Avocado Chocolate cake

Ingredients

Cake
makes 2 8-inch rounds or 2 thinner 9-inch rounds

 all-purpose flour - 1 and 1/2 cups

 unsweetened cocoa powder - 3 tbsp

 salt - 1/2 tsp

 baking soda -2 tsp

 sugar - 1 cup

 oil -  1/8 cup vegetable

 avocado(soft , well mashed,) - 1/2

water - 1 cups 

 vinegar - 2 tbsp

 vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Avocado Frosting

avocado meat (very ripe) - 1

lemon juice - 1/2 lemon

sugar - 1/4 cup

vanilla extract - 

1/2 teaspoon 

Preparation

Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and prepare the pan to bake.  Set aside.

mix all of the dry ingredients except the sugar. Set aside.

Mix all the wet ingredients together in a bowl, including the avocado.

Add sugar into the wet mix and stir.

Mix the wet with the dry all at once, and beat with a whisk (by hand) until smooth.

Pour batter into baking pan. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Let cakes cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto cooling racks to cool completely before frosting with avocado cream.

Avocado Frosting

Peel and pit the soft avocados and scoop the meat into the bowl.

Mix all ingredients in a mixer and beat
Keep aside

slit cake in half and apply frosting in the slit and on top of the cake

Sweet Buns

Sweet Buns

Yield: 8 buns

White Whole wheat flour: 3/4 cup

Unbleached all purpose flour: 1 C + 1/4 cup

Rapid yeast: 2 tsp

Sugar: 2 tbsp

Soft butter: 3 tbsp

Flax seeds: 1 1/2 tsp + water: 3 1/2 tsp

Salt: 1/2 tsp

Luke warm milk or water: 1/2 cup (used milk) + 1 tsp

Mixed fruits: 1/3 cup

Soften Butter: 1 tbsp (brush the buns)

Method

Add the yeast in bowl, sugar and  luke warm milk. Whisk it briefly. Let it sit for 5 minutes until they foam. Now add the flax seeds + water. Mix well yeast and flax seeds.

In a bowl, add the flours, make a well in midlle, add the soften butter, salt and yeast mixture. Form a sticky dough. if needed add a tsp of water.

Turn the dough in slightly flour surface, knead the dough by hand for 10 minutes.

Great work out for spring! Don't be tempted of adding any flour!

The dough will turn soft and elastic!

Spray a bowl with oil put the dough in bowl and turn the oily surface up.

Cover and let it rise until double. It took 45 minutes.

Now, punch down the air, flat the dough, add mixed fruits (u can use any of ur choice like: chocoalate chips, raisins, check her place)

Mix the dough until the fruits get mixed. Make 8 even balls, shape it round.

Place in greased pan or cookie sheet. Let it rise another 30 minutes (until double)

Preheat the oven for 375 C, place the buns and cook until the top turns golden brown (about 18 to 20 min).

Once they come out from oven, brush with butter - The buns top will be soft later.

Eggless Marble Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

All-purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups

Curd - 1 cup  

Sugar- 3/4 cup

Baking soda - 1 tsp

 Vineger - 1 tbsp

Salt- 1 pinch 

Refined oil- 1/2 cup

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Cocoa Powder - 1 tbsp

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 C and prepare baking pan.

Cream the sugar and yogurt until the sugar is completely dissolved

Add baking soda, salt and vinegar and combine.

 Leave aside for 3 mins till bubbles appear.

Add vegetable oil and vanilla extract and combine well.

Slowly add little flour/maida (about a tbsp) at a time and blend with the wet ingredients.

Take one cup mixture and add cocoa powder to it.Mix well

Pour the flour mixture in the pan and add cocoa mixture making patterns

Bake in preheated oven at 400 degree F for 10 mins

Reduce temperature to 350 and bake for 20-25 mts or till a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Cool the cake for 20-30 mts and then overturn onto a plate.

Banana Bread with Walnuts and Flaxseed

Ingredients

unsalted butter - 2 tbsp

whole-wheat flour - 1/2 cup
all-purpose flour - 3/4 cup
ground  flaxseed -1/4 cup
salt - 3/4 tsp
baking powder - 1/2 tsp
baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Egg -2
sugar - 1/2 cup
 vanilla extract - 1 1/2 tsp
 bananas - 2
walnuts (toasted and coarsely chopped) - 1/2 cup 

Milk - 1/4 cup

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Prepare 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan

Whisk together the flours, flaxseed, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl, and set aside.
Put eggs in the blender  and mix on medium-low speed until well combined, about 2 minutes. 

Add melted butter, sugar, vanilla, and bananas, and mix until combined. 

Add the reserved flour mixture, and mix on low speed until well incorporated, about 10 seconds. 

Add milk if required

Stir in walnuts.
Pour batter into buttered pan. 

Bake until golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

Cut an server with Coffee 

Dryfruit Vienna Braid cake

Ingredients:

Dough

Warm water- 1/4 cup
Yeast- 1tbsp
Milk- 1/2 cup
Butter- 1/4 cup
Suger- 1/2 cup
Salt -1tsp
All purpose flour - 3 and 1/2 cup
egg (beaten) - 1

Filling


Dry fruit - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Egg - 1
butter - 3 tsp


Preparation

Dough
Add yeast to warm water and set aside for 15 minutes
Scald milk. Turn off heat and add butter to melt it.
Add sugar and salt and stir to dissolve
Allow mixture to cool till it is warm
Add 1 and 1/2 cup flour to mixture and stir
Add Yeast mixture and beaten egg and stir to dissolve

Blend in  1- 2 cups of flour, 1/2 cup at a time to make a shaggy dough
Knead flour till it is smooth and elastic.Keep dusting yur fingers with flour while kneeding
Transfer to greased bowl and grease all sides of dough.

