Halwa

NUT HALWA

Things Needed:

Sugar - 1  1/2cup
Ghee - 1 cup
Food colour - 1 pinch(optional)
Almonds, sliced- 1 cup
Pistachios, chopped - 1 cup
Cashew nuts - 1 cup
Nutmeg powder - 1 pinch

Preparation Method:

Roast Nuts in hot Ghee. Set aside.
In an extra bowl, mix flour and water well &  orange food color ..Mix well to avoid lumps.
Using a sieve to transfer the flour mix into another bowl , to avoid lumps.
Heat 3/4 cup water and Sugar to get a string like consistency.
Pour the hot Ghee (used for frying nuts) over this.
Pour the flour mix stirring continuously .
Keep sauting for 15 minutes or until done.
Add Nutmeg powder. Mix well.
Add roasted nuts, pistachios & sliced Almonds to this. Mix well.
Transfer it to a greased tray. Press with a spoon to get a fixed shape.
Cut to your desired shape.

Chocolate Cake

LAYERED CHOCOLATE CAKE

First of all wishing all of my readers & fellow bloggers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!!
Its been a while since I posted something in my blog ... cleaning around, running from one floor to another, nd managing my son , i was pretty lost somewhere.I guess many of you will be having the same situation .
Hope you will enjoy this recipe. Its like always inspired from my favourite recipe book by GU. Made it 3 times till now . This years Christmas cake for the family gettogether.
Happy Cooking !! Happy Blogging !!!

Things Needed:

4 - Eggs

250 gm - Sugar

200 ml - Orange juice

200 ml - Oil

300 gm - All purpose flour

3 tbsp - Cacao powder

1 tsp - Backing powder

Chocolate Gaze :

200 ml - Whipping cream

300 gm - Chocolate grated

Layering:

200 ml -  Whipping cream once again

then:

 Chocolate flakes, Some chopped peanuts, Hazel nuts etc. to decorate

Preparation Method:

1. Beat eggs with sugar until thick cream.

Add oil & orange juice into this , mix.

2. Mix dry ingredients together (flour,cacao,backing powder)in a bowl.

Add this to the egg mix using a sieve. 

After mixing uniformly pour into baking pan (28'' or 26 '') & bake for around 45 min. Let it cool.

3.For the Glaze, boil 200 ml cream once in a pan. Remove from heat.

Add  grated chocolate, mix uniformly until it melts.

4. Cut the cake into 2 layers.  

Spread half (or less) of the melted chocolate uniformly over the base layer.

5.Whipp 200ml cream and pour over the chocolate layer.

Place the top layer cake over this.

6. Spread rest of the melted chocolate uniformly over the cake.

Decorate according to your wish.

Fruit cream torte - Obst Sahne Torte

Things Needed:

2      Eggs

125 gm Sugar

100 ml Oil

100 ml Orange Juice

2 tbsp Cacao powder

150 gm All purpose flour

1 tsp  Backing powder

For filling:

2 pack Vanilla pudding powder

400 gm Whipping cream

1 tsp Vanilla sugar

2 tsp cream stiffner

Fruits:

4    Pears

some Strawberry

some Blueberry

some Red n Green grapes

grated  chocolate

chopped Hazelnuts

Preparation Method:

1. If you are cooking the pudding, prepare pudding first & Let it cool.

Grease backing form.Preheat oven to 170 degrees.

2. Beat eggs with sugar until creamy.
Add oil & juice, mix.

3. Mix dry ingredients together (flour,cacao,backing powder).
Add flour to the egg mix using a sieve. 

After mixing uniformly pour into baking pan & bake for around 20 min. Let it cool.

4. Peel the pears cut into small pieces & distribute over the cake.
Now beat the cooled pudding to make it soft. Drop it over the pears using spoon & spread evenly.
Refrigerate the cake topped with pears-pudding.

5. Now whip the cream adding cream stiffner & vanilla sugar/a drop vanilla essence.

Spread it over the pudding.

