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 CHRISTMAS CAKE 🎂 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL GROUP MEMBERS & YOUR FAMILIES 🤶🎄 This year I have baked a simple Fruit cake Here is how I did it DRY FRUITS and NUTS _ I have used _ chopped Cashewnuts, almonds, pistachios , walnuts , dates, raisins, prunes CARAMEL _ Sugar _ 1/2cup Warm water _ 1/2cup Heat sugar on low heat till it melts Cook till it turns golden Remove from flame and add warm water gradually, stirring gently Put it back on flame and give it a boil Remove from heat   PEANUT & JAGGERY SYRUP Peanut andJaggery chikkies _ crushed _ 1/ 2 cup Add the crushed Chikkis in the caramel Put it back on flame n cook for sometime till the Jaggery melts Strain the syrup Cool the syrup SOAKING DRY FRUITS AND NUTS Soak chopped dry fruits and nuts in caramel & Jaggery syrup ( reserve some dry fruits and nuts mixture for garnishing) Keep aside overnight ( I did this step yesterday n kept it in an air tight container in the fridge)   SPICE POWDER _ Grind to a ...

 Sending good wishes your way on the festival of joy. Merry Christmas to you and your families !🎂⛄🤶🍫🌹🧑‍🎄🎅🎊🎁🥳🎄⭐🍰🎈💐🎉🌟            MY HEALTHY CHRISTMAS PUDDING 🍮    Mix in a bowl  Bread crumbs , oats powder , sugar powder n  Cocoa powder , Cinnamon powder, cardamom  powder, cloves powder  n ginger powder  Add in the chopped dates , dry fruits n nuts soaked in orange juice overnight  Add in some orange zest  n some butter  Mix n put in greased bowls  Microwave for 2 minutes  or till done

 Happy Birthday to my dear husband 🎂🥳🎉🎈🎁🎊 Baked this simple  CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH STRAWBERRY TOPPING  CAKE INGREDIENTS  DRY INGREDIENTS _ Sieve and keep aside  Flour _ 1.5 cups Baking powder  _ 1 tsp Baking soda      _ 1/2 tsp Cocoa powder _ 4 tsp WET INGREDIENTS _ Blend together  Oil    _                   1/4 cup Sugar _ 1 cup ( powdered) Vanilla essence  Mix dry n wet ingredients till a smooth batter is formed  ( add milk to make batter) Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius for 10minutes  Pour batter in greased and lined cake dish  Bake for 40 _ 45 minutes or till done  Cool the cake completely  TOPPING  Make custard according to package instructions  Cool completely  With help of spoon pour on cake  Sprinkle crushed dry fruits and tutti frutti  Refrigerate for 10 _ 15 minutes till slightly set

 HAPPY VALENTINE'S  DAY ❤           The list of special days celebrated all over the world is stretching longer and longer.  When I was in school, I had only rea and heard  about the  national and religious festivals.  As time went ahead , special days like rose ,promise, hug , propose and valentine's days were added to the list . .                 For me every day is special  . I miss hugging my parents ,who are no more and my sister, son and nephew, who are in the states . I do hug my husband and celebrate' Hugs Day .It's ' Chocolate Day' whenever I eat one to satiate my chocolate cravings . I love roses , especially red ones . My hubby is not the kind to pamper me with flowers,  gifts or candlelight dinners 😞But the day I see a rose🌹 in my garden is' Rose Day 'for me  😀🌹  'Propose days is when we propose ides or plans to each other.  Promises are always meant to...

 TRI FLAVOURED CASTILLO CAKE     I had some sugar syrup from a tin of Haldiram's rasgullas , gifted by a friend . As I didn't want to waste it , I decided to bake a cake with it . While looking up the Google, I chanced upon an interesting CASTILLO cake.  So decided to give it a try  .      CASTILLO is a Japanese Cake.  It is made with a kind of sugar syrup, which gives it the softness .  I have used leftover canned Haldiram 's Rasgulla sugar syrup .I have used Cocoa powder for chocolate 🍫layer , strawberry  flavoured custard powder  🍓 for the strawberry layer and  basic batter for the  vanilla layer.            The cake batter was poured in layers in the greased and lined cake dish . A toothpick was moved  only along the edges in a swish swash movement  and baked  Here are the instructions  FOR THE BASIC BATTER  DRY INGREDIENTS ( Sieve 2 _ 3 times and ...

 WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎊🎁⚡🌹🎉🥳💐🍰⛄🎂 May this Christmas season bring you closer to all those that you treasure in your heart. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year! 🎄⛄🎊🎉🎉🎊🎊🥳🌹💫🎅⭐🌟🎈🎈🎁🎁🎁🎁💐💐🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊⛄⛄⛄⛄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 PUMPKIN CHRISTMAS CAKE 🎂 This is an eggless,  oil less,  butter less and dairy free  cake  INGREDIENTS  NEEDED TO MAKE THE CAKE 👇👇 Apple                   1 medium size ( pureed) Pumpkin              1cup (grated ) Jaggery                  1cup( chopped) Dates                      1 cup( chopped)  Flour (I have used whole wheat flour)  1.5 cups  Semolina                   1/2 cup  Baking powder          1 tsp Baking soda  ...

 SOHAN HALWA AND LADDOO CUPCAKES              ( made in the  airfryer) Diwali and  Bhai Dooj are the time for  sweets and dry fruits.  But what do you do when these pile up with no one wanting to eat them anymore .Even my help has refused to take them home ( Didi ab aur meetha nahi khaya jata ) .          I googled  for recipes with  leftover sweets  and thankfully found a few recipes of  eggless cakes / cupcakes with  leftover laddoos n burfis.  I had a box of besan laddoos and last few pieces of sohan halwa  which I used in the batter  ( instead of custard powder) and for the topping               Made a batter with flour ( I have used whole wheat flour/ atta) , baking powder ,  baking soda , yogurt,  sugar  and few  crushed laddoos and sohan halwa  .  I made cupcakes in the airfryer and toppe...