Eggless Chocochip Choco Cupcakes With Chocolate Buttercream Frosting..!!!

My daughter is a fanatical chocolate lover. Be it an ice-cream, cake or dessert her mind and tastebuds always revolve around chocolate. Since her very tender age she does not even want to try any flavor other than that. Therefore, making chocolate cakes at home is one of my unvarying works. Mostly I make cakes with eggs but this time my wanderlust mind asks me to go eggless. So this time I made Choco-chip cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting without using eggs. The outcome was fantastic and wholly loved by her and her friends.

Here is how to make it:

Ingredients:

                            :For the Cup Cakes:

1. All Purpose Flour ( I used self raising flour, will be available in supermarkets): 1 Cup
2. Granulated Sugar: 1  Cup (  I used 1 1/2 Cup as it was in powdered form)
3. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder: 1/3 Cup
4. Baking Powder: 1 tsp.
5. Baking Soda: 1/4 tsp.
6. Salt: Just a pinch
7. Oil: ½ Cup
8. Water: 1 Cup
9. Distilled Vinegar: 1 tbsp.
10. Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp.
11. Choco Chips: A handful.

              : For Butter Cream Chocolate Frosting: 

1. Unsweetened Chocolate : 125 gm.
2. Butter: 2/3 Cup (preferably unsalted version, and the butter should be kept at room temperature for sure)
3. Confectionary / Icing Sugar: 1 ½ Cup
4. Vanilla Essence: 1 ½ tsp.

 Process:

                                   Making Cup Cakes

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C for 10-15 minutes.
2. Prepare your cupcake baking tray with the cupcake liners. If you don’t have cupcake liners then grease it with little butter.
3. Take a bowl and sieve all the dry ingredients together i.e. flour, cocoa powder, sugar, salt, baking powder & baking soda. Mix them well.
4. Take an another bowl and add the liquid ingredients together i.e. water, oil , vanilla extract and the vinegar.
5. Then pour the liquid ingredients slowly and gradually into the dry ingredients and mix well. But remember not to over mix them.
6. Now pour the batter into the cupcake liners carefully and fill each other cupcakes liners only up to 2/3 rd.
7. Sprinkle few chocochips on the top.
8. Now bake them in the preheated oven for 20-22 minutes. Time of the baking may vary according to the power of the ovens. Once done insert a toothpick to check whether it comes out clean or not. If it comes out clean then your cakes are ready.
9. Let them cool in the baking pan for few minutes. Then remove the cupcakes from the pan and let it cool completely.

                                   Making Frosting:

1. I melted the chocolate using the double boiler method. For this you have to take a sauce pan filled with about an inch of water, bring it to boil. Put a heatproof bowl on top . Add the chopped chocolate into the top bowl. Let it melt with stirring constantly. Soon the chocolate will be melted. Now let the melted chocolate come to the room temperature and make it cool completely.
2. The melted chocolate must be cooled down. Otherwise the frosting will be very runny and you couldn’t able to frost.
3. Now take a bowl, put the room temperature butter and using a electric mixer mix it till it becomes soft and fluffy.
4. Add the icing sugar into it and mix it very well to get a smooth and creamy batter.
5. Add the vanilla extract whisk it.
6. Then add the cooled and melted chocolate and whisk it again at high speed to get a very nice soft, smooth, fluffy and creamy frosting.
7. Now put them into the piping bags and frost them on the top of the completely cooled cupcakes (don’t frost when the cupcakes are hot or warm, frosting will be runny in this way) and decorate according to your choice.

                                                                      Enjoy Your Food..!!

Eggless Apple Cake..!!!

I purely love eggless baking. It’s not only easy, quick and hassle free but also the cakes you get, are super delicious, moist and spongy. Eggless baking may be little delicate but once you master the art of it you will also start loving eggless baking. Today, I am going to share a perfect tea time cake recipe, Eggless Apple Cake which is not only very easy to make but also is very delicious too.

