desserts
Simple Sponge Cake
Simple Sponge cake is so simple to prepare that my elder daughter Nuha wanted to give it a try 🙂
Its just a great, simple, tasty sponge cake that even a baby can whip it with no fuss,my both the little chefs had so much fun.
It tastes great with or without icing, and you can serve it with almost anything. the ultimate simple pleasure.
Do watch my little chefs making this cake , I am sure you will love and enjoy it 🙂
Preparation time : 5 mins
Cooking time : 20-25 mins
Serves : 4
Ingredients
For Cake Mix
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup Milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 large eggs
2 tbsp melted butter
How to prepare || Simple Sponge Cake
Preheat oven to 350°.
Sift together dry ingredients(i.e a cake Mix) in a bowl.
Add oil and milk ,eggs and vanilla and beat 2 minutes longer. (Batter will be thin.)
Grease the loaf cake container (8 in by 4 in)
Pour the batter into greased loaf baking pan.
Bake 25-30 minutes.
Cool 10 minutes before removing it from pan.
Serve with tea or coffee 🙂
Tricolor Coconut Barfi
Coconut Burfi prepared in Condensed Milk makes a deliciously sweet Indian dessert in minutes Fresh coconut powder flavored with cardamom powder cooked together and set into molds.
These sweet tricolor coconut barfi can be stored in the refrigerator for upto a week.
Prep Time: Â Â 30 mins
Cooking Time: mins
Serves: 8 to 10
Ingredients:
1 tablespoons butter
1 tin sweetened condensed milk
300 gm or 4 cups desiccated coconut powder
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
Green and orange food color – few drops
Directions || How to prepare tri color Coconut Barfi
Melt Butter in a medium sauce pan over medium heat, add sweetened condensed milk,1 teaspoon of cardamom powder, add desiccated Coconut and stir to an even consistency. Let the mixture cool down.
Divide the mixture into three equal parts, add orange food color to milk and then add it to one of the portion and mix well. Next add green food color to milk and then add it to another portion and mix well.
Layer the orange  coconut mixture in a designer molds ,flatten until smooth on top, then layer next with the white coconut , flatten until smooth on top  and last with the green coconut mixture. You can use any shape molds.
Place in fridge to cool for one hour and then discard it from mold and ready to serve this delicious tricolor layered Burfi.
Homemade Mango Cheese Cake
Mango cheesecake is a smooth , silky fruity , delicious cheese cake made of cream cheese and mango puree. This is the best dessert you can prepare for guests or parties.
I always wanted to try this recipe and today is a special
day as my younger daughter turned 30 months old today. Mango is a favorite fruit and hence I wanted to prepare this special cake on this occasion. And I am glad it turned out good, just a little
glitch here and there as I had no baking pan but I am happy i could prepare it at home.So what are you waiting for , try this mango cheesecake today as Mango season is almost over now.
Ingredients
For the bottom layer:
14 to 15 crackers(I used chocos instead) or hide and seek biscuits
4 tbsp honey or 4 tbsp melted butter
For the middle layer :
8 pieces of Amul/Britania cheese cubes
3/4 cup of refined sugar
3 tsp of vanilla extract
200 gm whipped cream
For the top layer :
4 medium mangoes – yields about 2 cups of mango pulp ( i used Alphonso mangoes. use any good quality mangoes which are sweet)
1 tbsp of gelatin powder(agar agar powder)
2 tbsp water
3 tsp refined sugar
Preparation || How to prepare mango cheese cake:
Top layer :
Cut each mango and make a small pieces of it.
Put the mango pieces in a blender and prepare a mango puree.
Take a tablespoon of unflavored gelatin and combined it with 2 tablespoon of water and give it a mix
till it combines well.Add gelatin to mango puree .
Now add 3 to 4 teaspoon of refined sugar as per the sweetness to the mango puree and stir it once again.
Bottom layer :
To prepare a base ,add crushed biscuits (hide seek) or crushed chocos in a bowl
and add 4 tablespoon of melted butter to it and mix everything together with the help of spatula untill you get a wet sandy mixture form.
Now distribute the crushed biscuits to the baking pan.
Middle layer :
Take 8 pieces of cheese cubes and add 3/4 cup of refined sugar as well as 3 teaspoon of vanilla extract
to it and whisk it well to form a cream (You need to whisk for 10 – 15 minutes ).
Once a nice creamy cheese is form , add 200 gm of whipped cream to the mixture and whisk it again
(you can either use electric whisker or you can do it manually)
To prepare the Cake
Now spoon the creamy cheese mixture over the biscuit layer(bottom layer) and fill the pan untill it covers 3/4 of it.
