Weekend Baking - Vanilla Cake with Rose Butter Cream Icing

Last week was spent in baking ,

baking and baking ,...;-)
and icing the baked goodies
and celebrating life and everything good,
baked vanilla cake after a long time
way back in Feb 2009 ,
I baked this simple cake from Chams space 

last week I baked the same cake with altered ingredient
and frosted it with rose butter cream icing and added some sprinklers
and relished like anything ,..;-)
Recipe name Vanilla Cake with Rose Butter Cream Icing
Ingredient for the cake 
dry ingredient 
All purpose flour one cup
salt pinch
baking powder one tsp
wet ingredient
sugar half cup
butter one fourth cup
vanilla essence one fourth tsp
milk two tbsp
egg one
Preparation 
grease a 8 inch cake pan and keep aside
preheat the oven to 100 degree centigrade
Procedure 
In a mixing bowl stir all the dry ingredients and keep aside
In another  mixing bowl beat the sugar and the butter till creamy
add vanilla essence followed by egg  and milk
mix to a smooth mix
and mix the dry ingredient
pour the batter into the prepared tin
and bake till its done
let it cool and do the frosting.
Rose Butter Cream Icing 
one cup icing sugar
pink colour one drop
rose essence one fourth tsp
unsalted butter three tbsp
milk one tbsp

Procedure 
In a mixing bowl mix butter and sugar till creamy and fluffy
gradually add milk,rose essence followed by pink colour
and mix to a spreadable consistency
spread on the cake with help of spatula
sprinkle edible silver balls and let it set for few minutes.

baked this eggless coconut  cake for my friend's birthday

and this eggless chocolate cake with rose butter cream frosting for another friend,..:-)

thats all friends,wish you all happy week ahead
take care and Happy BLOGGING.
Linking this post to 
The Weekly Story Week 93 hosted by Colours Dekor.
Birthday Event hosted by Cook Eat Burrrp 
Bake fest #11 hosted by The Mad Scientist's Kitchen ,event started by Vardhini.
Taste of the Tropics-Coconut hosted by Nivedhanam and event started by Gourmet Global.
Kids Delight Potluck party hosted by Srivalli of Spicing your life.

Platter with Baked and Fried Nimki

Its been too long since i baked anything
i know i am not perfect in baking
but sometimes i try to do things on my own
which results in something like this

this something was edible
this something which i baked
of my moms recipe

is baked Nimki,..;-)

How i did
Followed the same procedure for Nimki ,
preheated oven to 100 degree centigrade
baked the cut out nimki for four minutes.
Linking this post to
 Baked Nimki - Bake Off event hosted by Versatile Vegetarian.
 Fried Nimki - Deep fried snacks event hosted by Tickling Palates
Do check my other space for Festive Decoration.
Thats all guys ,..see you all soon,..

Thekua and Fara for Karwa Chauth

Tomorrow is Karwa Chauth,today whole evening i spent doing preparation for tomorrows vrat,
Fara and Thekua are prepared for naivedyam/prasadam

Recipe Name Fara
Recipe source mils recipe
Ingredient
rice flour
warm water to knead the dough
For the filling
half cup chana dal  soaked for 12 hrs
half cup urad dal soaked for 12 hrs
grated ginger half tsp
green chili one
garam masala powder one tsp
salt as per taste
coriander leaves chopped one tsp
Preparation
make smooth paste of the soaked dals
mix all the ingredients listed above
keep aside.
knead smooth dough of rice flour with warm water
keep aside.
Procedure
divide the dough into equal sized balls
flatten each ball into small disc
with help of hands enlarge the disc
keep filling in the centre and fold into semicircle shape
join the ends together
and steam for 10 mins.
Thekua recipe is blogged here

Thats all friends,cee u all tomorrow..:-)

tk cre and happy blogging.

Spiced Puffed Rice - Churmura

For todays evening tea thought of preparing Churmura which is my favourite street food from my hometown ,since my previous posts are all related to my childhood  memories i thought i should continue the same because i know till the festival is over my mood gonna be the same.

