Black forest cake

                                     Black forest pastry  is my favourite cake.I have tried this for my husbands birthday.I referred this recipe from kavya's blog.Really came out very nice.

Ingridents:

Choclate Cake

Eggs:6 no

All Purpose Flour:1 cup

Chocolate powder:1/2 cup

Powdered Sugar:1.5 cup

Baking Powder:1/2 spn

Butter:2 tbsp

Procedure:

1.First and foremost thing to make sponge cake is to separate the egg white n yellow parts.

2.Now whisk the white using the electric whisk or hand whisk till it turns into a smooth foam.

3.Beat the yolks for 5 mins and now add the powdered sugar,butter and baking powder and mix well.

4.Take a bowl and add all purpose flour,chocolate powder and mix till they mix up well.

5.Now add the egg yolk mixture and all purpose flour mixture to the whisked egg whites and mix them all.(Dont mix them for long time as this causes the mixture to loose aeration which makes the cakes hard)

6.Heat the oven at 375 degrees for 10 mins.

7.Grease a non stick baking tray and place a parchment paper and then pour the cake mixture in to this and let it settle down.

8.Now put this baking tray into the heated oven and bake it for 20 to 25 mins.

9.Pierce a tooth pick or fork in the middle of the cake and see if the tooth pick comes out without sticking,if it happens then u can knowthat the cake is done.

10.When done remove it from oven and let it cool down for 15 to 20mins and then toss it on to a plate and remove the parchment paper.

11.Hot n freshly baked chocolate sponge cake it ready.

Ingridents:

Icing n Decoration
Whipping Cream:350 ml

Powdered sugar:3/4 cup

Cherries:8-10 no

Ghirardelli 60% cacao(chocolate):4 pieces

Sugar Water:1/2 cup(mix 10 spns of sugar in 1/2 cup of water)

Procedure:

1.Take whipping cream into a bowl add half quantity of powdered sugar and whip it using a whisk.

2.When half done add the ramaining powdered sugar and whip it into a good consistency icing.

3.Remove the edges of cake,make it into 2 halves(vertically)

4.Now sprinkle the sugar water on both the halves this makes the cake remain juicy.

5.Grate the 4 pieces of Ghirardelli choclate into think flakes.

6.Spread the icing on one half and sprinkle the grated chocoalte flakes on top.

7.Now place the second layer and cover the entire cake with icing.make sure that the cake is completely n evenly covered on all sides.

8.Once the icing is done put the grated chocolate falkes to all the sides of cake and on top too.

9.I made this for my choice.Sprinkled the chocolate flakes all over the top and sides and decorated with cream,cherries.

Put the finished cake in fridge for two hours and then enjoy the taste of freshly home made Black Forest Cake .

Palak Dosa

                                                    Ingredients:

IdlyRice 2 cups
poha 1/2cup
palak 1cup
zeera 1 tsp
coriander seeds 1tsp
green chillies 3
salt to taste



Procedure:
1.Soak rice and poha in water for about 4-5 hours.
2.Grind rice,poha,salt,greenchillies,zeera,coriander seeds to make like dosa batter.
3.Chop the palak and mix with dosa batter.
4.Now heat a pan and take batter full of spatula and spread it like plain dosa.
5.When it turns to golden brown,turn it to otherside.

6.Serve hot with any chutney.

Palak Rice

Ingredients:
Basmatirice 1 cup
palak chopped 2 cups
ginger garlic greenchilly paste 3tsp
onion 1

biriyani masala 2tsp
pepper 1/4tsp
cloves 4
bayleaf 2
cuminseeds 1/2tsp
salt to taste

Procedure:
1.Boil rice with 2cups of water.Add 1tsp of ghee,bayleaf,1/2tsp of biriyani masala to the rice while boiling.
2.Take another vessel and boil palak for 3-5minutes and make into paste using blender.
3.Heat a pan with 1tsp of ghee,add cuminseeds,pepper,cloves,ginger garlic chilly paste,chopped onion,salt and fry for 5min till onions cooked.
4.Add palak paste,biriyanimasala to this pan and boil for three more minutes.
5.Cool this mixture and add to the boiled rice and mix it properly.
6.Serve with onion raita.

Baby Corn Manchuria

Ingredients:

Baby corn 10
Corn flour 2tsp
gingergarlic paste 2 tsp
redchilly powder 1tsp
coriander powder 1/2tsp
cumin powder 1/2tsp
onion 1
chopped ginger and garlic 4tsp
greenchillies 3
hot and chilly sauce 1tsp
tomato sauce 1tsp
ajinamoto 1/4tsp
soya sauce 1tsp
salt to taste
oil for deepfry

Procedure:
1.Cut the babycorn lengthwise and half boil them.
2.Drain water in babycorn and add cornflour,gingergalicpaste,1/2tsp redchilly powder,corianderpowder,cumin powder,salt and mariante them.
3.Now heat a pan,add oil to deep fry the babycorn pieces,fry till it turns golden brown colour.
4.Now heat another pan with 2 tsp of oil,add chopped greenchillies,ginger,garlic,chopped onions and fry them for 5min.
5.Now add the babycorn pieces,ajinamoto,chillypowder,chilly sauce,tomato sauce,soya sauce,salt and fry for 5more minutes.
6.Serve hot as a starter.