Surprise Rolls

I have always loved children enthusiasm for desserts bites which bears surprises and their laughter and happiness are the sweetest of all pleasures ! So to indulges in that pleasure more, i came across this cute recipe for all the mothers who always want to surprise their little. 

You need:

For Rolls:

Flour 2 1/2 cups

Yeast 2 tablespoons

Sugar 1/4 cup

Salt 1 teaspoon

Milk powder 2 tablespoons

Make the dough out of above ingredients and leave to ferment for about 1 hour in a warm atmosphere.

When doubled in size, divide dough into 8-9 equal portions and roll each one into a flat bread of about 1/4 inch thick. Roll these flats onto a cylinder mold to give it a cone shape. Bake in moderate oven for about 10-15 minutes. 

For Surprise:

Cream cheese 1 cup

Cream 1 cup

Icing sugar 1 cup

White and Black chocolate chips 1/2 cup

Mixed glace fruits 1/4 cup

Sugar crunch 1/4 cup 

Roasted nuts ( almonds & cashews preferable ) - Optional 

Mix above ingredients in baked and cooled cones as such that creamy texture remains in the last with bunch of chocolate chips in between and rest on top to give surprise in every bite! i am sure you will be running out of these!  :) 

Crunch Top Cake

How about a crunchy top for a deliciously moist and supple cake? That just melts in your mouth with sweet crunchy pleasure....any guesses? ;) 

You need to have these for a better idea :) 

200 gm butter softened

200 gm castor sugar 

3 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp soda

200 gm white flour

1 tsp orange/lemon  zest

Crunchy Top:

100 gm sugar granulated

90 gm butter melted

Steps:

First, beat butter with sugar until fluffy. Add one egg at a time and keep beating. Add salt and zest. 

Sift dry ingredients together in large bowl and pour over the egg and butter mixture in two lots altering with milk. Fold lightly and pour the batter into prepared cake pan. Bake for about 30 minutes in a preheated moderate oven.

In the meanwhile, mix the granulated sugar with melted butter and pout this over hot cake. This will get absorbed by the cake and leave behind a crunchy top. 

Simple... but heavenly yummy...

Light Fluffy Chocolate Cake

Yes it has been the best fluffy and light chocolate that just melts away in your mouth leaving behind trails of heavenly chocolate flavor. I bet you are going to stick to this recipe as your favorite one and will bake it for your special occassions too.

Ingredients:

-2 cups Flour
-2 cups sugar
-2 eggs
-1 cup coco powder
-1 teaspoon salt
-1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
-1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
-2 teaspoon chocolate essence/ vanilla essence
-1 cup milk
-1/2 cup vegetable oil
-1//2 cup boiling water

Butter chocolate cream:

-1 cup butter
-1 cup icing sugar
-1 teaspoon vanilla essence
-1/2 cup cream

Method:

Preheat oven on 180 degrees Celcius.
Beat eggs one by one by adding oil gradually. Add chocolate essence/vanilla essence and salt. Beat well for about 3 minutes.
Sift together dry ingredients and gradually add into the egg mixture. Gradually adding milk & water together. Fold nicely and lightly. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 35-40 minutes or until your skewer comes out clean. You can go with 21 cm round cake pan or you can also bake split cake by dividing the cake mixture into two moulds.

For butter chocolate cream, beat together all the ingredients and make a nice spreadable consistency. You can always alter the measurements for your desired thickness.

Spread cold cake with cold cream and enjoy every bit of it with your family!!

Lemon Twist

In this hot n humid summer, nothing like a citrus punch from soft and sweet dessert ...i tried several things out of the wonder lemon , the newest is this lemon twist, is actually a fruit cake kind of texture but with lemon flavor and sweetness of bun too. It turned out to be so good and pleasurable.

Ingredients:

-Self raising flour 2 cups
-Butter 90 gms
-Egg 1
-Castor sugar 4 tbsp
-Glaced cherries 1/2 cup
-Sultanas 1/4 cup
-Lemon Zest 2 tsps
-Milk as required to make a dough

Method:

Sift flour and mix all the ingredients to form a soft pillable dough. Divide into 3 portions. Make rolls of each portion, about 14 cm long,  and combine them to make a spiral. Press ends to make it completely round. Bake in preheated moderate oven for about 15-20minutes.

Lemon Glace:

-Lemon zest 1 tsp
-Sugar 3 tbsps
-Water 2 tbsps

Combine all on low flame and and make thick syrup. Pour on hot lemon twist. Dust with extra icing sugar if you like and serve !

Coconut Balls

Follow this recipe for a super tasty munchy delight for anytime snack or little get togethers full of light moments and if you are a coconut lover, it will offer you more than just small balls packed with taste!

-1 large piece of plave vanilla butter cake
-3-4 sweet bisuits ( preferrably with coconut flavors )
-Dessicated coconut 1 cup
-Melted dark chocolate for coating

Method:

Grind the butter cake into crumbs. Mix in dessicated coconut and biscuits. Combine well together. You must get a firm dough texture out of it. Coat in melted dark chocolate and dust with some extra coconut flakes!

I am sure you are fantasizing about it :) try...

Lemon Bars

 

 

Ingredients

For Base:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Lemon Mix:

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup castor sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• Juice of 2 lemons

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

1. In a medium bowl, blend together softened butter, flour and sugar. Press into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 inch pan.
2. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm and golden. In another bowl, whisk together the remaining sugar and flour. Whisk in the eggs and lemon juice. Pour over the baked crust.
3. Bake for an additional 20 minutes in the preheated oven. The bars will firm up as they cool. After they have cooled, cut into uniform 2 inch squares.

Super Light Fruit Muffins

yeah! i got it... today i tried these super light super miost muffins like i always wanted out of minimum and simpler ingredients and without using rich gallops of butter! I had been through several different proportions for this result, but never got so perfect! I altered it with several fruits and mix fruits too and the moistness and suppleness took over every variety. So glad to share this with you.

You Need:

-White flour 2 1/2 cups 
-White sugar 1 cup 
-Brown sugar 1/4 cup
-Eggs 2
-Baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoon
-Soda 1/2 teaspoon
-Water 1/4 cup
-Vanilla essence 2 teaspoons
-Mixed glaced fruits 1/2 cup
-Salt a pinch
-Oil 3/4 cup

Method:

Beat eggs and sugar very well until eggs turns fluffly and soft. Gradually pour oil while keep beating. This is a very important step as the softness hidden in this step. Add vanilla essence and salt and beat for a minute.
Sift dry ingredients twice and fold glaced fruits in little of the flour. Fold into the egg mixture nicely with light hand. Pour into the muffins mould and bake for 10-15 minutes. You will notice the cracks on it which is a sign of perfection :)

enjoy...