Here is how to make it :

Ingredients:

• All-purpose flour 1 Cup
• Sugar : 1 Cup ( I used white powder sugar, you may use granulated sugar or brown sugar whatever you have)
• Apple: 1 (Grated)
• Oil : 65 ml ( ¼ th Cup approximately)
• Lime Juice : Juice from a half lime
• Vanilla essence: 1 Tablespoon
• Baking powder: 1 Tablespoon
• Baking soda: 1 Teaspoon
• Cinnamon Powder: 1 tsp. (Optional, skip it if you don’t have it)
• Milk: ¼ th Cup

Process:

• Grate the apple first.
• Heat a  non-stick pan and add the sugar. Lower the flame and add the grated apple. Stir it. Soon the apple and the sugar will mix with each other. Cook until the sugar gets completely dissolved. Now turn off the flame and pour the oil into it little by little (don’t pour all the oil at a time) and stir continuously. Squeeze the lemon juice and add the vanilla essence into it. Mix well.
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• Now transfer the apple, sugar and oil mixture in a big bowl.
• Start sieving the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Mix in the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon powder and mix well.
• Now in the apple mixture bowl gradually add the dry ingredients. Don’t add all the dry ingredients once at a time. Add the milk and whisk to get smooth batter. The batter will not be very smooth as grated apples are there in the mixture. But don’t bother.
• Preheat the oven at 180 degree for 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile prepare your baking pan. Grease the tray with little butter and put a parchment or butter paper into it. Grease that paper also. In this way, removing cake from the cake tin will be very easy.
• Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin uniformly.
• Start baking it at 180 degree C or 350 degree F for 30-40 minutes. The time may vary according to the power of the oven. Therefore, it’s better to keep checking your cake at some intervals. Insert a fork inside the cake, if it comes out clean then your cake is ready.
• Allow it to cool for sometimes. Then demold it and cut it into pieces and serve.

                                                                          Enjoy Your Food..!!!

Tiranga Paratha....!!!!

        Tiranga Paratha....Paying A Special Patriotic Homage to all the Freedom Fighters of India...!!!

Being  Indian,we used to celebrate our Independence Day,Republic Day or any other National days in different styles and emotions.But mostly,we ,the home-makers used to spend these days in the usual way,inside the kitchen. Instead of being restricted within the daily meals, I think, we could do something new and in this way we could also pay a homage to our country and our Freedom Fighters,The Real heroes. I think in this way I could spread the feelings, emotions and importance of these days to my little daughter as well.


Anyway,I should come to the point now.Tiranga Paratha is a very simple,easy and interesting preparation and yes,it's really good to taste also.


Ingredients:

• Frozen Peas:1/2 cup(fresh peas will also work perfectly)
• Carrot : 1 large
• Salt:As per Taste
• Dry Roasted Cumin Powder:2 table spoon
• Chilli Powder: 1/2 tsp
• Sugar:A pinch
• White Oil
• Flour(Maida)

Process:

• At first using a mixer blender make a soft paste of the peas.
• Peel off and chop the carrot and same as above, make its paste too.
• Put a pan in the oven,add little white oil and add the carrot paste first.
• Add 1tsp of dry roasted cumin powder,a pinch of chilli powder and salt and a pinch of sugar and mix the carrot paste very well with all the spices.
• In the medium flame stir it well,until the paste become tight.
• Keep it aside.
• Now in the same pan add little more oil and the peas paste.
• In the similar way add 1 tsp of dry roasted cumin powder,a pinch of chilli powder and little salt and sugar according to your taste.
• In the similar way,when the paste becomes tight(dont make it too hard) remove it from oven and keep it aside.
• Keep the both paste in two different bowls.

• Now take three different medium sized bowl.
• Add 1/2 cup of flour in each of them.
• Now in your first bowl add the carrot paste,1tsp white oil and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
• Now make a soft dough with your hands.
• Avoid making it too hard, a little water can also be added if required. Keep the saffron color dough aside.
• Now in your second bowl of flour add the peas paste,1 tsp of white oil and 1/2 tsp of salt.
• Make a soft dough which would be of green color and keep it aside.
• While making the green dough also, a little amount of water can be added.
• Now take your third bowl of flour, add the oil and the salt in the same way to make a soft white dough.
• Three different coloured doughs are now ready.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

                        

 

                                  

• Now take  rolling pin and board.
• Take equal quantity of dough from each of the bowls and arrange them horizontally  as per the sequence of colours in our National Flag.
• Use some dry flour to make it non-sticky and with the help of the rolling pin roll it and  give it a rectangular shape.
• Using a knife cut it properly and give it a flag shape.
• You can make a circle in the middle of it which represents the "Chakra" of our National Flag.
• In this way,make few more parathas.
• Use little white oil / butter / ghee and fry the parathas well.
• Serve it with Achar,Dahi or any Sabji of your choice.

                                                    Enjoy Your Food......!!!!