PEACH CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:

Condensed Milk - 1/2 Tin
Fine Wheat Flour (Maida) - 2 cup
Butter - 1 cup
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Sodium Bicarbonate (Khaane Wala Soda) - 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
Peach - 1 Tin
Cream - 200 gms
Jam - 2 tbsp
Icing Sugar - 4 tbsp
Cashewnut (Kaju) - 1 cup


Preparations:

* Open the peach tin and separate the liquid and the peaches.
* Except for 4 - 5 peaches cut the rest into small pieces.
* Cut cashewnut (kaju) in samll pieces.
* Mix fine wheat flour (maida) with baking powder.
* In a bowl mix butter and condensed milk..
* Now little by little add the fine wheat flour (maida) and baking powder mixture.
* After it is properly mixed add vanilla essence.
* Mix 1/2 cup of hot water in the mixture and whisk nicely.
* Now apply a layer of butter to a tin.
* Pour the mixture in the tin.
* Preheat the oven for 10 minutes.
* Now keep the tin with the mixture in the oven for 30 minutes at 400 F.
* Prick the cake to see if the cake is ready.
* If it is done take it out and let it cool.
* Now whisk the fresh cream.
* When the cream thickens add icing sugar.
* When the cake cools doen pour some of the liquid from the peach tin.
* When the cake absorbs all the liquid pour some more to make it a bit soft.
* Now cut the cake from the center into 2 halves.
* On the lower half apply half the beaten cream.
* Sprinkle some cut peach pieces and the cashew nuts.
* Now place the other half on the lower section.
* Apply jam on the outer section of the whole cake.
* Apply rest of the cream on the top of the cake.
* And sprinkle rest of the cashewnut (kaju) and peach pieces.

MARBLE CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:

melted Butter - 120 gms
Sugar - 160 gms
Eggs - 3
Flour (Maida) - 200 gms
milk - 1/2 cup
Cocoa Powder - 60 gms
vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Preparations:

* Mix the flour and the baking powder.
* Cream together the butter, essence and sugar.
* Add the eggs one at a time and beat till the mixture is smooth and sugar gets blended well.
* Now mix flour and milk alternately in the mixture.
* Mix well till the batter is smooth. Divide this batter into 2 parts.
* In one portion add cocoa powder.
* Grease and line a 8 inch baking tin. First pour 1 layer in the tin then the second and continue this process alternatively.
* Bake this tin in a preheated oven at 180 - 200C for 15 minutes and then reduce the temperature and bake for another 10 minutes or until the cake gets golden on top.
* Cool the cake and invert it on a dish.

HONEY CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:

flour - 8 oz.
honey - 4 oz.
eggs - 2
butter - 3 oz.
sugar - 3 oz.
baking powder - 1 tspful


Preparations:

* Cream the butter and sugar, and add the beaten eggs gradually.
* Beat in the honey and, lastly add the sieved flour and baking powder.
* Put in a prepared shallow cake tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes.

FUDGE CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:
butter - 3/4 cup
sugar - 3/4 cup
honey - 1 tbsp
eggs - 3
self-rising flour - 2 cups
baking powder - 4 tsp
milk - 2/3 cup
almond extract - 1/2 tsp
CREAM FILLING
butter - 1/4 lb
icing sugar - 1 1/2 cups
juice of lemon - 1/2
FUDGE ICING
butter - 1/4 lb
honey - 1 tbsp
milk - 3tbsp
icing sugar - 2 cups
flaked almonds and chocolate curls, to garnish

Preparations:

* Pre-heat oven to 400(F)
* Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
* Add honey and eggs, beating well.
* Sift flour and baking powder and add to butter mixture alternately with milk and almond extract.
* Divide mixture between 3 I inc greased and lined cake pans.
* Bake for 18-20 minutes or until cooked when tested.
* Remove from pans to cake rack and allow to cool.
* To make cream filling, beat utter and icing sugar together with lemon juice.
* Sandwich cake layers together with cream mixture.
* To make fudge icing, combine butter, honey and milk in saucepan.
* Gently heat until butter melts, then heat until nearly boiling.
* Remove from heat and sift in icing sugar, beating until icing thickens.
* Spread icing over top of came and allow to drizzle down the sides.
* Cool and decorate with almonds and chocolate curls.

EGGLESS CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:
plain flour - 8 oz.
margarine - 3 oz.
pinch of salt
baking powder - 4 tspful
sugar - 3 oz.
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
milk and water - about 1/2 cup


Preparations:
* Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
* Mix in the margarine, add the sugar and vanilla and mix to a dropping consistency with the milk and water.
* Turn into a greased 7 inch tin and bake in a moderate oven for 3/4 to 1 hour.

