Thursday, December 27, 2012

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

Monday, December 3, 2012

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.