oats chocolate cup cake

Serves- 6
cooking time- 20-25 minutes at 180-degree celsius
Preparation time- 10 minutes.

well, this is similar type as my oats coffee mug cake, infant I made it on the same day to last me for a week. the only change I did was to replace coffee with cocoa powder and increased the quantity of ingredient used obviously. with these, I think I am sorted for this week at least :p

Ingredient:                                                                                                                                  

Oats (preferably powdered) –  1 ½ cups

Baking powder- 1/2 teaspoon
Baking soda- 1/4 teaspoon

Sugar (preferably powdered) - 1 cup

Melted Butter (I have used nutralite) – 3/4 cup

Milk (as required)

Cocoa powder (optional)– 1/2 cup

Egg- 2

Vanilla essence – 5-6 drops.

Method:

1. Mix sugar and butter together. Add whole egg to it one at a time. Whisk the mixture till it forms a dripping consistency. Add vanilla essence to it.
   
2. In a separate bowl, mix oats, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder together. Slowly pour the wet ingredients mixture into this bowl, stirring simultaneously so that no lumps are formed.
   
3. Bake it at 180-degree celsius for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Your oats chocolate cupcake is ready to enjoy!!    

note- you can replace oats with refined flour for a regular cake and cocoa powder with coffee powder for coffee cake.

try other variants:
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oats and coffee Mug cake

How many times throughout the day have we craved for a simple, easy, tasty and yet a healthy snack? Well, the baker in me gave it a thought and came out with this oats mug cake. It requires just 40 seconds at a temperature of 800-degree celsius and preparation would not take more than 2 minutes. So basically here you go with a healthy and tasty recipe in less than 3 minutes. It’s perfect for an anytime snack or even as your version of breakfast oats. This was my perfect solution to everyday breakfast during the morning rush. Although, I would just try to cut down on my calorie intake by reducing the amount of sugar and butter but 1 teaspoon of butter is not going to harm anyone. I used to have it with seasonal fruits like a guava or an apple, making my breakfast a perfect one to start my day. Try it out tomorrow morning and you’ll love it for sure.

Ingredient:                                                                                                                                  

Oats (preferably powdered) – 2 teaspoon

Baking powder- ¼ teaspoon

Sugar (preferably powdered) - 1 ½  teaspoon

Melted Butter (I have used nutralite) – 1 teaspoon

Milk – 7-8 teaspoon

Coffee powder (optional)– ½ teaspoon

Egg- 1

Vanilla essence – 2-3 drops.

Method:

1. Dissolve ½ tsp of coffee powder in 7-8 tsp of milk. Keep aside.
2. Mix sugar and butter together. Add whole egg to it. Whisk the mixture till it forms a dripping consistency. Add vanilla essence and dissolved coffee into it.
3. In a separate cup, mix oats and baking powder together. Slowly pour the wet ingredients mixture to this cup, stirring simultaneously so that no lumps are formed.
4. Bake it at 800-degree celsius for 30 seconds or until the cake just rises up. Your oats cake is ready to enjoy!!    

note- you can replace oats with refined flour for a regular cake and coffee powder with cocoa powder for chocolate cake.

choco lava cake

This holiday season I probably found the easiest way to bake a cake. From the time I had seen that advertisement on choco lava cake my heart was pounding to make one perfectly.  So after few trials, this one turned out pretty well, also my addition of choco cookies turned out good. (Pat on my back :p) 

I was in short of heavy cream so tried using vanilla flavoured custard cream to top it up. It wasn't a bad idea though, and it served the same purpose as a heavy cream. I had even added 2 tsp of custard powder in the cake mix but you can omit this if you want. I feel it would have been better had I just used custard cream to top it up and not add it to the cake mix. (Wait, am I permitted to write my mistakes here? Maybe yes so that others don't commit the same :P). But it was overall fun to bake.
I took a total of 10 minutes to mix all the ingredients together and then just poured it into a greased container and cupcake moulds. The next 40 minutes, it was only my microwave at work and me busy making the custard cream and cleaning the kitchen. Sometimes I really think these activities are much more time consuming than the actual cooking. 
ahh, done with it. Time to treat myself!!

Ingredients required:

1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
a pinch of baking soda
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter/refined oil
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract

Optional:
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup semi-sweetened choco chips
Few choco cookies

Method:

• Since I started with the normal granulated sugar, my first task was to grind the sugar to make it powdery. It's easy to mix powdered sugar with other ingredients. Alternatively, you can even use icing sugar.

• Once the sugar is done, add butter/refined oil to it and blend until they form a paste and you cannot differentiate between the two.

• Next, add eggs to it. One at a time and mix the contents well. it's important to beat the contents properly at this point so that enough air gets into it and your cake rises up while baking.

