Showing posts with label Cakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cakes. Show all posts

Sunday, January 17, 2016

SESAME SEEEDS JAGGERY SPICED BANANA WALNUT LOAF

Hello everyone 

My sweet tooth daughter always used to ask why healthy stuffs are not yummy and what we like to eat are always comes under unhealthy category ๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ˜•. Actually my whole family is sweet tooth and also having great tendency to get fat too easily๐Ÿ˜ญ , so to avoid extra calories in our diet we have to make a reasonable distance with sugary and fatty stuffs๐Ÿ˜ฐ. 
But this is also like a boon too me, so that I can experiment with healthy stuffs and turn them to interesting healthy cum yummy dishes. I made this on the occasion of makar sankranti that's why added sesame seeds to it and it was total worth , just created an awesome combination of rustic memories in a new look.
This cake is the best example of taste with health. I used all healthy alternatives to usual ingredients of a cake, which lead to this super yummy healthy sweet treat. Now no need to take just one bite of your sweet crush to satisfy your craving. And the second best thing is , it's best and yummy way to use your over ripe bananas. Spices added in this cake,  boosted its flavor to another level. You can say it a perfect combo for your cup of tea. A happy dessert to health conscious fellows.
Step wise recipe is given below, hope you will enjoy this tasty, yummy and healthy treat. sure give it a try , you will never regret.

SESAME SEEDS JAGGERY SPICED BANANA WALNUT LOAF





Serves: 5-6
Time: 1: 15 hrs

Ingredients 

1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour/ all purpose flour 
2 big bananas, ripe
1/2 cup jaggery, grated
1/3 cup oil
1/2 cup thick yogurt( curd)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder 
1/8 tsp salt
2 tbsp roasted sesame seeds ( black and white)
1 inch ginger, grated
1 tsp vanilla essence 
10-12 walnuts, roughly chopped 

Method:

First of all grease a loaf pan and dust it with some flour, keep it aside.



Mix well  flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder, walnuts and salt together, keep it aside for later use.



Now mash bananas with a fork till they become a lump less puree. Add grated jaggery , vanilla essence and curd in it and mix well till jaggery gets dissolve. Now add grated ginger and oil , again mix well. 



Add flour mixture and fold it to make a lump less smooth batter. Finally add sesame seeds and fold in. Pour in greased loaf pan. Sprinkle some sesame seeds all over the batter.




 Bake in a preheated oven at 180degree C for 40 - 50 mins, or till tooth pick inserted in it comes out clean. Mine took 50 mins, so keep an eye on it after 45 mins as different oven take different time. Time also depends on baking pans, size and shape.
Let it cool for 5 mins then invert on a wire rack.



 Let it cool completely before slicing, to get neat slices.




Your super yummy and healthy cake slices are ready to go with your cup of tea.
Enjoy these guilt free scrumptious sweet treat any time. It's good for kids tiffin and mid meal hunger sprang.





You can use any spices and any dry fruits of your choice. But surely try this combo too as ginger , sesame seeds and cinnamon let this cake to another level.
You can increase or decrease the quantity of jaggery as per your taste and sweetness of bananas, but this one is for perfect sweetness๐Ÿ˜Š.
You can also use any shape of baking pan, but then baking time may change, so be cautious while baking and keep checking in between.




Hope you all will definitely try this guilt free yummy loaf and please pour your valuable comments and suggestions here, they meant a lot.

Happy cooking....


Tuesday, December 29, 2015

EGGLESS SPARKLING SPRINKLES FOR CAKES AND COOKIES

Hello everyone

Today I have a very easy but interesting decoratives recipe for cakes and cookies. Who don't like cakes, cupcakes or cookies decorated with sparkling glittery sprinkles. Specially kids love to relish on decorated stuffs more than naked ones. But in market these decoratives are too expensive and generally available with eggs. So why not give it a try at home also, with easy available ingredients, eggless and in minimum time and effort. Today I am sharing glittery sparkling colored sugar sprinkles recipe, many more are coming in further days. Till then try and enjoy these super easy and attractive sprinkles at home and win your kids heart. Hope you all will definitely give it a try. 
Stepwise recipe is given below, do try and let me know how it turned out for you.