6.  Decorate your torte with Strawberries, blue berries, grapes, grated chocolate, chopped Hazelnuts etc.  

Choco Nuts Cream Torte

CHOCO NUTS CREAM CAKE

This time its a Double layered chocolate nut cream torte !!!
It was son's Birthday, i browsed chefkoch.de , my fav. and found this recipe.He likes chocolate n Hazelnuts so he loved his cake and I didn't get a chance to make a good decoration or photo shoot of it :(
He decorated himself with some chocolates, so I had anyway less work and had a nice time.
But overall it was fun.

Hope you enjoy the recipe.!!


Things Needed:

For the base:
All purpose flour -75gm
Cornflour(corn starch) - 75 gm
Eggs - 4
Warm water - 4 tbsp
Sugar - 125 gm
Vanilla sugar - 1 packet
Backing powder - 2 tsp
Hazel nuts powdered - 100 gm
Rum aroma - 2 drops

For the filling :
Whipping Cream - 600 gm
Sahnesteif (whipping cream stiffener) - 6 packet
Hazelnuts powdered - 100gm
Rum aroma - 2 drops
Nutella - 4 tbsp

Some pralines - 1 packet to decorate

Preparation method:
Mix flour, cornstarch & backing powder in a separate bowl.Separate egg into white n yolks.
Apply butter to the sides of the back form. Cover the base with backing paper.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Beat the egg white until stiff.
Beat separate egg yolks with water,sugar & vanilla sugar until a thick whitish cream.
To this yolk mix add egg white & flour mix. Mix uniform with a spatula .
Pour this in the backing form & bake for 35-40 min. until its done. (Check with a wooden
toothpick if it comes out clean then its done.)
After its cooled down, remove the cake from form. Divide it into 3 equal layers.

Over the base apply evenly the filling below.

For the 1st filling :
Whip 200gm cream(1 packet) with 2 tbsp sugar & 1 1/2 packet cream stiffener to a stiff cream. Add 2 drops rum aroma & 100gm powdered hazelnuts into this & mix with spoon.

Filling for the 2nd layer & the top :
Whip rest 400 gm cream with 3 packets cream stiffener. Mix in 4 tbsp nutella.
Apply the cream on top as well . Decorate as you like.Bring your creativity.
As you see I didn't get much time to decorate. Son was always behind to see when I will finish it.

Banana Cream Chocolate Cake

BANANA CREAM CHOCOLATE TORTE

Extra for Banana lovers....
Have made this so many times by now . Though I could take a clear snap only recently.
Recipe idea is from GU .
You can use any soft ripe bananas (not plantains) .
Yield is 20 pieces, since we are making in a baking tray. . Ideal for parties.

Things Needed:
All purpose flour - 350 gm
Backing powder - 1 small pack
Dark Cacao powder - 3 full tbsp

Eggs - 4
Sugar - 250 gm
Oil - 200 ml
Banana juice - 200 ml (if not available then make using 2 well ripe bananas adding some water, sieve it before adding)

For cream topping:
Vanille cream pudding powder - 2 packets (37gm each) for 1 litre milk.
1 litre milk for pudding making
Butter - 200 gm
Powder sugar - 8 tbsp or as per need
Bananas - 1 kg

For chocolate glaze:
Block Chocolate -200 gm
Whipping cream - 150 ml

Preparation method:
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Cover baking pan with baking paper . Grease the sides.
Mix roughly flour, backing powder, cacao powder in a vessel & set aside.
Beat well eggs in sugar adding one by one until thick creamy.
Add oil & juice . Mix.
To this add the flour mix using a sieve in 2 batches, mix well in between.
Pour this over the baking tray.
Bake for 20- 25 min. Check using a wooden toothpick to see whether its done.
Allow to cool when done.

Topping:
Meantime, make pudding according to the instructions written in the back of the pack (it differs)
Allow to cool. Refrigerate it for 3-4 hrs later.

Beat the butter until soft with the powder sugar. Add pudding to this & mix uniformly to make the cream topping.

Apply over the cake & spread uniformly using spatula.
Slice the bananas & press it almost into the cream .

Chop chocolate. Warm up cream . Melt the chocolate in it by stirring.
Pour it over the cream cake using a spoon.
Refrigerate . Cut using a wet knife.