Coffee Cake

When you are feeling down or worn out... when you feel like you have no one to talk to... when you feel you need something to indulge in... you can always count on this little thing... coffee cakes are not only yummy but they can be a perfect companion for any weary occasion. Go on.. give em a try... I guarantee you'll love em :D


Softened Butter - 250grm
Castor Sugar - 1 cup
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
Eggs - 4 (at room temp)
Self Raising Flour - 2 cups
Milk - 2/3 cups (at room temp)
Coffee Powder - 1/3 cup


Pre heat oven at 180 deg

Sift flour and coffee powder and keep aside
Cream butter and sugar till soft and fluffy
Add in vanilla essence
Add eggs one at a time and beat well
Add in the flour and coffee mix and gently fold in till well mixed

Pour the mixture in greased tin

Place in the pre heated oven and bake for 30 minutes

Almond Cake

Plain flour -  1 1/2cups
Eggs - 4
Powdered sugar - 1cup
Milk - 4 tbsp
Veg Oil - 3/4 cup
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
Almond essence - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Almond sliced or pulsed- 3/4 cup

Sieve flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda
Beat eggs in a bowl till smooth.
Add sugar and beat well.
Pour oil , almond essence and vanila essence, mix well.
Add the flour bit by bit.
Add the milk and beat until the batter turns to a ribbon consistency.
Add 1/2 cup almond slices to the batter and mix well with a wooden spoon.

Preheat the oven to 170 degree C.
Grease the pan with oil and sprinkle with flour.
Pour the mixture to the baking tin.
Add the remaining almond slices on top.
Bake for about 35-40 minutes.
The cake is done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Pineapple Cup Cake

Flour - 90 gms
Baking soda  - 1/2 tsp (1tsp = 3gms)
Baking powder  - 1/2 tsp
Butter - 50gms
Powdered Sugar - 65gms
Egg - 1
Milk - 70ml
Pineaple essence - 1/2 tsp
Chopped pineapple - 30gms (optional)
Yellow food colour - one pinch  (optional)

Pre-heat oven at 180 deg C

Sieve Flour, baking soda and baking powder. Keep Aside

Blend Butter and powdered sugar till they mix well.

Add egg and mix.

Add Milk and pineapple essence and blend / mix well with a spoon.

Add in the chopped pineapple and food coloring (optional)

Pour the batter into cup cake moulds 3/4 full (You can just place it in a cake tin as well;))

Bake for 20 minutes

Yummy Summer Pudding

Summer Pudding

Frozen Mixed Berries - Keep on tissue paper first
Caster Sugar - To taste
Water
Bread Pieces - as required

In a pan, on low heat, mix caster sugar, water and berries.
As the berries start flowing and the mixture turn beautiful purple color, pour 1/2 the mixture into a bowl and keep aside. Keep the other half still on low heat and reduce the sauce.

Strain the berries and keep aside as well.

You will need small cups or ramekins.

Take a piece of bread and press down the cup or ramekin to cut out a circular shape. Keep the rest of the bread but trim off the excess at the sides to keep a nice shape.

Line the cups or ramekins with cling film (so that you can easily take out the pudding once set) first.

Dip bread pieces in the light sauce you had kept aside first and then place them around the cup. Make sure you use some form of protection for your hands when you do this as your hands will turn purplish when you dip into the sauce.

Place the berries in the middle and add a little reduced sauce as well. Then close it with the round piece of bread soaked in the light sauce.

Bring the cling film together and place something slightly heavy on top to weigh down and set the pudding. You can use kitchen weight balls / rice etc.

Cool in the fridge for an hour or so.

You can then tip the cup or ramekin to loosen the pudding onto a serving plate.

Decorate with fresh or frozen berries and top it with the reduced sauce.

Summer pudding is much more refreshing when served with ice cream.

You can also make layered summer pudding. Just add another pience of bread in the middle and top it with berries and reduced sauce before closing the berries with the round piece of bread.

Coconutty Plate

This recipe is mouth watering and a quick fix dessert or snack. You can even keep this as a recipe you ise when you are on diet. Loads of crunch, flavor and fun and takes less than 10 minutes to stir up.

CocoNutty Plate

If you want to use more ingredients than are mentioned here, use fruits and veggies that are crunchy for best effects.

Apple - 1
Pear - 1
Carrot - 1
Roasted almonds - a handful
Roasted Cashews - a handful
Roasted Pistachios - a handful
(I prefer my nuts roasted but unsalted)

Shredded Coconut - a cup

In a pan, saute the shredded coconut with a little oil till it slightly turns color and become slightly crispy.
Keep aside to cool.

Mix this with sugar. (How much will depend on your taste for sweetness).

You should get a nice topping now.

Dice up all your fruits, veggies and nuts and then mix in the roasted sweet coconut.

There, you have a nice and yummy dessert.

Coffee Pudding

Coffee Pudding

Ingredients
Coffee powder (Instant) - 5 Tbsp
Egg white - 5
Egg Yolk - 5
Condensed Milk - 2 Tin
Milk - 1 1/2 cup
Vanilla Essense - 1 Tbsp

Beat the egg white till fluffy. Keep aside.

In a seperate bowl, beat the egg yolk for 2 mins. Keep aside.

In a glass, mix the coffee powder in a cup of cold water.

In a seperate bowl, mix the egg yolk, condensed milk, milk and the coffee with a beater. Just enough to mix the four ingredients together.

Add the vanilla essense and mix well, slowly.

Grease the cake tin and pour the mixture into the tin.
Add the egg white on top of the mixture, slowly.

Pre-heat the oven 180deg and bake the pudding for 40 mins.

Once done, let the pudding cool and then keep in the refrigerator for 2 hrs or more before serving.

Orange Refresher

Orange Refresher

As the name suggests, this dessert would refresh every sense in your body!

Orange Jelly - 1 Cup
Whipped Cream (sugar should be sufficient in this. If not add to your preference)- 1 1/2 cup
Orange chunks - 1 cup (peeled and cut into small cubes)
Orange Juice - 1 cup
Choco chips - As required

In a non stick pan, melt the orange jelly in a cup of water.
Add the orange juice and off the stove.

Pour into a glass bowl and let it set in the refrigerator for an hour or so.
Ensure that the jelly is semi-set.

Now break the jelly and add in the whipped cream and mix well.
Add in the choco chips and blend in.
Now add the orange chunks and mix well.

The mixture would be of smooth consistency. Chill the mixture.

Serving Suggestions

Serve cold in a cup with some dressing. Suggestion would be to sprinkle some choco chips and stack some orange chunks at the sides. Also, add in a tsp of orange juice for color.