Friday, 21 December 2012

Brownie Pops

                                 Brownie Pops

Ingredients for brownies

Butter 4 ounce

Cocoa powder 4 tbsp

Sugar 1 cup

...Flour ¾ cup

Baking powder ½ tsp

Eggs 2

Ingredients for icing

Chocolate 1 cup

Cream ¾ cup

Method for brownie

Melt 4 ounce butter and add 4 tbsp cocoa powder, keep aside, beat 2 eggs until fluffy, add 1 cup sugar and ¾ cup flour. Also add cocoa and butter mixture. Mix all together lightly, pour mixture in brownie pan and bake in a pre heated oven of No: 4 or 180 degree Centigrade for 20 minutes, remove and cool.

Method for icing

Cook 1 cup chocolate and ¾ cup cream together, dip brownie pops in chocolate, spread in nuts or sugar crystals or any cake decoration.

Sizzling brownie ala mode

                                 Sizzling brownie ala mode

Ingredients for brownie

Eggs 2

Butter 4 ounce

Cooking chocolate 6 ounce

...Flour ½ cup

Sugar ½ cup

Brown sugar ½ cup

Chopped walnuts ½ cup

Baking powder ½ tsp

Vanilla essence ½ tsp

Method

Grease 8/8 inch square pan. Pre heat oven to No. 4 or 350 degree F. sift ½ cup flour and ½ tsp baking powder. Beat 4 ounce butter and sugar till fluffy, beat in the eggs one at a time, until very light, beat ½ tsp vanilla essence and 6 ounce melted chocolate. Fold in the flour until just combines. Stir in ½ cup chopped walnuts; pour the mixture into prepared tin. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Now cool and cut into squares.

Ingredients for sauce

Water 1 tbsp

Vanilla essence ½ tsp

Butter 2 tbsp

Cocoa powder 3 tbsp

Walnuts crushed 2 tbsp

Icing sugar 4 tbsp

Corn syrup 4 tbsp

Fresh cream 2-3 tbsp

Method for sauce

In a pan, put together 1 tbsp Water, ½ tsp Vanilla essence, 2 tbsp Butter, 3 tbsp Cocoa powder, 2 tbsp crushed Walnuts, 4 tbsp icing sugar, 4 tbsp Corn syrup and 2-3 tbsp Fresh cream. Cook for 2 minutes. Heat sizzler plate slightly and brush with oil. Just before serving place 2-3 brownies on the plate, put scoops of vanilla ice cream on each one. Bring this to the table and pour boiling sauce over the ice cream. Make sure that the sizzler plate and the sauce are very hot.

Californian Cashew Pizza

                                   Californian Cashew Pizza


      Ingredients for Pizza Base

      Flour 2 cups

      Instant yeast 1 ½ tsp

      Sugar 1 tsp

      ...Oil 4 tbsp

      Salt ½ tsp

      Sugar 1 tsp

      Egg 1

      Milk powder 2 tbsp

      Lukewarm water as required

      Ingredients for Pizza Sauce

      Tomatoes blended 4

      Tomato paste ½ cup

      Oregano leaves ½ tsp

      Crushed red pepper 1 tsp

      White pepper ¼ tsp

      Crushed garlic 1 tsp

      Oil 2 tbsp

      Ketchup 4 tbsp

      Ingredients for Filling

      Cooked mince 1 cup

      Pizza sauce ½ cup

      Cheddar cheese grated ½ cup

      Mozilla cheese grated ½ cup

      Capsicum 1 sliced

      Onion 1 sliced

      Mushroom 4 sliced

      Black olives 4

      Cashew nut roasted ½ cup

      Oregano leaves 1 tsp

      Parmesan cheese 1 tbsp

      Method for Dough

      Mix all together in a bowl, Flour 2 cups, Instant yeast 1 ½ tsp, Sugar 1 tsp, Oil 4 tbsp, Salt ½ tsp, Sugar 1 tsp, Egg 1, Milk powder 2 tbsp and knead with Luke warm water into a medium soft dough, knead the dough until smooth, put in a greased bowl leave to rise for 30 minutes covered. Then roll the dough and put in a pizza plate, spread with pizza sauce, top with filling and allow to rise for 30 minutes then bake on no. 6 or 200 degrees for 25 minutes.

      Method for Pizza Sauce

      In a pan put together 4 blended tomatoes, ½ cup tomato paste, ½ tsp oregano leaves, 1 tsp crushed red pepper, ¼ tsp white pepper, 1 tsp crushed garlic, 2 tbsp oil and 4 tbsp ketchup. Let it cook for five minutes and use as required.

Banana Split Pizza

                                        Banana Split Pizza



Ingredients for Base

Butter 4 ounces

Walnuts chopped ½ cup

Flour 1 ½ cup

...Caster sugar 4 tbsp

Ingredients for Filling

Condensed milk 1 tin

Bananas 3 sliced

Pineapple rings (cut into halves) 4

Cream ½ cup

Chocolate grated ½ cup

Water ¼ cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Lemon juice 4 tbsp

Gelatin 1 ½ tbsp

Cherries and walnut for decoration

Method for Filling

In bowl mix together 1 tin condensed milk, ½ cup cream, 4 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp vanilla essence and 1 ½ tbsp gelatin dissolved in ¼ cup water. Mix well and keep aside.

Method for Base

Beat 4 ounces butter and 4 tbsp sugar till fluffy, mix in 1 ½ cup flour and ½ cup chopped walnut, mix well and knead to dough. Press dough into a round on a greased pizza plate, prick with fork, and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown, cool and arrange 3 bananas on crust, spoon filling on top of bananas, decorate top with cherries, pineapple, walnuts and grated chocolate, drizzle chocolate sauce on top and serve chilled.

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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