• Next, sieve 1 cup flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder and a pinch of baking soda in a large bowl. If you want to make a chocolate cake, add 1/2 cup of cocoa powder also to it. 

• Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ones in the bowl by cut and fold method. Once done add vanilla essence and choco chips to it. mix again.
  

• Grease a baking tin/cupcake mould with butter and pour the mixture into it. 

• Half fill the cupcake mould, put a piece of chocolate in the centre and cover it with another spoonful of cake mixture on top.

• I had used a  baking tin as well and had put small pieces of choco cookies on top covering it lightly with the cake mix. This made the top crust very crunchy and chewy.

• Preheat oven at 180-degree centigrade and bake the mixture for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

• Once done, top it up with cream and choco chips and you're done. Time to treat yourself with this mouthwatering dessert.

Sweet tooth forever,
Ritu:)

Chocolate mickey mouse cake

Preparation time- 30 mins

Cooking time-40 mins

Frosting time-10 mins

Servings-12

Cals-680

Ingredients

·         1 cup all-purpose flour

·         1 cup powdered sugar

·         3 tablespoon cocoa powder

·         ½  teaspoon baking powder

·         ½ teaspoon baking soda

·         1 pinch salt

·         2 eggs

·         ¼  cup vegetable oil/softened butter

·         1 cup milk

·         ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

For frosting

Ø  1 cup heavy cream

Ø  1 cup+4 tablespoon icing sugar

Ø  4 tablespoon cocoa powder

Ø  2 tablespoon butter

Ø  3 tablespoon milk

Ø  10 cherries

Method

v  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a mickey mouse shaped cake pan well.

v  In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

v  In another bowl, mix butter and sugar. Add eggs (one by one), and continue mixing it in the mixture. Add milk as required followed by vanilla essence.

v  Add the sieved dry ingredients slowly into the wet mixture and beat until well blended. Pour it in the pre greased cake pan.

v  Bake for 35 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Loosen edges, and remove to racks to cool completely.

Frosting:

      Combine whipping cream and confectioner's sugar in a chilled medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form. Pour it in piping bag.

      Melt 2 tablespoon butter in the saucepan, add 4 tablespoon sugar to it. when sugar dissolves add 4 tbsp cocoa powder to it followed by 3 tbsp milk to get a thick frosting. Spread this frosting evenly on the cake with the help of a spatula. I have even cut the cake in two halves to spread it in the center.

      Outline the mickey mouse with whipped cream and top it with cherries. let the frosting set for a while. I kept it overnight. your cake is ready to serve.

Eggless Mango Cake with chocolate toppings

In accordance with a friend’s suggestion, here I go with my first blog in making those lovely, delicious recipes which we have been enjoying since long.

Experimentation is what I love so be prepared for all the unique new dishes, and I am sure you’re going to love them.

The best thing about summers, for a foodie person like me are mangoes and what better than chocolates to enhance its flavor. So I tried combining the two and it came out really well. Just perfect for my little sweet craving. And they are comfort food too, so I don’t think twice before starting and it tasted really yum!!

It was moist, soft, rich and really very yummy.

I barely got time to click pictures while making, as my friends were getting impatient to dig into it. Just managed few pics at last. Enjoy your cooking and do let me know how it was?

Prepration time: 20 mins

Cooking time: 30-35 mins

Serves: 12

Calories/serving: 158(approx)

Ingredients required:

Maida (flour): 1 cup(100 gm)

Baking powder- 1 tsp

Baking soda- ½ tsp

Sugar(preferably powdered)- 1 cup

Mango-1 medium size

Oil- ½ cup

Vanilla essence- few drops

For toppings

Chocolate- 10-15 grams

Cream- 4 tsp

Method:

·         Sift maida, baking powder, and baking soda together. Keep aside.

·          Peel the mangoes and make it into a paste.

·         Mix sugar and oil in a separate bowl.

·         Add mango paste to it.

·         When the wet ingredients are mixed well, slowly add the dry mixture of maida, baking powder and baking soda to it. Keep Mixing it continuously.

·         Finally beat all the ingredients together and pour the batter into a greased baking container.  (you can use a little butter for greasing).

·         Grate chocolates on top of it.

·         Bake it in a preheated oven for 30 minutes. Or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean

For toppings:

·         Mix melted chocolate, icing sugar and cream.

·         Mix mango paste, icing sugar and cream.

·         Pour the two mixtures into two different icing bag and you are all set to decorate your cake.

tips-

avoid over mixing as then the cake might sink instead of rising up.

mix it in one direction only. Either from right to left or left to right.

Initially Keep 2 tsp mango paste aside for the toppings.

You can use plastic bag alternatively for pouring in your cream. I had a used milk pouch and it worked the same.

oven fresh

just baked