Friday, 21 December 2012

Chocolate Spiral Buns by shireen

Chocolate Spiral Buns

            Ingredients

            Flour 3 cups

            Cinnamon powder 1 tsp

            Instant yeast 1 tbsp

            ...Salt ½ tsp

            Sugar 2 tsp

            Sugar extra 2 tbsp

            Melted butter extra 2 tbsp

            Milk powder 4 tbsp

            Butter melted 4 tbsp

            Lukewarm water as required

            Chocolate spread as required

Method

Sift together 3 cups flour, ½ tsp salt and 2 tsp sugar in a bowl, add 1 tbsp instant yeast, 4 tbsp milk powder, 4 tbsp melted butter and knead with Lukewarm water as required into a soft dough, leave the dough to rise for 1 hour until double. Roll the dough into rectangular, brush with extra butter, spread evenly with chocolate spread combined with 2 tbsp extra sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon powder, roll from the short side like a Swiss roll, cut into 2 cm thick slices, place on a greased baking sheet, leave it for 45 minutes till double, bake on 200 degree for 10 minutes, then reduced oven to 180 degrees and bake for another 20 minutes.

nandoos Yummy Chocolate Cake by shireen

  nandoos  Yummy Chocolate Cake

            Ingredients

            Eggs 6 separated

            Cooking chocolate 4 ounces

            Cream 4 ounces

            ...Butter 16 ounces or 2 cups

            Flour 1 ½ cup

            Caster sugar 1 ½ cup

            Baking powder 2 tsp leveled

            Vanilla essence 2 tsp

            Coco powder 5 tbsp

            Ingredients for icing

            Icing sugar 4 ounces

            Chocolate 6 ounces

            Fresh cream 2 packets

            Vanilla essence 1 tsp

            Cocoa powder 1 tbsp heaped

            Method for Cake

            Cook 4 ounces cooking chocolate with ½ cup of cream till melted, remove, cool and use. Beat 2 cups butter, 1 ½ cup sugar and 2 tsp vanilla essence till fluffy. Add in 5 tbsp sieved cocoa powder, beat 6 egg whites very stiff, add to it the egg yolks and beat well together, add the beaten egg mixture to the butter mixture and continue to beat well. Now fold in the melted chocolate and cream mixture, lastly fold in the sieved flour and baking powder mixture, mix well, pour into 2 well greased and paper lined 9 inches sandwich pan and bake on 180 degree for 45 minutes. Remove cool completely. Spread 1 layer of cake in cake plate, moist with milk apply icing, sandwich the second cake, moist with milk, cover sides and top with cream, level properly, put in freezer for half hour, remove and put in fridge.

            Method for Icing

            Melt 6 ounces chocolate with ½ cup cream and 1 tbsp heaped cocoa powder, remove and cool, beat remaining cream with 4 ounces icing sugar; fold in the dissolved chocolate mixture, chill for 10 minute

Coconut macrons

                  Coconut Biscuits

            Ingredients

            Egg yolk 1

            Desiccated coconut (for coating) ½ cup

            Butter 250 gm

            ...Icing sugar 100 gm

            Desiccated coconut 2 ½ cup

            Coconut essence ½ tsp

            Flour 4 tbsp

            Method

            In a bowl beat together 250 gm butter, ½ tsp coconut essence and 1egg yolk for 2 minutes, add 100 gm icing sugar and beat well, mix together 2 ½ cup desiccated coconut and 4 tbsp flour, fold in the butter mixture, mix slightly, keep in freezer for 30 minutes, now remove from freezer, roll and cut with biscuit cutter, roll in reaming ½ cup coconut and put in an ungreased baking tray. Bake in a pre heated oven of 190 degrees for 20 minutes

Coconut Biscuits

  Coconut Biscuits

             Ingredients

            Egg yolk 1

            Desiccated coconut (for coating) ½ cup

            Butter 250 gm

            ...Icing sugar 100 gm

            Desiccated coconut 2 ½ cup

            Coconut essence ½ tsp

            Flour 4 tbsp

            Method

            In a bowl beat together 250 gm butter, ½ tsp coconut essence and 1egg yolk for 2 minutes, add 100 gm icing sugar and beat well, mix together 2 ½ cup desiccated coconut and 4 tbsp flour, fold in the butter mixture, mix slightly, keep in freezer for 30 minutes, now remove from freezer, roll and cut with biscuit cutter, roll in reaming ½ cup coconut and put in an ungreased baking tray. Bake in a pre heated oven of 190 degrees for 20 minutes

Lemon Meringue Pie

                                                        Lemon Meringue Pie

            Ingredients for Base

            Butter 4 ounces

            Flour 6 ounces

            Baking powder 1 tsp

            ...Sugar 3 tbsp

            Ingredients for Filling

            Milk 2 cups

            Yellow color a pinch

            Eggs 3 separated

            Butter 1 tbsp

            Flour 2 tsp heaped

            Cream of tartar ¼ tsp

            Lemon juice 2 tbsp

            Sugar 4 tbsp

            Method for Base

            Beat 4 ounces butter and 3 tbsp sugar, add in 6 ounces flour and 1 tsp baking powder, now knead it to dough with chilled water if needed, roll the dough and line a 8 inch pie plate, prick base with fork and bake in a preheated oven of 190 degrees C for 20 minutes, remove and keep aside.

            Method

            Beat 3 egg yolks with 4 tbsp sugar, 2 cups milk and 2 tsp heaped flour, put to cook on low flame, string continuously till thick, remove from fire, add 2 tbsp lemon juice, a pinch of yellow color and 1 tbsp butter, pour mixture in the baked pie shell, beat 3 egg whites stiff with ¼ tsp cream of tartar, put meringue in a piping bag and pipe on the filling, bake in a very hot oven 225 degree C for 5 minutes, serve hot or cold.

Carrots Cookies

                                              Carrots Cookies

Ingredients

Egg (beaten) half

Flour 1 cup

Oats 1 cup

...Butter ¼ cup

Walnuts ½ cup

Fine sugar ½ cup

Grated carrots ½ cup

Milk ¼ cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Baking powder 1 tsp

Cinnamon powder ½ tsp

Ingredients for icing

Icing sugar 1 cup heaped

Soft butter 2 tbsp

Orange juice 1 to 2 tbsp as required

Method

Beat ¼ cup butter and ½ cup sugar till creamy, add in half beaten egg and beat again, now add ½ cup grated carrots, ¼ cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla essence. Now add 1 cup flour, 1 cup oats, ½ cup chopped walnuts, 1 tsp baking powder and ½ tsp cinnamon powder. Mix well. Drop with spoons full on greased cookie sheet, bake on 190 degree for 15 minutes until slightly brown, cool dip in icing and serve.

Method for icing

Beat together 2 tbsp butter, 1 cup heaped icing sugar adding 1 to 2 tbsp orange juice to make thick spreadable consistency icing.