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MOLASSES COOKIES




MOLASSES COOKIES

I learnt this recipe from my friend Sarah. She had baked 2 boxes of cookies on my husband’s big day party (his favorite) and when I first ate these, I was like wow!!!!! Awesome!!!!
Then we got together for dinner and baked cookies. We ate almost 10 cookies after having our dinner. So you can imagine how delicious the cookies must have been.
These cookies are not as sweet as regular cookies and are softer. I highly recommend this to all cookie lover’s like me and my husband.


Ingredients:

For full batch (makes 50 cookies)
1 ½ cup brown sugar
1 cup shortening (Crisco, margarine, butter)
2 eggs
1 cup molasses
5 cup flour

1tsp baking powder/soda
1tsp ginger powder
1tsp salt
1 cup boiling water

METHOD:



1) Preheat oven to 350 c
2) Cream brown sugar and shortening
3) Add eggs and molasses’s and beat well
4) Add flour, baking soda, and ginger powder, salt to wet mixture.
5) Mix well
6) Add I cup boiling water very slowly and beat well.
7) Drop by teaspoon onto a greased cookie sheet.
8) Bake at 350 c for 10 -15 minutes.
9) Enjoy soft yummy molasses cookies.

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EGG LESS BANANA CAKE








On my birthday, I and my husband decided to bake an egg less cake as my birthday was on Tuesday. So we planned that I would bake the cake and he will decorate it. I was amazed by his creativity when he showed me the decorated cake. It was very special to me and I loved the way he decorated it for me.


EGG LESS BANANA CAKE

Ingredients:

2 ½ Cup flour/Maida
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Evaporated milk
1 Cup mashed banana
2 tbsp Strawberry preserve/jam (just to give it a banana and strawberry taste. If you want to make a strawberry cake, then add 1 cup of strawberry preserves)
½ tsp Vanilla essence
100 ml Coke/ Coca cola
1tbsp Baking powder
½ cup butter/1 stick of butter.

METHOD:

1). Sieve flour and baking powder together and keep it aside.
2). Take a bowl, add butter, sugar, milk, vanilla essence and beat well till smooth.
3). Add mashed banana and strawberry jam/preserve and beat it well.
4). Add the flour spoon by spoon and milk if the batter becomes too hard.
5). Add coke/soda and mix it gently till smooth.
6). Pre heat oven to 300 C.
7). Pour the batter into a greased tin and bake at 300 C for 30 minutes till done.
8). Poke with a skewer to check.
9). When done cool it completely and then you can do icing if you like.

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BANANA CAKE


1 1/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup butter

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

4 tablespoons sour cream

3/4 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped (optional)

1 cup banana, mashed

1 1/2 cups pastry or cake flour

1 teaspoon vanilla


Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, beaten very lightly, and the baking soda, dissolved in the sour cream.

Beat well, then add bananas, flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt and vanilla.

Bake in a well greased loaf pan, 7-1/4 x 11-1/4 x 1-1/2 inch, in 350 degrees Fahrenheit oven

.Bake for 35-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Serving suggestion: cool cake and cut into layers and fill with cream cheese frosting, or spread with whipped cream cheese just before serving. Recipe can be doubled and baked in 10 inch round pans.

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ICE-CREAM CAKE


ingredients-

--2 cups-- All-purpose flour

2--eggs

1cup----white sugar

1/2 cup---brown sugar

1stick---butter

3/4tsp--baking soda

vanilla essence

for icecream layer:

any icecram

whipped topping

1/2 cup-- Fresh fruits, sliced

method:

1....Preheat oven to 350

2....In small bowl, beat egg whites until foamy; gradually add 1/2 cup sugar and brown suger, beating until stiff peaks form.

3.... In large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and salt. Add oil/butter(melted), and egg yolks; beat until smooth. Gently fold egg white mixture into batter

4...bake. when done..cool it completely...

5...cut into layers and spread ice cream over it. again put the 2nd layer over it.Top with remaining ice cream prepared the same way as first layer. Smooth top with spreader. Cover with aluminum foil. Freeze 3 hours or overnight.

6....Lightly frost top and side of ice cream cake with whipped topping.Top with sprinkles

7...Freeze 1 hour or overnight. Once whipped topping is frozen lightly cover cake with plastic wrap.
To serve, cut into wedges. (If cake was frozen overnight, place in refrigerator 10 minutes before slicing.)

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Warm Chocolate Raspberry Pudding Cake

Warm Chocolate Raspberry Pudding Cake
Ingredients
Frosting:3 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened)
½ C raspberry jam (~ 5oz)
½ C heavy cream

CakeBatter:½ C boiling water
1/3 C + 2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
¼ C whole milk
½ tsp vanilla
1/3 C raspberry jam (~ 3oz)
½ C (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/3 C packed brown sugar
1/3 C granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 C all-purpose flour
¾ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
Garnish: raspberries

Preparation:Preheat oven to 350°F and generously butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan.Make frosting:Chop chocolate. In a small heavy saucepan bring jam, cream, and chocolate to a simmer, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Pour frosting into cake pan.

Make cake batter:In a bowl whisk together boiling water and cocoa powder until smooth and whisk in milk, vanilla, and jam. In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy and add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Into another bowl sift together flour, baking soda, and salt and add to egg mixture in batches alternately with cocoa mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating well after each addition.Pour batter evenly over frosting mixture and bake in middle of oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until a tester inserted into cake comes out clean (frosting on bottom will still be liquid). Cool cake slightly in pan on a rack, 10 to 20 minutes.
Cake may be made 1 day ahead, cooled completely in pan and left in pan, covered, at room temperature. Reheat cake, uncovered, at 350°F for 10 to 15 minutes.Run a thin knife around edge of pan and twist pan gently back and forth on a flat surface to loosen cake. Invert a cake plate with a slight lip over cake pan and, holding pan and plate together with both hands, invert cake onto plate. Frosting will cover cake and run onto plate.
Serve cake garnished with raspberries.Cake serves 8 or 6 very generously.

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Warm Chocolate Raspberry Pudding Cake


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CARROT CAKE

CARROT CAKE
1 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups grated carrots
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla or rumConfectioners sugar for topping
CREAM CHEESE ICING:3 oz package cream cheese, softened
1 tbsp. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla

CAKE:Combine flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, beat eggs, sugar and oil.With mixer running on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture.Blend in vanilla or rum, carrot and pecans.Pour batter into a well greased 8 x 12 inch pan.Bake in 325°F oven for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.When cake is cool, spread with cream cheese icing, below.Note: Chopped peanuts or walnuts may be substituted for pecans.

CREAM CHEESE ICING:In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Beat at low speed on electric mixer until light. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. If necessary, add milk to thin out to spreading consistency.If desired, mix in chopped nuts or sprinkle them on top after spreading.

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