EGGLESS SPARKLING SPRINKLES FOR CAKES AND COOKIES




Yield: 2+ tbsp 
Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

2 heaped tbsp fine granulated sugar
1/4 tsp edible liquid color ( your choice)
2 drops vanilla essence ( completely optional, I skipped)

Method:

Mix sugar, colour and essence well. 


Spread in thin layer on a baking tray lined with butter paper .
Now bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for 10 mins.





Now break all the lumps formed in sugar with oven mitt when it's still warm. Or you can also use rolling pin to separate sugar granules. But use light hands to avoid powdering your sprinkles. Once cooled , keep it in airtight containers.  I made six colors red, blue, green, yellow ,orange and purple by mixing red and blue colors. Your glittery sparkling sprinkles are ready to use. 


You can use any color of your choice or can also mix and match different colors to get different shades of your choice.
Try to use fine granules sugar, neither powdered ones nor too big granules, to get nice glittery texture.
Avoid adding too much of color, it may make lots of lumps and also ruin taste of sprinkles.
You can prepare these in bulk and store properly to use later whenever needed.
Now decorate your sweet treats with these sparkling beauties and see the eyes of your munchkins glittering with happiness. 


You can also use these on your puddings, ice creams or others sweet dishes to add extra attraction and crunchiness.



Hope you all will love this eggless sprinkle recipe and please pour your valuable comments and suggestions here, they meant a lot.

Happy cooking....


Thursday, October 22, 2015

EGGLESS RAINBOW MARBLE CAKE

Hello everyone
Cakes are generally loved by all sweet tooth ones but if it comes to colorful soft and moist cake, then who can deny to atleast one bite. Yesterday my daughter, after coming from her school announced that she wants to carry something yummy for her friends to share as they want to celebrate Independence Day ...๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ณ.. I started to scratch my head to get any clue of Independence Day on 22nd October, but failed ๐Ÿ˜. So to satisfy my curiosity, I asked her about the celebration and what she told was really funny and nostalgic too๐Ÿ˜Š. As their exams were finished yesterday and they got independence from exams so they are celebrating ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽŠ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ˜ƒ.
But the main problem was, what to make for her and after rejecting nearly a dozen of options she agreed for a rainbow cake. I never made this cake before but what to do, gathered all my courage and jumped in the battle field๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜. And to my surprise and good luck the cake came out so soft, moist and most importantly eye treat to everyone. 
The step wise recipe of this cake is given below, hope you all will definitely like it.

EGGLESS RAINBOW MARBLE CAKE




Serves: 15-20
Time: 1:20 hrs

Ingredients        * I made big cake for sharing but if you want smaller one then half the quantity used.

4 cups all purpose flour ( maida)
2 cups powder sugar
1 cup oil ( any without flavour)
2 cup yogurt (curd)
1 cup warm milk
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder 
2 tsp vanilla essence
Food colors 

Method:

First of all grease a big baking tray and dust some flour on it evenly. Remove extra flour by tapping and keep it aside .



Seive flour, baking powder and baking soda together so that they will get mixed uniformly. Then add powdered sugar to flour and again mix well. 



Now in another bowl mix yogurt, oil and vanilla essence together well. 



Add flour mix in yogurt mix in batches and keep folding. Now add milk and make a smooth batter neither too thick nor runny. If needed add more milk to get idli batter like consistency.



 Now divide batter in equal quantity , desired number of colors i.e. 6-7 equal parts of batter. Now add color to each batter and mix well. Don't over mix otherwise you will end up with dense cake.



 Now place a butter paper in the baking tray and pour one batter . Tap the tray to spread one batter then pour other, similarly pour all batters one by one followed by tapping every time. 



Now take a skewer and make lines on cake (optional) . 



Now bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for 50 -55 mins. Keep an eye on it after 40 mins as different oven takes different time to bake. Mine took exactly 50 mins. For doneness checking, insert a tooth pick or skewer in middle of cake , if it comes out clean with some crumbles on it then it's ready otherwise bake for some more time.




After done let the cake rest in baking tray for 8-10 mins then invert on a wire rack and let it cool completely before slicing to get clean slices.




Your colorful, soft and moist cake is ready to serve on any occasion as kids will always be ready to gobble it up. Even there is no need of any frosting or icing on it as its so beautiful that you don't want to hide.




