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...

       "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...

                       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...

  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 ...

      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...

Viennese Biscuits, Also called as "Whirls" are made of butter, sugar & cornflour to give wonderful melt in mouth texture. Dip them in chocolate & enjoy. They also make perfect gifts to people you love. Grab a piping bag & start making these light buttery Treasures Ingredients ·          1 ½ cup unsalted butter ·          ½ cup powdered sugar ·          2 cups flour ·          ½ cup corn flour ·          ½  tsp baking powder ·          1 cup chocolate (dark) Method Melt the butter till it softens (about 30 secs) in microwave or keep butter out of fridge for ½ hour In a large bowl mix sugar, flour, corn flour, baking powder & butter with the help of wooden spatula taking cake no to i...