DUNDEE CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:
chopped glace cherries - 75 gms
currants - 110 gms
chopped mixed peel - 50 gms
golden raisins - 110 gms
ground almonds - 50 gms
butter - 225 gms
castor sugar - 225 gms
eggs - 3
blanched almonds - 3 tbsp
Grated rind of one lemon
cherry - 1 tsp
plain flour - 350 gms
raisins - 110 gms


Preparations:

* Grease and line a 18cm cake tin.
* In a bowl mix together golden raisins, peel, ground almonds, currants, raisins and cherries.
* In a separate bowl beat the butter till soft then add castor sugar and the lemon rind and beat till light and fluffy.
* In a separate bowl beat the eggs together and then gradually add to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
* Mix the flour and the baking powder in a separate container and sift it well and add to the creamed mixture along with the cherry and all the dried fruits mix together earlier.
* Pour this mixture into the greased tin, try to create a hollow in the center and cover that center with the almonds.
* Bake this cake for 2 1/2 - 3 hours at 325 degrees F or till a skewer pricked into the center of the cake comes out clean.
* When done cool the cake in the tin for 15 minutes and then let it cool completely on a wire rack.

CORNFLOUR CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:
cornflour - 4 oz.
flour - 1 oz.
castor sugar - 2 oz.
butter - 2 oz.
baking powder - 1 tspful
egg - 1
Little milk


Preparations:
* Cream the butter and sugar, and add the egg beaten with a little milk.
* Then add the sieved cornflour, flour and baking powder.
* Put into a prepared cake tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 1 hour.

COCONUT CUPCAKES RECIPE

Ingredients:


Fine Wheat Flour (Maida) - 6 cups
Baking Powder - 2 tsp
Sodium Bicarbonate (Khaane Wala Soda) - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Sugar - 4 cups
unsalted Butter - 1 1/2 cup
Eggs - 6 big sized
Almond Essence - 3 tsp
Vanilla Essence - 3 tsp
Butter Milk (Mattha / Chhaach) - 2 cups
Coconut (Khopra/Narial)- 5 1/2 cups

For Icing
Cream Cheese (Hung Curd) - 900 gms
unsalted Butter - 1 1/2 cup
Vanilla Essence - 2 tsp
Almond Essence - 1 tsp
Icing Sugar, sifted - 1Kg 400 gms


Preparations:

* First preheat the oven at 160 degrees.
* Grease a tin and place pape cases on it.
* Mix flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
* Beat and cream suagar and butter.
* Add eggs one at a time.
* Now mix the essences.
* Next add the flour alternatively with the buttermilk.
* Mix half of the grated coconut.
* Fill the paper cases with the mixture.
* Bake them for 25 - 30 minutes or till they are golden in color.
* For icing beat the cream cheese, butter, sugar and the essence till smooth and creamy.
* Place a layer of this icing on the bakes cupcakes and sprinkle some coconut on them.

COCONUT CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:
flour - 6 oz.
butter - 3 oz.
castor sugar - 4 oz.
a little milk
small eggs - 2
desiccated coconut - 3 oz.
baking powder - 1 small tsp

Preparations:
* Cream the butter and sugar, and add the beaten eggs gradually.
* Then add the flour, baking powder and the coconut and, lastly, a little milk.
* Put the mixture into a prepared cake tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 1 1/4 hours.

CHOCOLATE SWISS ROLL RECIPE

Ingredients:
eggs - 2
flour - 1 1/2 oz.
castor sugar - 2 oz.
baking powder - 1 tspful
warm water - 1 tbspful
grated sweetened chocolate - 1oz.


Preparations:
* Grease a swiss roll tin, line with greaseproof paper and then grease the paper well.
* Separate the whites from the yolks of the eggs.
* Beat the yolks and the sugar together until the mixture is creamy.
* Then add the warm water, and immediately after that the chocolate.
* Whisk the whites stiffly, and add alternately with the sieved flour and baking powder, folding them in lightly.
* Put the mixture in the tin and bake in hot oven for about 12 minutes.
* Turn out on to a piece of greaseproof paper well sprinkled with icing sugar, trim the edges and roll it up.
* Then put it on a rack to cool.

CHOCOLATE MOCHA CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:
butter - 1/2 cup
saw milk - 1/2 cup
sifted all purpose flour - 2 cup
strong hot coffee - 1/2 cup
sugar - 4 cup
coco - 1/4 cup
vanilla - 1/2 tsp
brown sugar - 2 cup
unsweetened chocolate - 2 arms
yoghurts - 2 egg
vanilla extract - 1 tsp
salt - 1/2 tsp
whites - 2 egg
butter - 1 cup

Preparations:
* In a bowl beat 1/2 cup butter and add sugar gradually till it gets fluffy.
* Add in the melted chocolate and an unbeaten egg yoghurts, 1 tsp vanilla extract and sour milk.
* Beat this mixture well.
* Add the sifted flour alternately with the hot coffee i.e. once you add the flour then you add the coffee then you again add the flour then coffee continue till the flour and coffee are finished.
* Now add the beaten egg whites.
* Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F and grease a 9x13 inch pan.
* Pour the prepared mixture into the pan and bake for 35-40 minutes.
* In a separate bowl beat half cup butter with powdered sugar, salt and coco.
* To this mixture add 1/3 cup strong coffee and 1/2 tsp vanilla.
* Mix it nicely and spread on the prepared cake and sprinkle some silvered almonds.