Chocolate cake Alaska..

This is most chocollicious cake I have ever eat ...
This is chocolate lover's cake for any occasion and party...<3

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour,
1 teaspoon baking powder,
1/2 cup coco powder,
3/4 cup sugar,
1 teaspoon vanilla essence,
1 cup milk,
1/4 cup water,
100 gm butter,
3 eggs,
Chocolate chips 1 pack.

Directions:

Sift all dry ingredients and set aside, now separate egg yolks and egg whites . Then beat butter until fluffy then add 3/4 amount of sugar in it and beat well now add vanilla , milk and water and beat in every addition. Now add sifted flour in egg yolks in three batches and beat by hand each time but don't over beat.
Now beat egg whites until foamy then add remaining sugar and beat well until stiff peaks form now add this egg whites in egg yolk batter mixture in three batches and mix with rubber spatula each time but don't over mix at this stage .  Now tap this bowl on slab for two times to get rid of air pockets.
Bake this batter in 7"inch cake pan for 45 to50 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

For whipped cream frosting:

400 ml fresh cream ,
2 tablespoon icing sugar,
Cooking chocolate 2 tablespoon.

For ganache :

200 gm chocolate,
100 gm fresh cream.

For decorations:
Chocolate curls.

Directions:

Whipped cream and add icing sugar and again whipped until stiff peaks form then add melting chocolate and mix with rubber spatula.

For ganache melt chocolate under simmering water then add cream and leave it for few minutes then stir and leave it for coming in spreadable consistency stir I'm between.

For assembling:

Cut cake in two layers then spread whipped cream on it and spread chocolate chips over it and sandwich it with other cake layer and again spread whipped cream on whole cake now finally pour gancahe over the cake and pipe the whipped cream on top of cake and take chocolate curls and spread around the sides of the cake...
And tadaaaa... Your chocolate cake Alaska is ready...

Happy baking...

Naan khatai ... Traditional cookies..

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour,
2 tablespoon semolina,
1/2 teaspoon baking soda,
1/2 teaspoon baking powder,
2/3 cup granulated sugar,
2/3 cup ghee, two tablespooon extra if needed.

1teaspoon ground cardamom,

1 tablespoon poppy seeds,
1 egg for glaze.

Directions:

Sift flour , baking soda, baking powder , ground cardamom and sieve it twice.
Now beat ghee with sugar and then add flour in it and mix well at time it will look like bread crumbs then  make a soft dough by hand.  Make cookie with your hand and press little in center with your thumb and glaze each cookie with egg wash and then sprinkle some poppy seeds or you can sprinkle roasted almonds and pistachio and bake for 12 to 15 minutes until it gets golden colour ...

Happy baking.....

Homemade cream cheese ...

Well I had been looking for a long time for cream cheese recipe but I did not satisfied with anyone and quite some time back I have found this recipe and did minor changes and it came out well , so here I am going to share this recipe with all of you....

Ingredients:

Full fat milk 1 litre ,
Vinegar 3 tablespoon ,
5 tablespoon Yogurt (in thick consistency) ,
Ice cubes few,
Muslin cloth or cheese cloth.

Directions:

Boil milk and when it comes to boil keep low flame and and add vinegar and stir then milk gets curdle when all milk got curdled then take from stove and add ice cubes and leave it for few seconds. Now line the strainer with muslin cloth and put curdle milk in it and take off all whey from milk now blend this curdle milk with yogurt until smooth then again line strainer with double muslin cloth and put this smooth cream cheese in it and cover it and refrigerate it for over night. Now your creamy cream cheese is ready...
Note: if your cream cheese looks too thick while blending with yogurt then add more yogurt and blend well.

Happy baking......

Molten lava cup cakes...

Ingredients:

175 gm  chocolate
1/2 cup flour,
3 eggs ,
100 gm butter,
1/2 cup sugar.

Directions:

Beat butter with sugar until fluffy set aside, then melt chocolate and add eggs one at a time and beat well until incorporated. Now mix butter batter with chocolate batter and beat well then finally add sifted flour in batter and mix until all incorporated. Grease cake pans and line with paper cups and spray paper cups  with oil then pour batter and bake for 10 to 15 minutes and take them out and invert in serving plates and enjoy....

Note: sides of cup cakes are firm but centre will be wobbly.

Happy baking......

Zinger burger...

For buns recipe you have to look at other post in this blog...:)

Ingredients for zinger chicken:

1/2 kg chicken breast pieces,
Salt as per taste,
2 teaspoon White pepper,
1 tablespoon vinegar,
1 teaspoon ginger crushed,
1 teaspoon paprika powder,
Oil for frying.

For coating chicken:

1/2 kg All purpose flour,
1 teaspoon salt,
1 teaspoon white pepper,
1 teaspoon baking powder,
Chilled water.

Directions:
Marinate chicken with ingredients and leave it for at least 3 to 4 hours then mix all coating ingredients with flour and sift well. Now take each chicken breast piece and fold in flour and pressed by your hands in flour then dip in chilled water for few seconds and then again dip in flour and pressed chicken by your hand like we pressed qoftas to get a ball...
Then fry them on low flame until it got golden colour.....

Happy baking....

Burger buns ...

Ingredients :

2 cups flour,
1 teaspoon yeast,
1 egg,
2 teaspoon sugar,
1 teaspoon salt,
1 tablespoon oil,
40 gm butter,
1/4 cup milk ,
Water for mixing,
1 egg for glaze,
1 tablespoon sesame seeds.

Directions:

Add yeast, sugar, salt,  in flour and sieve then add egg, milk, oil and mix all dough with water as per need. Leave it for 20 minutes, then knead the dough for ten minutes by rolling and folding then add butter and again knead for ten minutes more by rolling and folding until it become like soft and smooth look. Now make a ball of the dough and leave it for an hour and spray some water over it. After that take out the dough and flap it by your hand and make equal quantity portions  , now take each one and first roll and then make a round buns of each. Line a baking tray and put all buns in the tray and spray some water and leave it for 30 to 40 minutes until it got rise now glaze with egg wash and sprinkle some sesame seeds and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until it becomes golden.....

Happy baking....

Fererro rocher cup cakes...

Ingredients:

1 -1/3 cup flour,
1 cup sugar,
1/3 cup coco powder,
1 teaspoon baking powder,
1/2 cup mayonnaise,
3/4 cup water,
1 teaspoon baking soda,
1 teaspoon vanilla essence.

Ingredients for frosting:

100 gm dark chocolate ,
100 gm white chocolate,
100 gm whipped cream.

Directions:

Sift flour, coco powder, baking powder, and baking soda that they are mixed well. Now add sugar in mayonnaise and beat well that all are incorporated. Then add vanilla and mix again, now add 1/3 flour with mayonnaise batter and mix until all incorporate then add 1/2 water and mix well , in this manner add remaining flour and water in total 3 batches and mix well that all are incorporated. Now preheat oven and bake cup cakes for 15 to 20 minutes and then leave for being at room temperature.

Directions for frosting:

Cut out the chocolates and boil cream then add in cutted chocolate and mix well now leave it for hours to be  reach  the desire consistency.... Now frost the cup cakes and decorate with fererro rocher chocolate....

Happy baking.....