Monday, 10 December 2012

Cake Alaska by shireen

Cake Alaska

      Ingredients

      Butter 8 ounce

      Sugar 4oz brown sugar & 4oz castor sugar

      Flour 6 ounce

      Cocoa powder 2 ounce

      Baking powder 2 tsp

      Vanilla essence 1 tsp

      Eggs 4

      Cooking Chocolate (melted) 4 tbsp

      Milk 4 tbsp

      Vanilla ice cream as required

      Fresh Cream for Topping

      Method

      Beat butter and sugar, till light and fluffy. Add in eggs one by one then fold in the sieved mixture of flour ,Vanilla essence ,cocoa and baking powder. Pour mixture in a greased 8 inches round sandwich tins. And bake for 30 minutes on 180 degrees. Remove and cool cake. Put 1 cake in a platter. Fill with scoop of vanilla Ice Cream. Cover with second cake on top. Top with melted chocolate. add the cream on low heat and simmer till mixed well and serve immediately.
    
     note  and the chocolate that  used for topping was a mixture of 4 ounce fresh cream and 8 ounce cooking chocolate.

      Please note Shireen Aunty had used 4 ounces of brown sugar and 4 ounces of caster sugar.

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 Cake Alaska

Grease 2 8 inch sandwich cake pans (or 1 large 8 inch cake pan and slice cake in half when cooked. Cake pans should be greased and floured.

8 Tbsp butter

8 Tbsp brown sugar

8 Tbsp castor sugar

12 Tbsp flour

4 Tbsp cocoa powder

2 tsp baking ingredients

1 tsp vanilla essence

4 eggs

4Tbspcooking chocolate

4 Tbsp milk

Beat butter till it starts to get fluffy.

Then, while beating, slowly add both sugars and beat till light and fluffy.

In a seperate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder. Set aside.

Then with blender on low speed, add an egg, then 1 Tbsp if the flour mix, and continue to so this process till all eggs are used. By hand, fold through the remaining flour into the butter mix.

In a small pan, place chocolate and milk in ab heat till chocolate is well melted.

Mix well, and thenfold into cake mixture going only In a clockwise direction. Divide dough into the prepared pans and bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.

Chocolate Ganache

8 Tbsp*cream (Not tetrapack - use dairy cream)

8 Tbsp cooking chocolate

(ratio is always 2 parts chocolate to 1 part cream)

Cook for 2 mins, till chocolate is melted, then allow to cool.

lay 1 of the cakes on serving platter.

Scoop balls of icecream over cake so it's full of icecream.

Put second layer of cake on top. Pour over chocolate ganache, and drizzle with cream. Sprinkle with grated chocolate if desired.

*1 fluid ounce = 2 Tbsp
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      Baked Alaska

      Ingredients

      Ice cream 1 liter

      Cream of tartar a pinch

      Eggs 2

      Sugar 2 ounces

      Flour 2 ounces

      Icing sugar 2 ounces

      Egg whites 2 or 3

      Pineapple chopped ½ cup

      Vanilla essence ½ tsp

      Pineapple syrup as required

      Method

      Make sponge cake, bake in a rectangular tin, remove and cut into 2 equal pieces, sprinkle pineapple syrup on the cake, put ½ cup chopped pineapple pieces, spread with 1 liter ice cream, cover with second piece of cake, put in the freezer to chill for 2 hours, bake 2 egg white stiffed with 2 ounce sugar, ½ tsp essence and pinch of cream of tartar, pipe egg whites all over to cover the cakes, brown in a very hot oven, 250 degree C to 2 to 3 minutes, serve immediately.

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Blue berry Muffins by shireen

            Blue berry Muffins

Ingredients

Butter 8 ounce /200 gms

Castor sugar 8 ounce

Flour 6 ounce

Semolina 2 ounce

Baking powder 2 tsp

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Milk 2 – 3 tbsp

Blue berries ½ cup

Blue berry jam 4 tbsp

Eggs 4

Method

Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy; add eggs 1 at a time. Add essence. Fold in the sieved mixture of flour, semolina and baking powder. Also add in milk, and blue berries. Pour mixture in muffin pan. Drizzle ½ tsp of blue berry jam on to each muffin. Lightly mix bake on 180 degree for 30 minutes.

