Delicious Oreo Cake

Heyy Guyss I am back with a new recipe which is Oreo Cake. Since, yesterday was my sister's birthday I baked an oreo cake for her and I know most of the people really like Oreos and so do I. I love everything which has oreos on it from ice creams to cakes but not in savoury dishes though lol haha. I can't imagine oreos in my spicy currys.

Oh and one thing before I start off I want to say that this sponge cake recipe is not mine and also swiss butter cream. I like to credit the person who put their effort on creating this beautiful recipe. I will leave their youtube links down below check them out they are really awesome people with awesome recipes. The sponge cake recipe is truly my favorite cake recipe at all times because I used to fail badly every time I try to bake a cake. When I tried this recipe I didn't know that it will turn out well. This particular recipe is so easy to follow with 0% of making error ( XD sorry thats a bit exaggerated). Of course you will make mistakes in order to learn (NO body is perfect) even the well known chef they make mistakes. So don't be afraid to make mistakes ^^. 

As for the Swiss Butter cream recipe it is my first time trying it. I usually use whipped cream to ice my cakes. This time I thought why not try something different but I have to be honest the butter cream is a bit too sweet for me :(. If you have sweet tooth you will obviously like it there is no doubt but if you don't use the whipped cream instead (One downside of this butter cream is it contains lots of sugar, butter and veg shortening = Calories *Not good to have it more often) But it is an excellent recipe :D.  

Ingredients 

• Cake Flour or sponge cake flour. (I bought mines in Asda (It says super sponge something like that (remember its different than plain or self raising flour) (1 Cup and 2 Table spoon) In this oreo cake recipe I try to make it a bit of chocolate flavor so I added 2 extra Table spoon to cocoa powder. That makes (1 cup flour + 2 Table spoon flour + 2 Table spoon Cocoa).
• Caster Sugar ( 1 cup of caster sugar)
• Vanilla Essence (1 and 1/2 Teaspoon)
• Large Eggs (Total 16 XD I know you are shocked haha) (10 eggs for sponge cake = 6 Eggs for swiss butter cream)
• Salt (1/2 Teaspoon)
• Orange Juice (Without any pulp and No concentrated) 2 Tablespoon 
• Vegetable Oil (1/2 Cup)
• Cocoa Powder (2 Tablespoon for sponge cake (remember it will only be light chocolatishh colour)
• Water (3/4 Table Spoon) 
• Coffee ( 1 Tablespoon)
• Oreos
• Cream of tarter (1 and 1/2 Teaspoon)

Utensils 

• Kitchen Aid Mixture if you have it but if you don't just use hand mixture (I also used hand mixture)
• Spatula
• 3 Large Bowl
• Grease proof Paper
• Cake Tins x 2
• Sifter
• Grease proof paper
• Cooling Rack
• Piping Bags
• Cake Cardboard (Round cardboard that you will need to place underneath the cake)

Create a Dry and Wet Mixture for the Cakes.

Procedure

Dry

• Sift the flour + Salt + Cocoa Powder 3 times so there won't be any lumps left.

Wet

• In a bowl place 1/2 cup of veg oil + Vanilla + orange juice + water + coffee and mix well together.

Eggs (for sponge cake you will need 10 eggs)

• Separate carefully the egg yolks and whites and put them on to the 2 large bowl. Yolks in one and whites another. 
• You will need altogether 10 eggs whites and 8 yolks . (put 2 extra yolks in another bowl because you don't need it).

Please strictly make sure that yolks don't mix with the whites because if it mix with one another you won't have a perfect whipped egg whites. Also make sure the bowl are clean and it doesn't have any fats or water on it because it will deflate the egg whites. 

• Whip the 8 egg yolks and 1 cup of caster sugar together until it starts to make thick ribbon like stripps when you lift the mixture. (Set Aside for a minute and get started with the egg white).
• Whip the 10 egg whites when it starts to look frothy add your cream of tarter because it will help the egg whites to rise to its full volume. The egg whites should look shiny and make a peak when you lift up your hand mixture (make sure the hand mixture is washed after each use and dried. Egg yolks/whites.) 
• Now add the wet mixture to your 8 yolk mixture and lightly fold with a spatula. 
• Add in the flour little at a time to the yolk mixture so that the batter will stay smooth. 
• After all the Flour and the wet mixture is mixed together take your egg whites little at a time and fold it to the flour mixture. (Gently you don't want to deflate your egg whites now this is crucial for spongy texture)
• Divide the batter equally to 2 tins and gently bang it on to floor to pop the air bubbles

Pre Heat the oven to 180 degrees  (Since my oven is not that big I cook it one at a time)

• Pop it onto the ovens 
• make sure to check it time to time but please do not open the oven door unless you are definitely sure its cooked. Another way to find out if its cooked is using the tooth picks if it comes out clean it is cooked. 
• After its cooked bang the cake tin once again against the floor and tilt the cake tin upside down to let it cool in the cooling rack.