Keep aside for 3 hours

Filling

Grind dry fruits. Do not turn it in paste
Blend in all other ingredients.
Blend well

Cake

Divide dough in 2 parts
Roll it into a rectangle

cut the sides of the rectangle in strips

Put filling in the dough

cover one strip at a time to make braid

Keep aside for 1 hour

Bake at 350 F and bake for 20 mins

Eggless chocolate cake

All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup

Cocoa Powder- 3 tbsp

Baking soda - 1tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 5tbsp

Vinegee- 1 tbsp

Cold water- 1 cup

Preparation:

In a mixing bowl, add Flour, Cocoa Powder, Baking Soda, Sugar and Salt.  Mix well

Add in Oil, Vinegar, Vanilla Extract and Water

Mix the wet and dry ingredients together till there are no more lumps.

Pour batter into a greased  baking pan. 

Bake at 350 degrees F (approx 180 degrees C) for about half an hour. Poke a toothpick or fork into the center.  If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.

Remove pan from the oven and cool for about 5 minutes before flipping it over onto a platter.

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NanKhatai

Ingredients


All purpose flour - 1/3 cup
Sooji- 1/3 cup
Gram flour- 1/3 cup
Baking soda- 1/8 spoon
Cardamom seed (ground) - from 2 cardamoms
Unsalted butter - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 2/3 cup
Dry fruits (In small pieces)- 1 tbsp

Preparation

Pre heat the oven to 375 degree.

In a bowl, mix the all-purpose flour, gram flour, sooji, baking soda and cardamom powder and set aside.

Let the butter come to the room temperature (butter should be soft not melted)
Add butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat for two to three minutes until light and fluffy.

Add the flour mix to butter and sugar mixture and knead them together to make smooth dough.
Divide the dough into about 24 equal parts and make them into balls.

Press each ball between your palms lightly; every piece should be about 3/4″ in thickness.
With a sharp knife softly draw a tic-tac-toe design on the top and put few pieces of almonds and pistachios and press them into the dough gently.
Put Nan khatai on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for about 13 to 15 minutes or until Nan khatai are lightly gold brown.

After they are lightly golden brown remove the cookie sheet fro

m the oven.  Let the Nan Khatais cool down for two to three minutes before taking them off the cookie sheet.

French Bread

Ingredients:
Active dry yeast- 1 pck
Lukewarm water - 2 cups
Salt - 1 tbsp
Flour- 6-8 cups
Cornmeal - for sprinkling
Preparation:
Add yeast to the water and keep aside for 15 minutes
Add salt and stir

Add flour, 1 cup at a time and mix with a spoon to make a smooth mixture
Transfer to floured surface

Knead until smooth and elastic













shape in a ball and place in greased surface
Cover with foil
leave too rise till it doubles (2- 4 hours)

Transfer to lightly floured board and make two long loaves
place in a baking tray and sprinkle cornmeal

Let it rise for 5 minutes
Make marks on top with knife
Brush with water and place in cold oven
place an oven safe bowl of boiling water in lower shelf
heat at 400F
Bake until crusty and golden

Lemon Mousse Cheese cake

Ingredients:
Cream cheese   - 16 Oz
Sugar - 3/4 cup + 1/4 cup
Flour- 1/4 cup
egg- 2
Lemon Juice and rinds(chopped) - 1 1/2 lemons
Graham crackers- 1/2 cup

Preparation:
Preheat oven at 325 F
Beat cream cheese until smooth

add 3/4 cup sugar and beat again
Beat until light

Beat in flour

Add egg yolks and lemon juice and rinds

Beat until smooth and blended

In another bowl, beat egg white and 1/4 cup sugar till stiff and glossy

Add egg whites to the cheese mixture and fold in
pour in prepared cake pan

Place pan in a larger pan and pour hot water in larger pan
bake until golden

let it cool in rack

cover and refrigerate for atleast 4 hours

unmould in a plate \smooth the top and press graham cracker

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French Bread rolls

Ingredients
Warm water- 1 1/2 cup
Yeast- 3 tsp
Sugar- 6 tsp
Oil- 6 tsp
All purpose flour- 4 cups + some for flouring the surface
Salt- 1 tsp
Preparation
In a bowl, stir together water , yeast and sugar and let it stand for 10 minutes till it becomes creamy

In a large mixing bowl, mix 2 cups flour oil and salt. Add yeast mixture to it. mix together. mix rest of flour, 1/2 cup at a time till it leaves the sides of the bowl

Transfer to lightly floured surface and knead till it is smooth

Grease a bowl and place dough over it. Grease dough from top

Cover with damp cloth and leave at warm place for 1 hour till it doubles

punch the dough and knead in ligtly floured surface

make balls and place in the baking dish. leave enough space between balls

cover with damp cloth and leave for about 2 hours till it doubles
preheat oven at 400 F
Place the baking dish in the preheated oven when its size is doubled.

Bake till the crust is hard