You can also make it in microwave at high for 10-12 mins. But keep checking after 10 mins as over microwaved cakes become chewy and hard.
If you want to bake a small cake then can easily half all the ingredients and don't forget to half the baking time too and keep checking for doneness ๐Ÿ˜Š.




This is so simple yet delicious cake with easily available and only few ingredients. Hope you all will definitely going to give it a try and please give your suggestions and comments here so that I can improve my way of sharing recipes with you all.

Happy cooking....

Thursday, October 1, 2015

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR CUSTARD BANANA CAKE

Hello everyone
Who don't like cakes..... It a very silly question for sweet lovers as the answer is well known, of course die for cake. But when question comes for health then we come on our backfoot with sad expression like no I can't have cakes. If you are also a die for cake person then weight ... Why are you getting sad, I have a better option for you like a healthy cum yummy cake. Today I have whole wheat flour custard banana cake, full of goodness of whole wheat and banana with minimum sugar and oil, what else you want ๐Ÿ˜Š. Recipe is given below, hope you will like and definitely give it a try.

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR CUSTARD BANANA CAKE



Serves: 4-5
Time: 45 mins

Ingredients 

1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup custard powder or corn flour
2 bananas, over ripe
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup oil
1 tbsp curd( yogurt) (optional)
1/3 cup milk, at room temp
1/3 cup milk powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder ( optional)
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla essence 
2 tbsp dates syrup or dates puree( optional)
10-12 walnuts, roughly chopped ( optional)

Method:

First of all grease a baking pan and dust it with some flour, keep it aside.

Mix well whole wheat flour, custard powder, milk powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder, walnuts and salt together, keep it aside for later use.



Now mash bananas with a fork till they become a lump less puree. Add sugar,vanilla essence , curd and dates syrup in it and mix well till sugar gets dissolve. Now add oil , again mix well. 



Add flour mixture and fold it to make a lump less smooth batter. Pour in greased baking pan.




 Bake in a preheated oven at 180degree C for 30 mins, or till tooth pick inserted in it comes out clean. Mine took exact 30 mins, so keep an eye on it after 25mins as different oven take different time. Time also depends on baking pans, size and shape.


Let it cool for 5 mins then invert on a wire rack.



 Let it cool completely before slicing, to get neat slices.




Your super yummy and healthy cake slices are ready to go with your cup of tea.
Enjoy these guilt free scrumptious sweet treat any time. It's good for kids tiffin and mid meal hunger sprang.




You can use any spices and any dry fruits of your choice. 
You can increase or decrease the quantity of sugar as per your taste and sweetness of bananas, but this one is for perfect sweetness๐Ÿ˜Š.
You can also use any shape of baking pan, but then baking time may change, so be cautious while baking and keep checking in between.

Hope you all will definitely try this guilt free yummy cake and please pour your valuable comments and suggestions here, they meant a lot.

Happy cooking....

Thursday, July 9, 2015

NO BUTTER NO SUGAR SPICED OATS BANANA WALNUT LOAF

Hello everyone 
My sweet tooth daughter always used to ask why healthy stuffs are not yummy and what we like to eat are always comes under unhealthy category ๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ˜•. Actually my whole family is sweet tooth and also having great tendency to get fat too easily๐Ÿ˜ญ , so to avoid extra calories in our diet we have to make a reasonable distance with sugary and fatty stuffs๐Ÿ˜ฐ. 
But this is also like a boon too me, so that I can experiment with healthy stuffs and turn them to interesting healthy cum yummy dishes.
This cake is the best example of taste with health. I used all healthy alternatives to usual ingredients of a cake, which lead to this super yummy healthy sweet treat. Now no need to take just one bite of your sweet crush to satisfy your craving. And the second best thing is , it's best and yummy way to use your over ripe bananas. Spices added in this cake,  boosted its flavor to another level. You can say it a perfect combo for your cup of tea. A happy dessert to health conscious fellows.
Step wise recipe is given below, hope you will enjoy this tasty, yummy and healthy treat. sure give it a try , you will never regret.

NO BUTTER NO SUGAR SPICED OATS WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR BANANA WALNUT LOAF




Serves: 5-6
Time: 1: 15 hrs

Ingredients 

1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oats, powdered
3 big bananas, ripe
1/2 cup jaggery, grated
1/3 cup oil
2 tbsp thick yogurt( curd)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder 
1/8 tsp salt
1 inch ginger, grated
1 tsp vanilla essence 
10-12 walnuts, roughly chopped 

Method:

First of all grease a loaf pan and dust it with some flour, keep it aside.



