Cake House

O ne day I got a call from my dear friend that they are coming for a get together in my house and warning to be prepared :-). She also told me not to prepare lunch. When we four meet, then we will forget the whole world. It will be a day of fun and laughter. So I thought as I am not preparing lunch I will make some thing special which they all like. And so these cupcakes happened. When I was working with the kindergarten, I used to bake some goodies and would take them for my friends as they were my best critics. They loved whatever I baked. So I searched for cupcakes, as you all know, I love baking cupcakes. I got the recipe of nutella cupcakes from Sailu’s blog as the name was unique and I had nutella with me. Before I never baked anything with nutella. So I gave it a try and this is what the end result is. Ingredients: Maida- 1 ½ Cups Baking Powder- 2 tsp Eggs- 2 nos Salt- a pinch Butter- ¼ Cup Sugar- ¾ Cup Oil- ¼ Cup Milk- ⅓ Cup Yogurt- ⅓ Cup Nutella- as required Method: Swift tog...

W e usually go for morning walks in nearby park, so when we went to our native Kochi for vacations, we continued our morning walks around the stadium as our house was located near stadium. From very early morning, lots of people will come there for walking and so we too joined them. One of those days, a shop in the premises of stadium attracted us as the name was unique “Carrots and Apples”. We first thought it is some vegetable shop but later when we went inside we saw 3 to 4 juicer mixers and all the vegetables were kept there. It was actually a juice shop and when we read their menu we were surprised to see lots of juices and shots made out of vegetables which is very healthy to our entire body and in their menu below each and every name of the juice the health benefits, proteins and nutrients are explained well. There menu includes ABC juice, root mix, vitamix,happy heart, gooseberry shot, bitter gourd shot and the list goes on. They have a variety of soups too.In this we have trie...

In my first ever guest post, I would like to introduce you to Danielle McAnn . She lives in Australia and is currently working with https://www.tlcmeals.com.au . She has send this beautiful post on "Healthy home cooking recipe ideas for busy mothers". Hope you all enjoy reading this... Making healthy meals for your family can be a real task when you are a busy mum, not to mention the hassle in trying to get your kids to eat healthy meals, the secret, don’t mention the “h” word! To help you organise some healthy eating recipes for your family, we have provided a few tips for you to include in your families daily meals, and your kids won’t even realise they are eating super healthy! Chicken is the perfect meat to serve your kids, it’s lean and high in protein which is great for growing bones, and it is also really versatile so your family can enjoy it in so many ways. Your kids will enjoy it grilled, marinated in a delicious sauce, or you can wrap some chicken breast around s...

A fter Eid blast, am back with an amazing sweet dish, which is not only easy but tasty and a mouth-watering preparation. At home this is made in the morning on the day of Eid, as it can be served to the guests who come home to greet, and also to other friends and neighbours. Along with this we make paal payasam or ada pradhaman or parippu payasam as well. Sheer is milk and khurma is dates. In this dessert, lots of nuts are used but I have used only very few dates as my husband doesn't like to bite the date pieces. During this Ramadan, this dessert was in my mind and got a chance to try it on the Eid day. Since I have never posted a dessert dish which is this easy, but delicious. I like Sheer Khurma to be thick so I have added milkmaid. My kid who doesn't like milk at all, loved this. Ingredients: Vermicelli- 1 Cup Sugar- ¼ Cup Milk Maid- ½ tin Ghee- 2 tbsp Milk- 1ltr Cardamom Powder- 2 tsp Dry Dates- 3 nos Almonds Flakes- ¼ Cup Cashew (chopped)- ¼ Cup Method: Heat a tbsp of ghe...

T hese churros are also known as Spanish doughnuts. Spanish eat these churros as breakfast dipped in hot chocolate. These are made in different varieties in different places. These are long, straight or slightly curled lengths that are ridges. They are popular in Spain, France, Latin America and so on. These are fritters, deep fried in oil which has crunchy outside and soft inside, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon mixture and served along with hot chocolate. These are piped through star shaped nozzle but as I didn’t have the nozzle, I just cut the edge of the ziplock bag and piped the dough through it. I got the idea of making this when I was discussing about what to make for iftar with my brother, he gave me the idea of trying these churros as when I visited his place in Belgium, we searched for these churros, but to our bad luck we couldn’t spot any. He told me to try to make these at home and that day he insisted me and for the next few hours I googled for these churros and so you ...