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  Kerala Christmas Fruit Cake/ Plum Cake Recipe Fruit cakes are traditional holiday cakes and look festive and colorful. Kerala style fruit cakes are delicious, moist, and perfectly balanced in flavor. It has a distinct flavor, loaded with fruits and laced with the flavor of rum and aromatic spices. This cake is rich, and there is so much that goes into the cake- dried fruits, candied fruits, nuts, rum, molasses, spices, caramel syrup, and butter. It is delicious and worth a try! Each slice of this cake looks festive, with delicious, flavorful fruits in each bite. The cake is perfect for the holiday table, and it is easier to prepare in your kitchen. Kerala Christmas celebration is not complete without fruit cake/plum cake and homemade grape wine. There is a nostalgic feel when it comes to baking a fruit cake. There is a time-honored tradition in making fruit cakes, and it is a beautiful process. I still remember my grandmother, preparing candied orange peel, ginger candy, tutti fr...

   Chocolate Cream Cake/  Chocolate Pastry Cake  Chocolate cream cake/pastry cake is easy to make and sure to impress all chocolate lovers! This tiny layer cake is delicious and surprisingly easy to make. Are you looking for a cake that is elegant and easy to put together for Christmas? This chocolate cake is the kind of dessert you need for the holiday season to share with your family and friends. They are neatlyy sliced individual serving portions, and perfect for a party or get together. Chocolate cream cakes are childhood nostalgia, and the sight of these decadent slices of chocolaty goodness, displayed in the windows of pastry shops, and bakeries are hard to resist. They are dressed to impress all chocolate lovers. This is my favorite, easy to make, and the best chocolate pastry cake recipe ever! The best part of this cake is its light, spongy layers with delightful cream frosting. It has an incredibly luscious chocolate flavor, perfectly soft and moist. It is a...

Bibingka/Filipino Coconut Rice Cake Coconut rice cakes is a treat for all coconut lovers. Bibingka is sweet, with irresistible flavor and taste.I love this recipe because it is so easy to make.Sweet rice flour and coconut milk makes this cake spongy and light. The crumble topping is crispy and sweet with coconut and palm sugar. I changed the original recipe slightly by adding one cup of all purpose flour,but you can make this is with sweet rice flour.Filipino coconut cakes are usually made in a pan with banana leaves lining.Since I did not have banana leaves I used the regular parchment paper.Try this, you will surely love it. Ingredients Rice flour- 2cups All purpose flour- 1 cup Baking powder- 1 1/2 tsp Salt- 1/2 tsp Sugar- 1 cup Eggs-3 Butter- 1/2 cup Grated coconut- 1cup Thick coconut milk-2 cup Milk - 1 cup Palm sugar or brown sugar- 3 tbs Pre heat oven to 350 degree F. Prepare cake tin and line with banana leaf of parchment paper. In a bowl mix ...

Victorian Pound Cake Baking partners challenge for this month is Pound Cake. This cake is known as quatre quarts or four quarters in France meaning four equal portions. The traditional  recipes calls for a pound of flour, sugar, butter and eggs and hence the name pound cake. The most important step in making this cake is the creaming and softening of butter and sugar which results in light even textured crumb. Pound cake are rich butter cake and you can add any flavor of your choice. Victorian pound cake uses rose water as flavoring. I found this in Sherry Yards- The Secret of Baking .Thanks Swathi for suggesting this months pound cake challenge. Ingredients Eggs- 4 Cake flour- 1 3/4 cup Butter- 1/2 pound Sugar- 1 cup+ 2 tbs Rose water- 2 tsp Lemon zest- 1/2 tsp salt- 1/3 tsp Allow butter and eggs to come to room temperature. Sift flour and salt 2-3 times and keep aside. Grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan with butter. Line bottom with a strip of parchment paper an...