Pineapple upside down cake by shireen

                                      Pineapple upside down cake:

Ingredients for base:

Butter 2 ounce

Brown sugar 2 ounce

Pineapple rings 6 to 8

Glazed cherries 6 to 8

Ingredients for cake:

Butter 6 ounce

Castor sugar 6 ounce

Flour 6 ounce

Baking powder ½ tsp

Eggs 3

Pineapple essence ½ tsp

Yellow color few drops

Pineapple syrup 2 tbsp

Method for base:

Melt butter and spread in a 8 inches round pan sprinkle brown sugar on it arrange pineapple slices and glaze cherry.

Method for cake:

1. Pre heat oven to 180 degree centigrade.

2. Sieve flour and baking powder thrice

3. Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy add in 1 egg at a time and beat well

4. Add in essence and color fold in sieved flour and baking powder mixture along with pineapple syrup mix lightly pour over the prepared tin bake for 30 minutes over turn on a cake plate
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                                Pineapple upside down cake 


Ingredients for base:
Butter 2 ounce
Brown sugar 2 ounce
Pineapple rings 6 to 8
Glazed cherries 6 to 8

Ingredients for cake:
Butter 6 ounce
Castor sugar 6 ounce
Flour 6 ounce
Baking powder ½ tsp
Eggs 3
Pineapple essence ½ tsp
Yellow color few drops
Pineapple syrup 2 tbsp

Method for base:
Melt butter and spread in a 8 inches round pan sprinkle brown sugar on it arrange pineapple slices and glaze cherry.

Method for cake:
1. Pre heat oven to 180 degree centigrade.
2. Sieve flour and baking powder thrice
3. Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy add in 1 egg at a time and beat well
4. Add in essence and color fold in sieved flour and baking powder mixture along with pineapple syrup mix lightly pour over the prepared tin bake for 30 minutes over turn on a cake plate

Black Forest Cake by shireen


Black Forest Cake

Ingredients

Eggs 4

Castor sugar 4 ounce 

Flour 3 ounce 

Coco powder 1 Tbsp

Baking powder 1 tsp

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

For icing

Fresh cream 12 ounces

Icing sugar 2 ounces

Canned cherries as required

Tinned peaches 1 cup

Chocolate syrup for decoration

Method

Beat eggs with castor sugar till light and fluffy, add essence. Sift together flour, coco and baking powder. Very lightly fold the sifted flour into beaten eggs. Grease two 8 inches sandwich pans with oil. Line with greased butter paper. Pour cake batter in this. Bake in a pre heated oven on 180 degrees for 25 minutes. Removed and cool. Cut sponge in 2 halves. Brush with fruit syrup. Spread with whipped cream. Top with peaches and cherries. Cover with second piece of sponge. Again brush with syrup. Continue till all three layers have been added in the same way. Now put the last layer of sponge on top. Apply whipped cream on sides and top, drizzle with chocolate syrup on top and sides, decorate with cherries.

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Blackforest Cake

      Chocolate sponge

      4 eggs

      8 Tbsp castor sugar

      8 Tbsp slightly heaped flour

      2 Tbsp heaped cocoa powder

      1 tsp baking powder

      1 tsp vanilla essence

      Preheat oven 180 degrees

      Beat eggs with a mixer (machine or with hand mixer) until they become light and fluffy. While mixer is still going, add sugar 1 spoon at a time. Add vanilla essnce and continue to beat until a point forms and stays when beater is lifted. (the longer mix is bested - the lighter the sponge will be).

      Once egg mix is ready, fold flour mix lightly - lightly by little by hand using a spatula. Fold mix in a figure 8 Ina clockwise direction.

      Grease 2 x 81/2 inch sandwich pans with oil, then butter paper and then oil again. Divide mix in 2 and bake for 20 mins (if you only have 1 large 81/2 inch pan, put all mix in 1 pan, bake for 25 mins and once cool, cut cake in half.

      Icing for cake

      1-1/2 cups (24 Tbsp) fresh cream chilled (Whipping cream - tetrapak cream doesn't get as firm)

      4 Tbsp icing sugar

      Canned cherries - as required

      1 cup canned peach pieces - drained - keep juice seperate

      Choc syrup - as required. Bought, or see recipe below.

