Cooking with My Baby

Chocolate Marble Cake  This is one cake recipe which turns out rich and butter , yet firm, good in taste as well as good for carving cakes to form different shapes.  Here in this case I made lightening mcqueen for my little son on his birthday Ingredients: 4 1/2 cup of cake flour 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cup white granulated sugar 1 1/2 cup golden brown sugar 3 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 500 ml milk 1/3 cup cocoa powder Method Preheat the oven to 350F/ 160C.  Remove the eggs, milk and butter out of the fridge before 30 min , so that all the ingredients are at room temperature when you start. I used one 10 inch round silicon cake pan which I sprayed with cooking spray. I also used 8 inch metal cake pan which I greased with butter and covered with parchment paper. I have mentioned in the ingredients list to use cake flour, which is not very commonly available in India. But its very easy to make cake flour at home...

                                        When I was a kid, every Saturday, my mom used to take me to Hanuman Temple. And on the way back, we used to stop many times in Monginis, a popular chain of bakeries which was very famous some 20 years back. This cake shop had many pastries and cakes. The pastries which were most popular back then were Black forest pastry and Pineapple pastry. They were delicious.          Nowadays, many bakeries have sprung,, many more international and national brands are available. But this pineapple pastry takes me back to my childhood....   Ingredients: A) Basic sponge cake       Please find the recipe here B) For the frosting 2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream ½ cup Confectioner’s sugar 1 ...

       "Shravanmasi harsha manasi…hiraval daate chohikade! Kshanat yete sarsar shirave…kshanat firuni unh pade!! ” – Baalkavi.           The holy month of Shravan begins, which brings in the eagerly waited monsoon and marks the beginning of hindu festival season.       Many Hindus fast many days in this month and meat is not consumed during this month.             Rainy season is in full blast this month and rains bring along with them many water borne diseases. Hence, poultry and animal diseases are also common and have more chance of being infected. so its better to avoid meat.               Shravan in mythological terms is the month of love and romance. Practically it is the breeding season for most of the animals. Fishing during this time is prohibited by Hindu law...

 Happy birthday to you.  Happy birthday to you.  Happy birthday to you dear bhai...     All the happy birthdays means cakes, be it tiny cupcake or huge multi tier cake. We all celebrate birthdays by cutting cakes. My son always plans many days before his birthday what kinda cake he wants, and i spend many days researching various cake books, websites and blog hoping to make kinda cake Neil will love. He is sucha cutie pie, he loves all cakes made by his momma, no matter how good or bad they seem to me.   Anyways, this post is about me wishing my dearest brother HAPPY BIRTHDAY. He is away in a farway land, alone celebrating his birthday due to official reasons. He is my elder brother and has always been der for me since I was born. He is my guide and friend. I know, I can always turn up at my brother's doorstep to enjoy for a celebration or just when I need a shoulder to cry. Oh! How much I miss you.... Hoping to meet you soon.    This Post i...

                       Chocochip cookie is one of the most amazing gift which America has gifted to entire world. Chocochip cookies are available all over India now. But trust me if you havent tasted the warm chocochip cookie baked fresh outta oven, you are missing heaven. This cookie is absolute sin with rich butter, chocolate chips and brown and white sugar. All the ingredients bind together to form rich chewy cookie at the center and crisp at the edges.       And the best part is chocochip cookie is simple to make and is hit with kids, My son absolutely looooves them. Here I have drizzled some melted white chocolate over the cooked to make double chocochip cookies. Its simple equation more chocolate = more better... Makes 12 large cookies or 24 small ones Ingredients: 1 cup + 2 tbsp all purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1...

   Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way. Oh! what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.                           Year will end soon, but before the year ends, we all can enjoy Christmas. Its November end and its just almost a month is left for Christmas.In India, even if you are not Christian, all the people enjoy Christmas plum cake. You will find the Christmas plum cake everywhere, right from local bakeries to high end patisseries.I am not greatly fond of plum cake, but most of my family members and friends love the cake. So, bowing to their wishes, I am going indulge you in this journey of making Christmas plum cake.                                  But if you...

