Black Forest cake...Yummy!!!

Ingredients...


For basic sponge cake :-
Maida/All Purpose Flour : 1 & 1/2 Cup
Coco Powder : 1/2 Cup 
Milk Powder : 1 Cup 
Powdered Sugar : 1 & 1/2 Cup
Milk : 2 & 1/2 Cup
Baking Powder : 2 Tbsp
Soda: 1/2 Tsp
Melted Butter : 4 Tbsp


For decoration :-
Grated chocolate : 1 cup
Whipped cream : 6 cup
Strawberry/cherry : 3
Chopped almonds : 1 cup
Sugar : 1/2 cup
Water: 1/3 cup


Procedure...


For basic sponge cake :-

1. Mix all ingredients together.And Blend it in Blender.Make sure no lumps in it.
2. Preheat the oven for 350F/180C.
3. Grease  baking tray & sprinkle some flour for best non stick results.
4. Pour the mixture in baking tray.
5. Bake the mixture for 30 min.
6. Insert the toothpick in cake & make sure that it should come out dry.& here is your  sponge cake sheet ready for black forest cake

For decoration :-
1. Cut the sheet above in two parts horizontally & cut into heart shape as below.  

2. Now cut the two parts diagonally, hence you will have 4 parts.
3. Make the heart shape complete with cake remained at the sides.

4.  Keep the 1st heart shaped sheet on a flat dish.

5.  Take a bowl, mix sugar & water to make sugar syrup.

6.  Sprinkle sugar syrup on the top of sheet.Make sure that you will evenly       distribute sugar syrup for three levels. 

7.  Spread whipped cream with flat spatula.

8.  Add chopped Almonds on that.

9.  Keep another sheet on that & repeat the steps 6,7 & 8.

10. Then keep the 3rd sheet on that, repeat only 6 & 7. 


     Your all this great stuff will turn into nice three layers

11. Sprinkle grated chocolate on top as shown in top pics or however you like.

12. Fill the whipped cream in a plastic cone(same that we, Indian use to draw 

     mehandi)/piping bag...& just throw your imagination to decorate.

13. Use Strawberries or cherries for decoration...without them black forest cake      is incomplete. 

14. Refrigerate cake for an hour & then N'joy your yummy...!!!....delicious...!!!      cake...

Healthy Pizza modified for spice lovers

Me & my husband....We are trying to reduce weight,so I am always finding substitute for all purpose flour.Thats why I made this Pizza with Wheat & Soya flour.


Ingredients...



For Base :-

Whole wheat flour : 1 & 1/2 cup

Soya flour :  2 tbsp
Wheat bran : 2 tbsp
Olive oil(or any vegetable oil) : 1 tbsp
Active dry yeast : 1 & 1/2 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp
Sugar : 1 tsp
Milk : 1 cup


For sauce :-
Tomato : 2 medium
Onion : 1 medium
Olive oil(or any vegetable oil) : 2 tbsp
Garlic : 4/5 cloves
Chili Powder : 1 tsp
Coriander powder : 1 tbsp
fennel powder : 1 tbsp
cumin powder : 1tsp


For Green Chutney :-

Olive oil(or any vegetable oil) : 1 tsp

Green chilli : 2

Cilantro Finely chopped : 1 cup

 For Toppings :-

Carrot : 1

Bell pepper: 1

Tomato: 1

Onion : 1

Sweet corn : 1/2 cup

Cilantro : Just for garnishing

Low Fat mozzarella cheese (grated) : 1 cup 

Procedure...

For base :-

1. Warm 1/2 cup milk.  Add yeast,sugar and salt. Cover & set aside for 15 mins.
2. Till then Mix whole wheat flour,wheat bran,1tbsp oil and soy flour % preheat the oven for 200 F.
3. Add frothy yeast & 1/2 cup milk to a mixture above & knead into soft dough.
4. Add  milk if required.
5. Leave the dough covered with a damp cloth in a preheated ,turned off oven for about 1 hour.
6. When you let the dough rest the aeration is uneven so take it out of oven & just kneed again for a min.
7. Again keep the dough in a oven for a hour.You will see dough is about double in volume. 



Dough bubbles like this

8. If you want thin crust pizza then divide dough into 2, roll out each portion into thin 12 inch discs. If you want thick soft pizza then don't divide dough just roll out into 12 inch thick discs. 
9. Keep in preheated oven for 550 F for 7 min(for thin crust pizza) / 12 min(for thick soft pizza)
10.  Prick the base with a fork all over... your base is ready.

For sauce :-

1. Make a paste of onion garlic & tomato separately.
2. Heat olive oil in a pan.
3. Add  onion and garlic paste, stir-fry briefly and add tomato paste. 
4. Add salt to taste, red chilly powder,cumin powder, fennel powder, Coriander powder. 
5. Simmer for about five minutes on medium heat or till it reaches a thick dropping consistency.

For green chutney :-

1. Add 1tsp oil in pan fry chopped green chillies in pan
2. Grind these chillies with cilantro

For topping :-

1. Spread butter on pizza base then sauce & then chutney,
2. Top it with sliced onion,tomato,carrot and green capsicum strips. 
3. Finally sprinkle grated low-fat mozzarella cheese to evenly cover the pizza top. Brush with olive oil. 
4. Garnish with cilantro & sweet corns

Place it on greased ovenproof tray and bake in the preheated oven at 550 F for about 5 minutes or until the cheese melts and starts bubbling. 

Remove from oven, cut into six or eight pieces and serve hot.