Chocolate Heart of Darkness Cakes This is baking partners second challenge recipe for April 2015. It is mini warm molten chocolate cake with a gooey chocolate center. These are highly addictive and can be served warm just like itself or with ice cream. The chocolaty center is attained from frozen truffles with melts as they bake in the oven. Thanks Swathi for giving me the opportunity to suggest recipes for this month's challenge. These cakes was in my to do wish list. I am so happy that I finally got and opportunity to try them. Recipe source:Death By Chocolate Cakes  By  Marcel Desaulniers To make Chocolate truffle 8 ounce semisweet baking chocolate heavy cream- 3/4 cup For the cake Butter- 5 ounce cut into pieces+ 2 tsp melted All propose flour- 2/3 cup Unsweetened cocoa- 1/2 cup Semi sweet baking chocolate- 8 ounce Egg-3 large Egg yolk- 2 granulated sugar- 1/2 vanilla extract- 1 tsp To make the truffles Place 8 ounce semi sweet ch...

 Baking Partners ninth challenge post-Cheesecake. Baking partners is the brain child of  Swathi of Zesty South Indian Kitchen. It is a wonderful group of enthusiastic blogger who try something new in baking every month. Cheesecake is something I have never tried baking at home and this month the group was given four recipes. I loved the recipe suggested by Reeni of Cinnamon and spice and everything nice . It was a bit different from the regular cheese cake. I have seen this before and always wondered at the light texture of this cake. You do not bite into creamy cheese cake but a light, soft airy cake of wonderful texture. At first I doubted whether it will have an overpowering egg flavor as this recipe uses six eggs,but there was no such problem. The cake I made developed two small cracks and I feared it will be deep. But once the cake cooled down it shrinked a bit and there was no signs of the cracks.This cake will rise a bit during baking and then shrink a little wh...

Chocolate Mocha Cake  Mocha cake as the name suggests is a dense moist coffee flavored chocolate cake. I adore coffee flavor and the combined flavor will not disappoint you. The frosting is butter cream flavored with cocoa and coffee.This is a delicious cake. I made it a one layer cake,but you can make into a two layer cake as well. Try this,you will surely love it. Recipe adapted from Ellie Krieger,original recipe here  Ingredients Cake flour- 2 cup Cocoa- 1/2 cup Sugar- 3/4 cup Egg-3 Butter-1 stick Baking powder- 1 1/2 tsp Baking soda- 1/2 tsp Salt- 1/4 tsp Espresso coffee powder-2 tbs Vanilla essence-  1 1/2 tsp Low fat yogurt- 1 cup Frosting Powdered Sugar-  3 cup Melted chocolate- 2 ounce espresso coffee- 2 tbs Butter-1/2 cup Vanilla essence- 1 tsp Preheat oven to 350 degree F and grease and prepare cake tin. Mix espresso in 5 Tbs of  hot water and keep aside. Melt butter and allow to slightly cool. Whisk together...

Neapolitan Christmas Cake  Baking Partners fifth challenge post- Neapolitian Christmas Cake. Baking partners is the brain child of  Swathi of Zesty South Indian Kitchen. It is a wonderful group of enthusiastic blogger who try something new in baking every month. Keeping the holiday spirit in mind Swathi suggested Christmas cake.So for this months challenge theme we had three cake recipes. Among the three I selected and tried the Neapolitian Christmas cake. It is a beautiful tricolor cake which soft,spongy cake layers made with egg whites. The filling is  layers of whipped cream frosting. There is a whole lot of flavors in each layer~coconut,ground almond and strawberry jam together makes this a very tempting and delicious cake . This cake is a sure winner and you will surely love it. Recipe source: Susan Kelliher Ungaro (ed.)Family Circle-Best Ever Cakes and Cookies, p. 214. Ingredients 3/4 cup cake flour(not self rising) 1/3 cup ground almonds 1 tsp ...

