread some sprinkles.

Monday 15 June 2009

Cheesy Bread Rolls






On 13th June my younger one turned 9. He is an energetic fellow, full of life. A moody at times and very possessive about me( I guess it's the age). He had been counting days remaining for his birthday past 15-20 days and was very excited about it. He had told me long time back that he wanted me to bake for him a Chocolate fudge cake.



Friday 12 June 2009

Rajma Rasmisa (Red Kidney Bean Curry)



Hi!
This is my all time favourite . In my childhood whenever my Mum made this dish she used to make it in surplus and refrigerate it so that I could eat it for 3-4 days . Now S and both the kids have become huge fans of Rajma. Here ,in North India ,we get very good quality Rajma as it gets produced largely in this part of the country. But out of the various varieties available I like the Kashmiri variety the most. It's small and bright red in colour and looks elegantly beautiful.

Tuesday 9 June 2009

Dhaba Style Palak Paneer ( Spinach and Cottage cheese)



When I had visited my Mom recently, my cousin P had come down for lunch. She is in her final term of pregnancy and loves to eat Paneer. I remember an old incident, it was during my college days and I was visiting P's place. We all had gone for dinner to a restaurant and had ordered this dish . She ate all the Palak and had kept the Paneer pieces aside. I asked her why are you not eating it ? She said, I will eat all of them together at the end. To her disappointment, while she was talking to us,  the waiter cleared her plate with all her favorite Paneer going into trash.

Saturday 6 June 2009

Nigella lawson’s -Chocolate Pistachio Fudge


  • I started my blog and posted a few recipes and then I could not post for a few days as I left for an unplanned holiday .



    Now that I am back I want to post a recipe that’s very special and close to my heart. This I saw the first time on Nigella’s show and then Deeba @ passionateabout baking posted it and I was hooked to it.



    When I saw it the very first time I was wondering is it that simple? !But when Deeba also mentioned the same thing... I thought let me give it a try. I made it for S’s birthday as he is very fond of dark chocolate. He loved it and has asked me to make it for all his birthdays in future. Helps me as it’s so quick to make and really chocolatee .


    Ingredients
    Dark Chocolate- 350 gms (broken roughly)
    Condensed milk- 400 gms
    Salt -a pinch
    Butter – 1 tbsp
    Pistachio – 150 gms (lightly roasted and pounded)

    Method

    Take a heavy bottom pan, in it put all the ingredients.
    Put it on a low flame and let the chocolate melt.
    At no point during the entire process of cooking the chocolate should boil.
    Keep mixing and cooking on low flame till the mixture thickens.
    The condensed milk helps give the dish a fudge like texture.
    Pour the mixture into an aluminium foil tray, as it’s easy to remove from it.
    Let it chill for 2 hours and then cut into pieces.It makes about 60 pieces of the lovely , chewy fudge.



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