Mix well whole wheat flour, oats powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder, walnuts and salt together, keep it aside for later use.



Now mash bananas with a fork till they become a lump less puree. Add grated jaggery , vanilla essence and curd in it and mix well till jaggery gets dissolve. Now add grated ginger and oil , again mix well. 



Add flour mixture and fold it to make a lump less smooth batter. Pour in greased loaf pan.



 Bake in a preheated oven at 180degree C for 40 - 50 mins, or till tooth pick inserted in it comes out clean. Mine took 55 mins, so keep an eye on it after 45 mins as different oven take different time. Time also depends on baking pans, size and shape.
Let it cool for 5 mins then invert on a wire rack.


 Let it cool completely before slicing, to get neat slices.



Your super yummy and healthy cake slices are ready to go with your cup of tea.
Enjoy these guilt free scrumptious sweet treat any time. It's good for kids tiffin and mid meal hunger sprang.



You can use any spices and any dry fruits of your choice. But surely try this combo too as ginger and cinnamon let this cake to another level.
You can increase or decrease the quantity of jaggery as per your taste and sweetness of bananas, but this one is for perfect sweetness๐Ÿ˜Š.
You can also use any shape of baking pan, but then baking time may change, so be cautious while baking and keep checking in between.



Hope you all will definitely try this guilt free yummy loaf and please pour your valuable comments and suggestions here, they meant a lot.

Happy cooking....



Saturday, June 27, 2015

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR DORA CAKES ( DORAYAKIS)

Hello everyone 
My kids are a big fan of doremon cartoon. They often see doremon eating his favorite Dora cakes and they too start drooling over it. I never thought it would be so easy to prepare at home too. Once I came across a post by our CAL friend Garima Sarolia Narera, of Dora cakes. From that day I was thinking of trying it with some healthy twist. So here is mine whole wheat flour Dora cakes. Soon will come up with its eggless version too, but till then enjoy these beauties. My kids got surprised and over excited to see these chocolate oozing soft and fluffy DORAYAKIS .Special thanks to Garima for inspiration. 
Step wise recipe is given below, hope you all will definitely like and try it.

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR DORA CAKES ( DORAYAKIS )




Yield: 8 pan cakes( 4 Dora cakes)
Time: 30 mins

Ingredients 

2 eggs ( at room temperature)
1 cup + 1 tbsp whole wheat flour 
1/2 cup powdered sugar 
3/4 cup milk (at room temperature)
1 tbsp honey 
1/2 tsp vanilla essence 
1 tsp baking soda
Little oil to drizzle 
Nutella or jam for filling 

Method:

Mix whole wheat flour and baking powder well and keep for later use.



Whisk eggs, sugar and honey together till little frothy . It will take 4-5 mins if you are whisking with hands. So give it time, as more lighter your egg mixture will give you more soft and fluffy pancakes.



Now add milk and vanilla essence in it and mix well. Now add flour to it in batches and mix well by folding, to a lump less smooth batter.



Now heat a nonstick tawa or pan on medium low flame, drizzle some oil on it and wipe excess oil with paper towel. Pour a ladle full of batter on it and let it cook from one side. It will take nearly 1 1/2 - 2 mins.Once you see lots of bubble on it and sides become dry then flip and cook for another one min and done.



 In the same manner, make all the pancakes. 



Be careful while cooking, to get nice brown cakes ,always use medium to low flame and flip pancake immediately once it's sides are getting dry and having lots of bubbles on top. Otherwise you will get blackish pancakes with burnt flavour. And always use same amount of batter for each pancake to get even size Dora cakes.
Now take one pancake with nice brown side down, keep 1 tbsp Nutella or jam in middle and cover it with another pancake with its brown side up. Lightly press it with palm and pinch its edges to seal.




Your soft fluffy and yummy Dora cakes are ready to serve.




For eggless version you can substitute 2 eggs by 1 fully ripe medium size banana. Whisk banana till fluffy then follow the same procedure as above.

Make these easy fancy cakes for your kids and see their glittering eyes with happiness. Hope you all will definitely try this simple delight and pour your precious comments and suggestions here, they meant a lot.

Happy cooking....