  Brownie.... Whats a Brownie............  The warm dense chocolatety fudgy brownie with little pecans peeping at you under the dry cracked crust is the your instant ticket to Chocolatety heaven....  Trust me.. One bite into this and you will be the happiest person in the world... Ya... its that goood.            I have tried many many versions of brownie, but none of those recipes gave me the brownie that could me do the HAPPY DANCE. The brownies were too cakey, or didnt have crust or were dry and overbaked...                                 Finally I tried the brownie from joy of baking and they were spot on the best brownies I had in a long long time... they were fudgy and dense with a perfect crust and were loved by all. The recipe is simple and just uses one bowl and ...

  Madeleines,,,,,,           I was first introduced to these treats in starbucks cafe where sugar bowl madeleines are sold. I wasn't too keen to taste these cakes, but one bit of these and I became a ife long fan of these french cookie cakes... they just melt in your mouth .. How can I describe them ..... they are light and melt in your mouth bursting with flavours of butter and sugar... Trust me,,, you just gotta taste once and you will fall in love with these beautiful shell shaped french tea cakes...                I was desperately waiting for madeleine pan.. I searched almost every shop in Mumbai n Bangalore for these pan, but could not find them. I was behind my sister's life when she was coming back from USA for good to find metal madeleine pan for me.. but all she found were too big to fit in my oven.. Finally my brother in law managed to get one silicon mold for us which w...

Lightning Mcqueen ..... If you have a boy of any age, you will surly know Lightening Mcqueen.. He is the adorable red car from the movie Cars n Cars 2. Neil had his 2nd birthday just few days back and when I asked him what cake does he want for his birthday, he very quickly answered "LIGHTNING MCQUEEN" So it was decided by Neil Its gonna be Mcqueen for his birthday.. By the way he also asked for few more cakes of Holly shiftwell, Finn Mcmissile, Mater and "Franko loli" ( thats the way he used to call Francesco  Bernoulli ) We made a deal with him, the day you start saying Fran cesco bernoulli properly , he would get the all the racing cars from the movie..  and started practicing the name for a week and now he can say all the 10 names of the racing cars and is a proud owner of all the cars,,, Lets get talking about the cake now... I googled about the cake and came up with many sites and videos on youtube  instructing how to make the car. But finally the ca...

                                 Apple and Cinnamon is a classic combination which is used to make cupcakes n muffins. The apples taste great spiced up with cinnamon in this delicious light cupcakes. These can be prepared really quick. You just need 10 min to prep them and pop the in the oven for 20 min, while you have your dinner. They are just right hot and ready to be devoured  for post dinner dessert. Oh yes, they are that simple to make.                            Neil is surly enjoying his time in kitchen with me when I cook nowadays. He pushes chair near kitchen top while I am cooking and instructs me how to cook. He will ask me multiple questions as well... why you do this? what is this...

      Good Morning ... And yet another weekend has quickly passed by ,, here comes the MONDAY.. We experience very bad MONDAY NEILS (Blues). Neil is not at all happy when his dad cant any longer play with him. So I need to make something special to take him put of his blues.... And what better than a piece of warm just baked chocolate loaf... We dont eat non veg on mondays.. Hence this is the eggless choco banana nutty loaf Neil enjoys this warm loaf on Monday morning.. Its soft and moist cake with little chocolate surprises. the loaf tastes best when its just warm , fresh outta oven. If you are going to consume it later, I suggest to warm it for few seconds in microwave before eating it. It is also a perfect tea time loaf to have with afternoon tea. Serves: 8 pieces Ingredients: 1 ½ cup of all purpose flour ¾ cup brown sugar 2 ripe large bananas ½ cup curd ¼ cup of vegetable oil ½ cup pecans/ walnuts ½ cup sem...

                     The holy month of Shravan is coming up and its the time when most of Indians abstain from eating non vegetarian food. Its during this month, when you start craving for forbidden stuff, cakes being one of them. So here's the eggless chocochip muffins for taking care of your cravings in Shravan and for my lots of friends who dont eat egg..                      We are waiting for couple of friends who are coming over,, Yuppie, ya thats the reaction I have when I learn guests are dropping in. I am super thrilled, as I will be able to cook something special for special people as well as I don't have to worry about the calories, they get shared ;).                         And the second most important reason is we love having people around... Right from childhood, I am used to a house filled som...