Recipe name Churmura/Spiced puffed rice/spiced muri
Ingredient
Puffed rice/Muri  one cup
onion one small chopped
tomato one chopped
green chili one
green pea one tbsp
salt as per taste
lemon juice two tsp
coriander leaves chopped one tbsp
cumin powder half tsp
red chili powder pinch
sev one tsp
Procedure
In a mixing bowl mix everything together
serve with tea.

On a different note  thanks to my blogging friends  i got so many other interesting recipes of spiced puffed rice ,have listed them below
 bhadang recipe given by Soogran
 bhelpuri recipe given by Foodcourt
 jhalmuri recipe given by Delhibelle
 brussels sprouts borugulu by Mahanandi
 avocado borugulu by Mahanandi
 masala pori ( spiced murmura ) by cook at ease
 bhuna chana murmura (my fav.) by fast indian recipes.
 spiced puffed rice ( miryakana churmuro ) by aayis recipe
 spicy puffed rice by aayis recipe
Event entry
linking this post to Dish name starts with C hosted by Akilas Kitchen.
thats all frens,..enjoy the yummy murmura recipes,..wish u all happy weekend,..cee you all soon..

Cook when it rains - Dhokla with coriander chutney

its past 12....wht a day enjoyed each econd,...
" USE YOUR EYES AS IF TOMORROW YOU WOULD BE STRICKER BLIND..HEAR THE MUSIC OF VOICES,THE SONG OF THE BIRD,THE MIGHTY STRAINS OF ORCHESTRA,AS IF YOU WOULD BE STRICKER DEAF TOMORROW. TOUCH EACH OBJECT AS IF TOMORROW YOUR TACTILE SENSE WOULD FAIL.SMELL THE PERFUME OF THE FLOWER,TASTE AND RELISH EACH MORSEL ,AS IF TOMORROW YOU COULD NEVER SMELLL AND TASTE AGAIN.
MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY SENSE,GLORY IN ALL THE FACETS OF PLEASURE AND BEAUTY WHICH THE WORLD REVEALS TO YOU. BY ( HELEN KELLER )
LOVE THESE WORDS BY HELEN KELLER GOT THM FROM THE BOOK WHICH I AM READING NOW....EVERYDAY INDULGENCE....,..
i am sending the dhokla recipe for WBB -21 HOSTED BY EASY CRAFT
what a day made dhokla,,for the firts time,,,,and by smell i can make out it will taste great too,...so here goes
Recipe name Dhokla cooked in microwave
ingredients
one and half cup besan
one cup water
one tbsp oil
half tsp haldi
1tsp each of ginger and chilli paste
lemon juice two tsp
eno slat one half tsp
soda bi carn one fourth tsp
for the tempering
1tsp rai
2 tbsp oil
3 green chillies slit
white vinegar one fourth cup
3 fourh cup water
1 tbsp sugar
procedure
grease flat round dish with oil keep aside
sift the besan to avoid lumps
mix besan ,water ,ginger chilli paste,turmeric powder ,eno,sugar, soda bicarb,oil and salt
beat well for few seconds
add lemon juice


pour this mixture to greased dish and microwave uncovered for 6 minutes
keep aside
to temper microwwave oil,chilli,vinegar ,water,sugar and rai for 5 minutes
pour over the dhokla and wait for half an hour to absorb it and turn soft
cool and cut into pieces
garnish with chopped coriander


Recipe name Green chutney/Dhania chutney/green chutney
recipe source mother
Ingredient
one cup coriander leaves chopped
1 inch ginger
two green chilli
salt as per  taste
amchur 1tsp
lemon juice one tsp
procedure
mix all the ingredients and grind in a mixer.

Cook when it rains - Onion fritters/Pakodas/Bhajis

as my project of t shirts finally got over today just relaxed myself, past few days were quiet hectic but now i can stay in peace,...due to heavy rain in the evening felt like making pakodas,..onion ones,,,that too without any fuss,.....

here goes the recipe

ingredients

besan(gram flour) 2 cups
3 onions
carom seeds 1tsp
red chili 1tsp
salt to taste
water to mix
oil to fry two tbsp

mix all the ingredients

heat oil in wok
when hot enough
with help of tablespoon put the mixture in small parts in the oil

keep turning till brown from both sides


enjoy with hot tea
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after the pakodas relaxed myself with hot badam milk mtrs..
wow wht a way to beat tiredness...