This is the cake which I made last week for my wedding anniversary. As I was little busy with the visit of my in- laws and going here and there, I couldn’t post the cake recipe.
Coffee cakes are of two types, the one which can be eaten with coffee or the one which has a strong coffee flavor.
I wanted to try something different and to bake the cake which I never did before. So keeping in mind my in -laws and husband’s tastes, I ended up baking a coffee flavored cake as all of them are fond of coffee. I found this cake recipe in ria’s collections. It is named as mahogany cake. But as the coffee flavour is too much I named it Coffee Cake. This delicious coffee cake is great for all occasions.
Usually coffee cakes have a delicious crumb topping of the nuts. But as it has a rich and buttery flavor I dont want to add any more calories to this. That is why I didn’t decorate the cake with whipping cream. This cake is so soft and moist that when you sprinkle the coffee syrup it will get absorbed quickly. The brown colour of my cake is due to addition of cocoa powder. If you want you can reduce or even avoid the cocoa powder.
Ingredients:
- Maida / All purpose flour- 1 ⅓Cups
- Baking soda- ¼ tsp
- Boiling water- ½ cup
- Coffee powder- 2 tsp
- Cocoa powder- 2 tbsp
- Sugar- ¾ cup
- Eggs- 2 nos
- Salt- a pinch
- Vinegar- ½ tsp
- Vanilla extract- 1tsp
- Butter- 150 gms
Soaking Syrup:
- Coffee powder- 2tsp
- Boiled water- ¼ cup
- Sugar- 1 tbsp
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
- Dissolve coffee in boiled water. Add cocoa powder and mix and keep it aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar till creamy and in this add the eggs and beat well till fluffy.
- Add vinegar and vanilla extract. Add the flour, baking soda and salt alternately along with coffee- cocoa mixture.
- After mixing pour this batter in the prepared greased tin and bake for about 30- 40 minutes or a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
For the soaking syrup
- Mix the sugar and coffee powder in the boiled water and keep it aside to cool.
- After the cake is baked pour the coffee syrup (just about 3- 4 tbsps) on the warm cake little by little.
- Decorate as you wish and cut this soft and moist cake into slices.
Corn flakes is something that I love a lot from my childhood days. This is my all time favorite breakfast dish. As always I will be having cornflakes at home I thought of making something interesting and delicious with this for my kid. Nowadays, corn flakes has become a daily must-have for her too.
I googled and found this recipe which is very simple from Spicy chilly. I am really obsessed with baking, that as soon as I saw this recipe I had to make this.
One day my husband was telling me that I don’t need any occasion to bake. Just one min I will be sitting idle the next minute I will be baking some thing. Before marriage I was not at all interested in cooking. I used to help my mom in the kitchen, but I never tried my hand in any of the dishes. I don't know when this passion for cooking got into me..:)
I think among the cookies, this is one of the simplest and can be tried quickly when some guests are about to visit you. You can even make the cookie dough ahead of time and bake it when needed.
Ingredients:
- Cornflakes (crushed and crumbled)- 1 Cup
- All purpose flour / Maida- 1 ½ Cups
- Sugar- ¾ Cup
- Butter- 1 Cup
- Vanilla essence- 1tsp
- Baking Powder- 1 tsp
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees C.
- Cream the butter and sugar till it becomes soft and pale.
- Add the flour, vanilla essence and baking powder and mix well. In this add the crushed cornflakes and mix.
- Grease the baking tray with butter and take a small ball of cookie batter and press it in your palm and keep this on the tray.
- Repeat the process till all the batter is finished.
- Bake the cookies for about 15- 20 minutes or till it turns light brown in colour. Enjoy these super yummy cookies along with a glass of milk or with a cup of tea.
Yesterday was Daddy’s (F-I-L’s) birthday and mummy (M-I-L)made this as this is made every year on his birthday. This is the first time Daddy is celebrating his birthday here with us and so I am eating this vanpayar payasam for the first time. It is really yummy. This is also called as sharkara kanji.
This is a traditional preparation of Kerala. It is a mix of rice, black eyed peas and jaggery. To increase the taste, a dollop of clarified butter is added. This can be consumed chilled or hot. There are so many different varieties and bases of payasams in Kerala. Trust me this will be loved by all.
Daddy’s birthday started off with a bouquet of red roses, a cake cutting, a small gift from us and it ended with a sumptuous dinner...
Ingredients
- Black eyed peas / Vanpayar- ¾ Cup
- Raw Rice- ¾ Cup
- Jaggery- 250 gms (grated and melted) / adjust the taste accordingly
- Coconut- ½ coconut (grated)
- Dried ginger- 1 tbsp
- Cumin seeds- 1tsp
Method:
- Roast the peas in a skillet till the raw smell disappears and cook this along with rice in a pressure cooker till soft.
- Roast the dry ginger and cumin seeds and grind it to a fine powder and keep this aside.
- Strain the melted jaggery in a vessel and keep this on low flame on stove and add the cooked peas and rice and mix well.
- Add the roasted and ground spice powders and mix till everything is well blended. At last add the grated coconut and mix well.
- Enjoy this hot or cold.
Pesarattu is a common breakfast item in Andhra households. This is very easy to prepare and very nutritious and healthy as the main ingredient we are using to make this dosa is yellow moong dal.
This can be made with green gram dal also but since my mom prepares this using yellow moong dal I love this that way. In most of the places, the traditional way of serving this pesarattu is with upma and it is called as pesarattu upma. In this, the moong dal and rice is grinded well and prepared into healthy and yummy dosas. This goes well with coconut chutney with ginger flavor. I like this a lot because this is very easy and simple to prepare without the need of fermenting.
Ingredients:
- Moong dal / Cherupayar / Pesarapappu- 1 Cup
- Rice- ½ Cup
- Water- as required
- Salt- as needed
- For topping:
- Onion (chopped)-2nos
- Green chillies- 2 nos
- Cumin seeds- 1tsp
- Salt- as required
Method:
- Soak moong dal and rice in required amount of water overnight or for 5 - 6 hours and then grind it to a fine paste.
- Add salt and mix well. Meanwhile chop the onions, green chillies and add the cumin seeds and salt and keep this aside.
- Note: As soon as you grind the batter you can use it. No need of fermenting.
- Heat a tava and pour a ladle in the center and spread it in a circle from the center to the outside of the tawa.
- Drizzle little oil on top. Sprinkle the chopped and mixed filling on top of the dosa and press it lightly with the spoon.
- After it is done on one side flip it over and cook till done.
- Serve hot with red chilli pickle / Ginger pickle / coconut chutney.