Raspberry Chocolate Mousse Cake A chocolate mousse cake with a burst of raspberry filling gives this cake a unique chocolaty fruity flavor. It tastes even better when the flavors blend for a day or two. This is a rich and delicious cake and chocolate lovers will love this cake. For the filling I have used instant chocolate pudding and raspberry cake filling. But if you want to make home made chocolate mousse check earlier cake recipe here Ingredients Recipe adapted from: Family circle -Best ever cakes and cookies Chocolate cake layer All Purpose flour- 1 1/2 cup Egg- 2 Sugar- 1/2 cup Coco powder- 4 Tbs Baking powder- 1 1/3 tsp Baking Soda 1 tsp Salt- 1/3tsp Vanilla essence- 1 tsp Buttermilk- 1/2 cup Butter-3 tsp For the filling Whipping cream-1 1/2  cup Milk-1 cup Vanilla essence-1 tsp Raspberry extract- 1 tsp Chocolate instant pudding- 1 box ( 5 oz.) Raspberry cake filling- 1/2 cup (Seedless) Preheat oven to 350 degree and geese and pr...

Pumpkin Cake roll Pumpkin cake rolls is perfect for holidays and is a yummy dessert You can make it well in advance. It is thin sheets of spiced pumpkin cake sheets filled with sweet cream cheese frosting. Recipe source from here Ingredients All purpose flour- 3/4 cup Sugar- 1 cup Pumpkin puree- 2/3 cup Eggs-3 Baking Soda- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon- 1/2 tsp Ground ginger- 1/3 tsp Ground Clove- 1/3 tsp Salt - a pinch For the filling Cream cheese- 8 ounce Butter- 2 tsp Lemon Zest- 1/3 tsp Vanilla essence- 1 tsp Confectionery sugar- 1 cup Pre heat oven to 375 degree. Grease a 15-in x 10-in baking pan or a jelly roll pan.Line it with wax paper and grease the top of wax paper again and keep aside. ix all the dry ingredients,flour,ground cinnamon,ground ginger,ground clove,salt and baking soda and keep aside. In a large bowl beat egg till it is light and pale ( you an also separate egg yolks and whites and beat separately). Gradually add sugar one spoon at a t...

Pineapple Pastry Pineapple pastry/Gateaux is a delicious treat and goes out for all those who have a sweet tooth. It has a soft and melt in mouth texture and is very common in Indian bakeries.  It was everyone's favorite back home. It is basic sponge cake with fruit and whipped cream frosting. Made this for Father's day and my family enjoyed it. Try this,you will surely love it. Ingredients For the cake Self raising flour-1 cup Sugar- 1/2 cup Salt- a pinch Butter- 3 tbs Egg-6 Vanilla essence- 1 1/2 tsp For the filling and syrup Chopped pineapples- 1 1/2 cup Sugar- 2 tsp For the cream Heavy whipping cream- 2 cup Vanilla essence- 1 tsp Powdered sugar- 3 tbs Chopped pineapple and cherries for garnish Chop pineapples into small cubes and add sugar and set aside for some time. Strain out the liquid that comes  from pineapple. Keep the pineapple aside( preferably in fridge) and simmer the liquid in a sauce pan in low flame for t...

Lamingtons Lamingtons are delicious cakes and has  its own beauty.Square pieces of sponge cake dipped in chocolate and coated with coconut is something that is irresistible. It is a simple cake.You can use any type of cake,white, sponge cake or pound cake,but just make sure that the cake has a firm texture and does not crumble when rolled  in chocolate frosting. In Australia there are flat baking pan called lamington pans,but I used the regular 8" square pan.Try this home made delicacy,you will love it.. Recipe adapted from here Ingredients For the cake All purpose flour- 1 1/2 cups Baking powder- 1 1/2 tsp salt- 1/4 tsp Egg -2 Butter - 1/2 stick Sugar-3/4 cup Milk- 1/2 cup Vanilla essence- 2 tsp Chocolate frosting Icing sugar- 2 cup Unsweetened cocoa- 3 tbs butter 2 tsp Milk- 1/3 cup Coating Desiccated coconut (unsweetened)- 1 1/2 cup Baking the cake Prepare pan and set aside.Use a 8" square pan. Grease and dust with flour. Pre-heat oven to 350 ...