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Cakes, Cookies And Bakes

APPLE ALMOND CAKE

This cake does not use any oil. All purpose flour used is also very minimal. Applesauce is used in place of butter. The main ingredient used in place of all purpose flour is almond flour.

APPLE AND CARROT MUFFINS--WHOLEWHEAT

A muffin is a small sized, baked quick bread product. In the United States muffins are similar to cupcakes both in size and cooking method. In UK muffin is a flat disc-shaped, unsweetened bread. Muffins are available in both savory & sweet varietie....

APPLE STREUSEL CAKE

Streusel is a German word. It is the crumbly topping of flour, butter and sugar. Granny smith apple (green colored) is used for baking. It has a tart taste. If the apple is too tart, use some other variety. Granny smith is preferred as it does not b....

BLACK FOREST CAKE(VEGAN AND DAIRY FREE )

There are 2 variations to the origin of the name Black forest cake. One version says that it got its name from the black forest region of Germany. The Black Forest area in Southwest Germany is covered with fir and pine trees. According to another v....

BROWNIES

Brownies are definitely America's favorite. Brownies are so named because of their dark brown color. This Brownie has a dry cracked crust, and wonderfully moist texture, and intense chocolate flavor. They can be had plain or as dessert with vanilla ....

BURNT BUTTER COOKIES

Browning butter gives a unique flavor to cookies.

CARDAMOM CAKE

A cake which takes you to the cardamom plantations of kerala, South India. With a nice crunchy topping excellent to be served at tea time.

CARROT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE & COCONUT

Normally carrot cakes are made without coconut or chocolate and it is also frosted with cream cheese. But this cake is not frosted. It has the additional ingredients of coconut and chocolate.

CARROT DATES CAKE WITH FROSTING

Carrot dates cake is soft and moist cake.

CARROT, PINEAPPLE AND DATES CAKE

1) Mix sugar and hot water together and bring to a boil. Keep aside to cool. 2)...

CHILLI CHEESE BISCUITS--WHOLEWHEAT, EGGLESS

These savory biscuits will appeal to people with a likeness for cheese. At the same time will not appeal to people with an intense sweet tooth.

CHOCOLATE CUP CAKES WITH FUDGE FROSTING

Cupcakes are like having one full cake to eat all by your own. Fudge frostings are thick, heavy frosting or icing.

CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE

1) Pre-heat oven to 180 degree C. 2) Butter and line a 10 inch cake tin. 3) M...

CHOCOLATE MUFFINS

These muffins give you a double dose of chocolate, as they have both cocoa powder and chocolate chips. Muffins are always mistaken as cupcakes. The difference between muffin & cupcake is in the making of the two batters. With cupcakes the creaming m....

CINNAMON TEA CAKE

This is a simple tea cake with the flavor of cinnamon.

EGGLESS ALCOHOL FREE FRUIT CAKE

1) Melt butter. Keep aside. 2) Pre-heat oven to 165 degree C. 3) Butter and li...

FRENCH APPLE CAKE

This is an easy cake, made in a jiffy. With a soft moist texture, the cake is not overly sweet.

GANACHE

Ganche is pronounced ga-na sh. It is a creamy mixture of chocolate and fresh cream used for filling and frosting cakes and pastries. There are 3 types of ganache. 1) Thin ganache--used for pouring over cakes as a glaze. The ratio of chocolate to cr....

LACY COOKIES

These cookies are real thin and has the appearance of lace and is crispy.

LEMON CAKE

This a soft moist buttery cake with nice lemony flavor and to top it all a nice lemony syrup poured on top as glaze.

OATS COCONUT WHEAT COOKIES

When using wheat flour sieve once or twice to give lightness to cookies.

ORANGE GLAZE CAKE

This is a buttery soft cake which can be served as it is or with ice cream. This cake does not use any rising agent. The cake tastes good without glaze too.

ORANGE LOAF CAKE

A nice soft orange cake with orangy freshness.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

The Pineapple Upside Down Cake consists of lovely caramelized slices of pineaple on top of a buttery cake. The bottom of the cake becomes the top after turning upside down after baking. This cake was popular in 1920s when canned pineapple was a craze....

RAISIN ALMOND BISCOTTI

Biscotti, (pronounced biskotti) in Italian means twice baked.Biscotti is the plural of biscotto. The biscuits are oblong-shaped almond biscuits, baked dry and crunchy by cutting the loaf of dough half baked and still hot and fresh from the oven. It ....

STRAWBERRY CAKE

The red luscious fruit with a green cap is the most popular berry fruit in the world. It is the only fruit in the world with seeds growing outside the fruit. Strawberries are like sponge in soaking up water. Hence it should be washed only just before....

TRUFFLE CAKE

This cake is called a truffle cake, as the ganache used for making chocolate truffles is used to frost this cake. Some cakes are called truffle cakes as chocolate truffles are used to decorate the cake.

VICTORIA SPONGE CAKE

Victoria sponge cake is also known as the Victoria sandwich or Victorian Cake. It was named after Queen Victoria, who was known to enjoy a slice of the sponge cake with her afternoon tea. A typical Victoria sponge consists of raspberry jam and whippe....

WHOLE WHEAT OATS CHOCO NUT COOKIES

1) This cookie dough uses wholewheat flour instead of maida / all purpose flour & hence is healthier. 2) Brown sugar is produced by extracting the juice from sugar cane & is not refined or bleached. It is commonly used in baking and to sweeten cof....

WHOLEWHEAT BANANA CHOCO CHIP BREAD

Banana loaf/ cake also known as banana bread originated in Jamaica at a time when no food was wasted. If bananas were overripe, housewives used to make this without the chocolate chips.

WHOLEWHEAT CHOCO-NUT COOKIES

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. 2) Grease 2-3 baking sheets. 3) Sift the flo...

WHOLEWHEAT EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

These cookies are comparitively healthier as wholewheat is used & also it's eggless. In countries like India, where there are a lot of vegetarians, there is a lot of demand for eggless products. Cookies are originally from America. Chocolate cookie o....

WHOLEWHEAT GINGER COOKIES(EGGLESS)

These are ginger colored and ginger flavored.It has a crackly surface with sugar coating. Usually ginger cookies use dry ginger powder, but in this recipe ground fresh ginger is used. Demerara or light brown sugar is partially refined, sugar produce....

WHOLEWHEAT OATS AND RAISIN COOKIES

These cookies have crisp edges and soft melty insides. Here i have used dark raisins instead of golden.

WHOLEWHEAT TRIPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

These cookies are really chocolatey. Only die hard fans of dark chocolate are going to like them.

ZEBRA CAKE

This can be called a marble cake in a zebra striped pattern. Once cut, the cake looks very pretty.