I am a bake person. I love to bake. But, I resisted from baking a cake since the last party in my house. S loves the cakes and I wanted him to enjoy his birthday cake. Remember abstinence, anybody?? I mean cake is a true pleasure.
So hear is the recipe for my cake special for S
Ingredients:
Maida- 1 cup
sugar- 1 cup
Butter/ICBINB- 1 cup
baking soda- 1tsp
Vanilla- 1tsp
eggs extra large- 2 otherwise 3
roasted almonds- a few
chocolate chips- some
Procedure-
Prepare the oven first. Preheat the oven to a toasty 350 degree. My oven is a professional one and has special heating features for cakes, veggies, meat etc. So I hope you understand the working of your oven. Grease the bake utensil with butter and put it in the oven
sieve the maida and mix the baking soda in it. melt the butter.
Take the raw eggs and beat them. once its frothy pour the sugar in it. beat the batter. pour the butter in this and mix it properly. Now pour the maida mix into this batter and beat it to a smooth consistency. Add vanilla and mix. The cake mix is ready.
Add the almonds and chocolate chips in the batter and pour the mix into the bake dish and set it in the oven.
It generally take 50 min to bake. But keep checking and do not let it get too brown.
The B'day cake turned beautifully so it was a tasty and happy midnight celebration for two before we went to bed. There was a whole day of celebrations and culinary surprises.
I made the traditional payash which is the auspicious dish for Bengalis. My MiL expectations of me cant be over looked and it is a favorite. Still I wanted to do something more. I planned to make Cheesecake first but finally I ended up making pathisapta.
Here is the way I made it.
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Patisapta
Ingredients :
Maida- 1 cup
Semolina (sooji)- 2 table spoons
baking soda- a pinch
Khoa- 1 cup
raw milk- half cup
Sugar- half cup
jaggery- half cup
canola oil
Procedure:
wrap:
sieve the maida in a mixing bowl. Add baking soda and semolina. pour a few drops of cooking oil and milk. keep mixing add milk or water and make a smooth fine batter. the consistency is important (if you know how to make pancakes then you know this one). keep this batter aside.
Filling(Poorr)
In a deep pan take a cup of milk bring it to a boil, add the khoa, sugar and jaggery. bring this mix to a boil and keep stirring and let this mixture thicken. Keep aside and let it cool. it will thicken more as it cools.
Heat oil in a flat fry pan. Take the wrap mix and pour it on the heating oil. spread it and make a round wrap like roti/tortilla. toss it to the other side when you think its done on one side. pour a little of the filling in the centre and fold th e wrap from both side. Your first Pathisapta is ready.
ps: I half used half sugar and jaggery which enriches the taste and color.
The surprise does not end here. I made prawn Malai curry for dinner.
will put the recipe for that soon.
Also when I make the cheesecake , I will post the recipe.
