Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

Butter – 100gms

Castor Sugar – 1cup

Maida – 1cup

Baking powder- 1 tspn

Eggs – 3

Cashew- 1tspn

Raisin – 1tspn

Tutti fruity- 1tbspn

Black current- ½ tsp

Fruit essence- ½ tspn

Steps:

1- Sieve maida and baking powder.

2- Beat eggs separately till the volume doubles.

3- Beat butter and sugar till creamy.

4- Add fruit essence.

5- Add half portion of beaten eggs in the butter-sugar mix we prepared above; and whisk at low speed for 2mins.

6- Add maida in small portions at a time and mix it well.

7- Add remaining eggs and continue to mix for a few minutes.

8- Coat all mixed fruit with a little flour and mix it in batter prepared in the above step.

9- Now bake it in preheated oven for 35 to 40mins; at 180 degerees in microwave and at 150degrees in OTG.

Now enjoy your fruit cake with tea or coffee…….

Black Forest Cake

Ingredients:

Chocolate sponge cake – 1 no

Whipping cream - 150gms

Sugar syrup - 2 cups

Canned cherry - ½ cup ( chopped)

Rum - 1tspn

Cooking chocolate - 150 gms

Steps:

1- Whisk the whipping cream till it becomes fluffy, stiff and forms peak.

2- Now slit the chocolate sponge cake into 3 layers.

3- Add rum to the sugar syrup and sprinkle on lower layer; then apply whipped cream icing on that layer and put some chopped cherries over it.

4- Place second layer of sponge cake on it and repeat step 3.

5- Place third layer and sprinkle sugar syrup on it.

6- Level the cake from all sides.

7- Apply cream icing on the top layer and to the sides.

8- Apply grated chocolate on the top and sides of the cake. Decorate the cake by cream icing and cherries.

Now treat yourself for the hard work...enjoy your black forest…

Chocochip Cookies

Ingredients:

All purpose flour- 1 ½ cup

Butter- ½ cup

Castor sugar- ½ cup

Brown sugar- ½ cup

Egg- 1 no

Soda- 1/4th tspn

Vanilla essence- 1 tspn

Chocochip- 1 cup

Steps:

1- Preheat the oven.

2- Cream butter and sugar together.

3- Beat the egg in butter-sugar mixture.

4- Dissolve soda in 1tspn hot water and add to the batter.

5- Now add flour and chocochip.

6- Drop the mixture on tray using a large spoon

7- Bake for 20 mins at 160 degrees .

That's it; you're done!!

Pineapple and Orange Cake

Ingredients:

Maida - 1 ½ cup

Sugar - 1 cup

Eggs - 3 nos

Baking powder - 2 tspn

Butter - ½ cup

Small pieces of pineapple and orange - 1 cup

Orange zest - 1 tbspn

Steps:

1- Cream butter and sugar together.

2- Sieve maida and baking powder and keep aside.

3- Beat eggs with a beater.

4- Now take the butter and sugar mixture and add egg mixture to it.

5- Now take a small portion of maida and add to the mixture. Repeat.

6- Now add pineapple and orange pieces.

7- Grease and dust the cake pan and pour the above cake mix.

8- Now bake the cake for about 40mins……

You are done :-)