      Beat cream with hand mixer. As it starts to thicken, add sugar 1 spoon as a time. Once whipped and makes stuff peaks set aside.

      Place 1 sponge cake in serving plate. Spoon reserved peach syrup then add layer of whipped cream. Add drained peach pieces over cream and put on 2nd sponge. Add more peach syrup in this sponge and the cover whole cake with whipped cream. Drizzle chocolate syrup* in circles all over top. You can leave like this or with the tip of fork draw zig zag pattern down cake, change direction and draw again.

      Place rest of cream in piping bag and pipe around top of cake. Add canned cherries into piped area and serve.

      Enjoy



 *chocolate syrup

      1 cup icing sugar

      2 Tbsp cocoa powder

      1 tsp butter

      2 Tbsp water

      Place all ingredients in a pan, heat for 2 minutes and allow to cool.

      **you can use pineapple pieces and syrup if you don't like pieces

      ***you can make blackforest pastries by making cake in rectangle pain 9x13 inch pan. Then take out, cut into ling strips then ice as described for individual cakes.

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 Black Forest Cake

Black Forest Cake Ingredients Eggs 4 Castor sugar 4 ounce Flour 3 ounce Coco powder 1 ounce Baking powder 1 tsp Vanilla essence 1 tsp For icing Fresh cream 12 ounces Icing sugar 2 ounces Canned cherries as required Tinned peaches 1 cup Chocolat...e syrup for decoration Method Beat eggs with castor sugar till light and fluffy, add essence. Sift together flour, coco and baking powder. Very lightly fold the sifted flour into beaten eggs. Grease two 8 inches sandwich pans with oil. Line with greased butter paper. Pour cake batter in this. Bake in a pre heated oven on 180 degrees for 25 minutes. Removed and cool. Cut sponge in 2 halves. Brush with fruit syrup. Spread with whipped cream. Top with peaches and cherries. Cover with second piece of sponge. Again brush with syrup. Continue till all three layers have been added in the same way. Now put the last layer of sponge on top. Apply whipped cream on sides and top, drizzle with chocolate syrup on top and sides, decorate with cherries.


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      Blackforest Cake
      Chocolate sponge
      4 eggs
      8 Tbsp castor sugar
      8 Tbsp slightly heaped flour
      2 Tbsp heaped cocoa powder
      1 tsp baking powder
      1 tsp vanilla essence

      Preheat oven 180 degrees

      Beat eggs with a mixer (machine or with hand mixer) until they become light and fluffy. While mixer is still going, add sugar 1 spoon at a time. Add vanilla essnce and continue to beat until a point forms and stays when beater is lifted. (the longer mix is bested - the lighter the sponge will be).

      Once egg mix is ready, fold flour mix lightly - lightly by little by hand using a spatula. Fold mix in a figure 8 Ina clockwise direction.

      Grease 2 x 81/2 inch sandwich pans with oil, then butter paper and then oil again. Divide mix in 2 and bake for 20 mins (if you only have 1 large 81/2 inch pan, put all mix in 1 pan, bake for 25 mins and once cool, cut cake in half.

      Icing for cake
      1-1/2 cups (24 Tbsp) fresh cream chilled (Whipping cream - tetrapak cream doesn't get as firm)
      4 Tbsp icing sugar
      Canned cherries - as required
      1 cup canned peach pieces - drained - keep juice seperate
      Choc syrup - as required. Bought, or see recipe below.

      Beat cream with hand mixer. As it starts to thicken, add sugar 1 spoon as a time. Once whipped and makes stuff peaks set aside.

      Place 1 sponge cake in serving plate. Spoon reserved peach syrup then add layer of whipped cream. Add drained peach pieces over cream and put on 2nd sponge. Add more peach syrup in this sponge and the cover whole cake with whipped cream. Drizzle chocolate syrup* in circles all over top. You can leave like this or with the tip of fork draw zig zag pattern down cake, change direction and draw again.

      Place rest of cream in piping bag and pipe around top of cake. Add canned cherries into piped area and serve.
      Enjoy
      *chocolate syrup
      1 cup icing sugar
      2 Tbsp cocoa powder
      1 tsp butter
      2 Tbsp water

      Place all ingredients in a pan, heat for 2 minutes and allow to cool.