Next pour the mango puree over the top and spread it evenly.
Chill in the set cake in the fridge overnight or you can set it for 6-8 hours
Once the cake is nicely set , remove it gently from the baking pan and you can decorate it with
any design or message you like to.
Once done , you are ready to serve this yummy delicious mango cheesecake 🙂
Note : Removing the cheesecake from the pan is a bit tricky and a tedious job if you have no right equipment’s.
I went through a challenge while setting and taking it out from the pan as I had no detachable pan. hence i suggest if making the cheese cake for the first time, then i would suggest you to use glasses or bowls,
so that you can just make the layers in them. The mango cheesecake served in individual bowls or glasses, looks pleasing as well as easy to serve.
Healthy dates(Khajur) nut balls rolled in Pistachio
Healthy dates(Khajur) nut balls rolled in Pistachio
Khajur (Date) is the main food consumed in the month of Ramadan. It has many health benefits like dates are easy to digest so they don’t exhaust the fasting person stomach.Dates decrease the great hunger feeling of the fasting person and it also prepares the stomach to receive the food after being inactive through out the day with activating the release of digestive secretions and juices.
Dates protect the fasting person from having constipation as a result of changing meals times or as a result of having low fiber amounts in meals.
Not only in Ramadan but dates can be consumed even daily , normally I like to prepare (Khajur)dates nut balls at home and preserve it for a week in a small quantities.
These ladoos can be packed as a snacks in your kids snack box too.These ladoos can be served as a great snacks as it decreases the hunger.
And its very simple and easy to be make and we don’t need any ghee or oil and no sweetener is needed either.
Preparation time : 15 mins
Cook time : None
Serves: 8
Ingredients
20 large dates
¼ cup mixed nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts)
¼ cup pistachio finely chopped.
Directions || How to prepare mixed dates and nuts balls
Removed the seeds off the dates.
Add the dates to a food processor and blend it well.
Then add the almonds , cashews and walnuts to the food processor and grind the dates and nuts as such that the mixture should result in a sticky mass
Roll the mixture in your hands until it forms a ball.
Place the pistachio onto separate plates and then roll the ball in the pistachio until fully covered.
Continue to do so until all of the dates rolls have been coated.
Keep chilled until ready to serve.
Keeps for about one week fresh, in the refrigerator.
Instant Mango Kulfi
Mango kulfi is a popular Indian ice cream and since its summer time, I am sure we all are enjoying this richest tropical fruit at home.
My kids keeps on demanding everyday for ice creams or kulfi in this hot summer, hence to fulfill their demand I tried out this instant & easy Mango kulfi at home.
You can put your ripe mangoes to full use for preparing this instant mango kulfi to beat the heat. Try out this absolute no cook mango kulfi recipe with minimal ingredients that you can prepare in less than 15 minutes.
Its so easy that you can assign a task to your kids instructing them with the 4 easy steps and you can just guide them.
This way you can keep them busy in their summer vacation 😉 Enjoy this yummy delicious Mango Kulfi.
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 0 min
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
3 mango pulps
2 cups of whole milk
3/4 condensed milk of 1 can (400 gms) sweetened
1/2 cup Fresh cream(chilled) OR whipping cream
1/4 tsp Cardamom powder.
5 to 6 Pistachios or almonds – finely chopped (optional)
For Garnishing
few Saffron strands
Directions || to prepare Mango Kulfi
Prepare a mango puree of 3 ripe mango pulps in a grinder.
Place chilled cream in a bowl and beat for 6 minutes Place in fridge till use.
In a grinder , add mango puree ,whole milk , condensed milk and cardamom powder and blend it well till smooth mixture.
Once the smooth mixture is form , add the chilled whipped cream and blend it to mix it well.
Pour the mixture into kulfi molds till 3/4th full. Seal the molds and freeze for at least 5-6 hours.
At the time of serving, Insert sticks into each kulfi and serve.
Note : In case you cannot arrange a kulfi mold.
I decided to prepare Kulfi instantly hence couldn’t arrange any molds , so I used the ice-cream cups and also the ice strays to prepare the kulfi.
Refrigerate it for at least 5-6 hours.
You can also use popsicle molds or earthen pots/matkas to set the mango kulfi.
Garnish it with few saffron strands and sprinkle cardamom powder.
Note :Â In case to want to try pista Kulfi.
Add finely chopped pista into the mixture and set it into the freezer for 5-6 hours , your pista Kulfi is ready 🙂
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