Eggless TuttiFrutti Cake / Tutti Frutti Loaf Cake

Eggless TuttiFrutti Cake

Tutti Frutti Cake is very easy to make and it looks colorful and delicious. I am great fan of Tutti Frutti. The cake was very soft and yummy This cake is perfect to be served as an accompaniment with evening tea/coffee or just as an anytime snack.

Ingredients:

 All purpose flour- 1 cup + 2 tbsp

 Powdered sugar -½ cup

Milk -1 cup

Unsalted butter -¾ cup (at room temperature)

Vanilla essence -1 tsp

Baking Powder  1 tsp

Baking Soda-½ tsp

Tutti frutti- ½ cup

 

Method:

1. Preheat the oven at 180deg C.

2. Grease a loaf tin. In a bowl sieve maida, baking soda, baking powder and keep aside.

3. In a wide bowl take the butter and both the sugars. Whisk well so that the ingredients blend well until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla essence and combine.

4. Then add the flour mixture in three additions into the liquid mixture. Do not over beat, just mix till well combined in low speed. Pour more milk if necessary to get a right (thick flowing) consistency

 5. Then add the tutti frutti to the cake batter and fold it nicely. Pour this batter into the greased loaf tin.

 

 6.  Bake in preheated oven for 20 to-25 minutes or till a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Let it cool completely, slice the loaf into slices and serve it with tea/coffee or eat as it is as a snack.

Chocolate Bread Rolls

For the month of July, Gayathri the host of Home bakers challenge for this month, gave us five bakes to choose. The theme was Bread Rolls. On her choice I baked chocolate Bread Rolls. Thanks to Gayathri for suggesting this yummy recipe Me and my family loved it.

These Bread Rolls  are quite simple to make. “Bread and Chocolate Combination are darn good! crusty rolls stuffed with chocolate, make for a delicious tea time treat. . I was pretty happy the rolls came out super soft. Easy to make, delicious and addicting to eat .They stayed soft for days and they tasted just as fresh as the day when they were first baked.. Give a try and the well worth the effort. I made small variation from The Original Recipe and this is  eggless version.

Recipe Source- Hungry at Midnight

Ingredients

All-purpose flour-3 cups

 yeast-2 tsp

 Sugar-3tbsp

Salt-1 tsp

Butter- 2tbsp+1 tbsp

Whole milk- 1 cup

Baking powder-¾ tsp

Salt-1 tsp

Chocolate chunks-12

 

Method:

1.In a large mixing bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the warm milk and let sit for 5 minutes.

2.Into the bowl,add maida,yeast,sugar and salt. Pulse for 5 seconds

3.Add all ingredients, except the butter, into a bowl and mix until a dough forms.

4.Add the butter to the bowl and knead the dough with your dough hook attachment or your hands until the dough is not so sticky anymore.

5. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in a warm spot for one hour. The dough will have doubled and be covered with small bubbles.

6. After the dough has proved, deflate the dough on a floured surface.

 7.Cut the dough into 10 equal pieces.Roll each piece into an oval shape, big enough for your chocolate. 

8. Place the chocolate almost on the edge of one side, cut the remaining dough in to strips, fold over and tuck underneath. Place on a lined baking tray.

 9.Cover your rolls loosely with plastic wrap and let rest in warm spot for the second fermentation round about 45 minutes.

 10Preheat your over to 180 °C.Bake these rolls 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Before eating, heat up 10 seconds in the microwave for runny chocolate and softer bread.

Bhindi Masala

Bhindi masala is a simple and popular main course dish made with lady’s finger/bhindi  cooked in onion-tomato paste and spices. This goes good with any Indian Bread like Phulkas, naan, Rumali roti.

Ingredients:

Lady finger -500 grams

Onion - 2 thinly sliced

Tomato - 3 (1 tomato finely chopped/ Remaining to make puree)

Green Chilli - 1-2 slit

Garlic & Ginger paste- 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Fresh Curd (Yogurt)-3 tbsp

Salt – as per taste

A pinch of sugar

Coriander Leaves, finely chopped

Spice powder:

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Cumin/Jeera powder - 1 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

For the seasoning:

Oil - 2 -2 1/2 tbsp

Cumin/jeera seeds -1 tsp

 

  Method:

1.Wash the bhindi (okra) well and wipe it with a clean kitchen towel and let it air dry completely without any moisture.

2.Cut the base and the tip of the ladyfinger. Then cut it into 2 inch long pieces.

3.Chop the onion and tomatoes finely and keep aside.

4.Heat a pan with oil and Add the okra/bhindi  and sauté over low flame for 8 to 10 mins. Keep turning with a spoon frequently for even cooking on all sides. Transfer to a plate and keep aside.

5.Heat remaining oil in a pan. Add jeera, when they begin to crackle, add finely chopped onion and sauté until it turns light brown. 

6.Add green chilli–ginger-garlic paste and sauté for a minute.

7.Add chopped tomatoes &tomato puree and cook until oil starts to separate from it.

8.Then add, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, salt needed and cook until tomatoes become mushy. If the masala mixture becomes dry, you can add a tbsp of water.

9.Add the sautéed bhindi and curd to the thick gravy. Mix well and let it cook for 2 more mins.

10.Turn off the flame and transfer prepared curry to a serving bowl. Garnish bhindi masala gravy with coriander leaves and serve hot.

*    Add  pinch of sugar to balance out tangy flavor of curry.

Eggless White Chocolate Brownies /Blondes

Egg less White Chocolate Brownies

It’s been long since I made brownies and I wish to try different varieties of brownies.I Had a stock of white chocolate bar. So I decided to make Unique blend of white chocolate with a great version of blondie/ brownies which are not only easy to make, These Fudgy White Chocolate Brownies are just like brownie, except these are made with white chocolate! Major portion of white chocolate is just chopped and blended in the batter, with Dark Chocolate Chips. . An awesome dessert turned out great& It sounds pretty delicious.

Ingredients:

   All Purpose Flour – 1 cup

   White chocolate-200 gms

   Dark Chocolate Chips –1/2cup

   Baking powder – 1 tsp

   Baking soda– 1/4 tsp

   Brown Sugar – 1/2 cup

   Sugar – 1/4 cup

  Unsalted Butter – 1/3 cup

  Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp

  Curd/Yogurt – 2 tbsp

  Milk – 1/4 cup

Method:

1.Preheat your oven to 180 deg Celsius

2.Melt white chocolate and butter in a microwave bowl for 30 sec and stir until melted well. Set aside to cool.

3.Combine baking powder, baking soda to the flour. Mix well and set aside.

4.In a wide bowl take the butter and both the sugars. Whisk well so that the ingredients blend well and are smooth

5.Add the cooled white chocolate curd & vanilla extract and mix well and beat well again until creamy and frothy.

6.Add the flour and mix, just to combine. If the mixture will look sticky add the milk and mix.

7.Do not over beat. Remove the bowl from your beater and add the chocolate chips and mix well

8.Spread the batter into the baking tray. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 25 to 30 or until an inserted tooth pick comes out clean. Cool completely and slice it into squaresand serve with hot cup of tea /coffee.