      **you can use pineapple pieces and syrup if you don't like pieces

      ***you can make blackforest pastries by making cake in rectangle pain 9x13 inch pan. Then take out, cut into ling strips then ice as described for individual cakes.
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FALOODA by shirren

  Falooda

      Ingredients

      Milk 5 cups

      Condensed milk ½ tin

      Gulab sharbat as required

      Fruit cock tail 1 cup

      Strawberry ice cream 1 liter

      Sliced almond and pistachio as required

      Basil Seeds 1 tbsp soaked in 1 cup of water

      Rafhan strawberry jelly 1 packet

      Ingredients for falooda

      Arrowroot 1 ½ cup

      Water 3 cups

      Method for falooda

      Mix together 1 ½ cup arrowroot and 3 cups of water, cook stirring continuously till glossy, put the mixture in a falooda mould and squeezed into a vessel that has been filled with child water and ice. Mix 5 cups milk and ½ tin condensed milk together and chill for 4 hours.

      To serve

      In a tall glass put gulab sharbat, falooda, milk, scoop of strawberry ice cream, Basil seeds and jelly, decorate with sliced almonds and pistachios.


     note tukhmalanga is called bazil seeds in english and  basil seeds turn transparent aft been soaked in water


    note  arrowroot is an easily digested starch extracted from the roots of arrowroot plant.the starch is used as a thickener in many food.it is just like corn flour


note  instead of  falooda u can use  the rice stick noodles,,which are white in colour and very thin,,,n

    rice stick are  white / clear in colour and are available both thick and thin. I recommend using the thick ones .
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                  Falooda

Ingredients
Milk 5 cups
Condensed milk ½ tin
Gulab sharbat as required
Fruit cock tail 1 cup
Strawberry ice cream 1 liter
Sliced almond and pistachio as required
Basil Seeds 1 tbsp soaked in 1 cup of water
Rafhan strawberry jelly 1 packet

Ingredients for falooda
Arrowroot 1 ½ cup
Water 3 cups

Method for falooda
1) In a bowl mix together 1 ½ cup arrowroot and 3 cups of water.
2) In a separate pan heat the dissolved arrowroot stirring continuously till glossy.
3) Pour the mixture into a falooda mould. Now take a vessel that has been filled with chilled water and ice. Place the falooda mould on top of it.
4)Ina separate bowl mix together 5cups of milk and ½ tin condensed milk and chill for 4 hours.

To serve
1)In a long glass pour some gulab sharbat,1tbsp falooda, ½ cup prepared milk mixture ,a scoop of strawberry ice cream, basil seeds and jelly.
2)Decorate with sliced almonds and pistachios.
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Cake Rusk Recipe by shireen

             Cake Rusk Recipe
      Ingredients

      Butter 4 ounce

      Castor sugar 4 ounces

      Eggs 3

      Flour 4 ounce ( 4 oz flour is 8 heaped tbsps )

      Baking powder 1tsp

      Vanilla essence ¾ tsp

      Yellow color few drops

      Method

      Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add in eggs 1 at a time. Beating well after each addition. Add essence and color. Fold in sieved flour and baking powder mixture. Pour in a greased and lined cake Rusk tin. Bake on 180 degrees for 45 minutes. Take out. Cool and cut into slices. Again bake on 150 degrees, for 30 minutes (15 minutes on each side)

italian tiramisu by shireen

Recipe of italian tiramisu

      Ingredients:

      Sponge cake

      Cream cheese 8 ounce

      Curd cheese 1 cup

      Icing sugar 1 cup

      Fresh cream 12 ounces (whipped)

      Coffee 1 tbsp

      Water ¾ cup

      Method

      Combine water, coffee and 2 tbsp icing sugar and mix well.

      Beat both the cheese together with 4 tbsp icing sugar.

      Beat cream stiff with 4 tbsp icing sugar and fold with whipped cheese mixture.

      Spread 1 layer of sponge cake on a platter, moist with coffee liquid and spread with cream mixture.

      Now cover with second layer of sponge, moist with coffee liquid, top the cake with remaining cream and cheese mixture sprinkle with loads of grated chocolate. And chill for 2 hours, decorate with whipped cream.

note   for making  curd cheese , buy dahi and hang it in mulmul cloth and u have curd cheese