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...

 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...

 Lazy sunday morning... When you can roll in bed till late... No hungry mouths to feed.... No tension about what to cook for lunch box... No guests dropping in, so no elaborate cooking required....                              I am already day dreaming of such a lazy morning when I just wanna lay down and enjoy food cooked by me (nah) or cooked by someone special (sounds just right). But though I am lazy, food should be great but quick to make. When words like great, quick, delicious come to my mind, they all point towards one name "EGGS".                           So here is what I came up with, this simple dish which is great for a quick breakfast, with the ingredients readily available in kitchen pantry. Nothing exotic, difficult, simple comfort food .Eggs wonderfully seasoned with chillies and jalapenos. Trust me it will becom...

                       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...

                     Its a healthy power packed breakfast. Whole wheat bread, eggs, milk, bananas all put together in make simply delicious breakfast for you. If you like french toast you must try this tropical flavored  french toast.                                  IF you dont eat eggs or dont like eggs, just omit the eggs and you can enjoy vegetarian french toast. Serves 2 (12 pieces) Ingredients: 6 slices of brown bread 2 eggs 1/4 cup of fresh coconut 2 small bananas 1 tbsp sugar 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup milk butter/ cooking spray/ oil Method: Cut the coconut in small pieces and make paste with very little amount of milk in a blender Add chopped pieces of banana, sugar, cinnamon and beat till you get smooth puree Add milk and eggs and just beat till all the mixture comes tog...

  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...

                                 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...

     The best way to wish someone good morning is with nice warm cup of coffee and some warm breakfast...  What could be a better breakfast than eggs... Eggs are filling and packed with loads of proteins and nutrients...      These egg pies are simple and easy to make and will be ready in the oven while you get ready for the day... They are also ideal for your kids tiffin box.. Ingredients: 1/4 cup  frozen corn 3 eggs 3 tbsp milk sliced half onion 6 bread slices salt pepper grated cheese Method: Spread corn out on paper towels to thaw and dry completely or defrost for 2 min in microwave. Preheat oven to 350-deg. F (180-deg C). Brush a 6 cup muffin pan well with oil. You can also use small bowls/ ramekins instead of muffin pan. Using a cookie cutter or small glass or small bowl , cut the bread into rounds and place them in muffin pan.    Whisk together eggs, milk, salt & pepper. Place ...

Love eggs & toast.. Wanna try something different…. It tastes good & looks great Ingredients 1 egg 3 slices of Bread Butter/ olive oil Salt Pepper Mayonnaise/ mint chutney Cookie cutter Method: Heat Non stick frying pan. Add butter / olive oil & let it sizzle Cut a hole with cookie cutter or simply tear a hole out from the middle of a slice of bread. Place the bread on the buttered pan. Keep the heat medium, such that egg cooks along with bread. If its too high, bread will burn before eggs cook. Toast other 2 bread along with egg/bread combo. Break an egg into the hole Sprinkle some salt & pepper Fry it on a pan Wait for the egg to cook. Flip the bread & egg Cook on other side    Serve it with other two toasts covered with mayonnaise / mint chutney Now what I did with the piece of bread left behind was, covered it with ...