Eggless Orange & Prune Cake

 

My daughter loves oranges and she had been asking me to bake some orange cake for her… So, this one is for my little angle…'

Eggless Fruit Cake

 

For a very long time I wanted to bake a fruit cake something similar to Christmas cake but without egg and rum. I found this recipe interesting and tried it immediately. The cake was really awesome… the texture, sweetness, subtle flavour of the spices, crunchy nuts, chewey berries with a hint of orange… everything was so very perfect. No wonder, that’s why this cake vanished in minutes.

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE WALNUT BROWNIE

Eggless Chocolate Walnut Brownie was on my mind for a very very long time… but somehow I could never get my hands on it.  But this time I decided to bake one for myself on my birthday.  My daughter did the taste test this morning and gave me a thumbs up… I felt really happy as I don’t bake often.  And yes, today I am going to meet my childhood friend, what best gift one can carry on such occasion when you have home baked brownies!!!!  So, here is my Eggless Chocolate Walnut Brownie recipe. 

BANANA CHOCOCHIP WALNUL MUFFINS

 

 

Wow… its been more than a year since I posted my last recipe, thought of starting it again with this cute looking muffins which immediately got thumbs up from my little angle.  I husband wanted me to bake banana walnut muffins for his colleagues at office.  After reading a lot many recipes, I picked up this one from here and make subtle changes. 

CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH TRUFFLE ICING

 

During my daughter’s vacation she kept nagging me to make some cake and choose this one from the Nita Mehta’s cook book.  A very simple and chocolaty cake with oodles of chocolate icing that no kid would be able to resist it.  I used canola oil for this cake.

VEGETABLE CHILLA

 

 

I first had with at my in-laws place and liked it instantly.   It is very simply to make and requires very few ingredients.  A healthy and filling way to start the day or can be had as an evening snacks.

DOODH PAK

 

Doodh Pak is a favourite in Gujarati homes.  It is a luxurious dessert made from almond milk / puree that is cooked in saffron scented milk.  It tastes excellent when served with fresh tropical fruits like Mango, Papaya, kiwis etc.  I got the recipe from a cook book by Mridula Baljekar.

GAJAR HALWA (CARROT HALWA)

 

Yummmm….. I love gajar halwa specially the one which my appa makes probably because apart from the ingredients he also puts all of love into the making.  Every year I eagerly wait for winters … juicy, red and sweet carrot season.  In bangalore we get these red carrots as Delhi carrots… Delhi carrots !!!  Being from Delhi, it sounds so weird to me… anyways.. carrots are carrots and I look for reasons to make carrot halwa. Amount of sugar depends on the sweetness you like… I don’t like too sweet carrot halwa, hence I put about 3/4 of a cup.  You can adjust the amount to your taste.

ORANGE CRANBERRY MUFFIN

My daughter loves orange… and anything that has orange flavour.  She has been asking me to make orange cup cakes for a very long time and today I had the drive to please her.  The muffins came out very good and everyone liked it so much especially my daughter you simply loved the tart, tangy cranberries.  I got the recipe from here, made slight changes and yummy cup cakes were ready to serve.

SABUDANA ALOO TIKKI

My Mother-in-law is born and brought up in Maharashtra, so many of her recipes would have that maharashtrian touch.  My mother never made sabudana tikki or vada (courtesy no internet).  So, I had my first sabudana tikki after marriage at my in-laws place and I liked it very much.  And now I make it every now and then for my little princess. You can shallow fry it, deep fry it, bake it, steam it…. no matter how it is made… will still taste good.

PANEER BUTTER MASALA

Paneer Butter Masala is my daughter’s favourite side dish for roti.  When ever we eat out… my little one would order for PBM and would make sure that the order is for spicy gravy and the gravy should be really red in colour as she thinks that pale yellow / orange gravy will be sweet in taste.  I took this recipe from here and made very little changes and my daughter simply loved it.  I make this recipe without cream.

KHARA (SAVORY) BISCUIT

Bored of baking sweet / sugary cookies, I decided to bake some spicy biscuits… and got this recipe from my friend and it came out so cute, lovely and spicy that every one at my place liked it.  It doesn’t have any raising agent and required very less fat.  My husband prefers spice over sweet and so he liked it so much… crunchy and spicy khara biscuit.

ANJEER (FIG) HALWA

I read about Anjeer Halwa in Tarla Dalal’s web page and made very minimal changes to suit my taste buds… and since I had anjeer at home thought of trying it.  Fig has got so many health benefits… they are high in potassium so helps to reduce insulin level and have anti-diabetic properties, rich in calcium and strengthens bones.  They are so good to treat acne prone skin… one can go on and on about benefits of fig.  Here is a easy, quick and simple fig halwa recipe…

LEMON RASAM

Lemon rasam really tastes yummy and can be make in a jiffy.  We use lemon in place of tamarind for the sourness.  I generally grind tuvar dal, tomatoes and curry leaves together for this as it enhances the flavour and this way my little ones takes both tomato and curry leaves (both are so healthy and I have seen people pick these two out… that list includes me too).

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CHIP–MOCHA COOKIES

Also called drop cookies, these are probably the simplest cookies to make.  They are called drop cookies because the dough is soft enough to drop off the spoon on to the baking sheet.  Created in the 1930s, these were originally called Toll House Cookies.

STAINED GLASS COOKIES

 

I had these cookies at my friend Sowmya’s (www.nivedhanams.blogspot.in) place and my daughter liked it.  She started pestering me to make them for her.  For a very long time I could not get the coloured candies to bake this cookies.  Finally, one day I found them and baked these cute, colourful looking cookies for my daughter.

CHOCO CRINCKLE COOKIES

We were going on a short family vacation to Wayanad, Kerala with my husband’s first cousin whom we call “mama” and his wife - my favourite manni (sister-in-law). Mama is very fond of cookies and I wanted to bake some for the trip as we were driving down and thought this would serve as in-between snacks.  I took this recipe from my dear friend and my baking guru Sowmya’s blog www.nivedhanams.blogspot.in.  This particular cookie turned out to be wholesome and filling… my little one calls it snow ball cookies and loved it.