Repeat it !

Swiss Butter cream 

Ingredients

• Icing Sugar (2 cups)
• Caster Sugar (1 Cup)
• 6 Large Egg Whites
• Vanilla Essence
• Vegetable shortening. (3/4 Cups) (Trex)
• Butter (Unsalted 2 Cups)

Procedure

• Boil a water and on top of that place another bowl with egg whites and caster sugar 
• Mix it together until the sugar are all melted and there is no lumps (The egg temperature should feel like its above the body temperature but it should not be boiling) 
• As soon as the egg whites and sugar melts together whisk it until it forms a strong peak (Like in meringue it will take longer than you think because I was using hand mixture)
• After it forms a strong peak add your icing sugar all at once and mix it together in low speed. (It should look like melted marshmellows)
• Now add you butter and vegetable shortening (make sure its room temperature) little at a time. (Because hand held mixture can't handle lots at a time :( I broke my hand mixture while doing this)
• The mixture will try to split but it will come together if it doesn't just use a wooden spoon to bring it all together.

To Garnish 

• You can use whatever you like to garnish the cakes (from fruits, choco ganache to sprinkles) Be Creative .. But as you can see I lack a lot in creativity. It always tends to be tricky when I try to decorate cake. T.T
• In this cake I used oreos because my sister also loves oreos Plus it was her birthday ^^

I hope I explained it well for you all to understand also hope you will try this recipe and happy baking :D

YouTube Channel 

Sponge Cake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYwcjTDZTpg

Swiss Butter Cream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-YxuBKB92U

Njoy some pictures Below 

 

Piroo Chana Chatpate

Heyy!!

Even though the weather outside is really hot and sweatyy we often crave for something spicy (Weather doesn't matter to us init ;) ) therefore chat pate is a great snack to make when you are hungryy or just enjoy it as a snack when watching a horror movie ahaha ^< Don't worry if you don't like to watch horror you can watch other kinds of movie that u like. 

For chatpate the spicyness can differ from person to person but I like mine to be supperr spicy. So lets see how I make my chatpate.

Ingredients

• Puffed Rice (Bhujaa) You can find it either at Nepalese or Indian grocery store
• Dried green peas. (Soak it in luke warm water until it is soft) But I used the spicy snack green peas
• Bombay Mix (Dalmut) You can get this at supermarket these days such as asda , tescos or just at Asian local grocery store. 
• Wai Wai ( it is optional but I like to put this for extra flavour and crunchiness ) 
• Finely Chppped Onion (Finely Chopped)
• Finely Chopped Tomatoes (De-Seed the tomatoes but keep the inner bits to put it onto the sauce)
• Finely Chopped Cucumber (Again this is optional  (it gives fresh flavour hmm I don't like cucumber but I still use it for flavouring )----> De-Seed
• Chillies---> Depends on how spicy you can eat
• Lemon/Lime--> You can use either of these but I think lime taste better I just find it more tangy than lemon. Lemon tends to be bit on sweet side. 
• Mustard Oil for flavouring
• Gram Flour (Cheek peas)                   
• 2 Table spoon of mashed potato puree              
• Dried ground chilli                                                                                                  
• Turmeric Powder                                                                             
• Salt                                                                                      
• Chopped Garlic                                                       
• Vegetable Oil                                              
• Tomato Puree (Packed oness in a tube) 
• pinch ofChat Masala (like panipuris)

For Sauce (My First attempt of making the sauce using Gram Flour; before I used to skip the besan(gram flour) and just use little bit of ordinary flour to bring out the colour I used to add more turmeric powder which used to smell like turmeric (as if you added more than you needed)

• Heat a pan and put a little bit of oil
• Add the chopped garlic and stir it till golden brown
• Add the inner bits of the tomato that you chopped finely earlier. 
• Add the mashed potato puree
• First take the gram flour and combine it adding a little water at a time so that the mixture won't be lumpy just like you do when you make a cake batter (The consistency should be pretty runny)
• Add the gram flour mixture into the pan
• Add the tomato puree and  half teaspoon turmeric powder (Don't add too much or else you will end up having the sauce which only has turmeric smell) to the pan. 
• Add a pinch of salt and ground dried chilli.
• Now take a sieve to separate Lumps and Bumps so the sauce will be smooth throughout for the finish result.

Combine all this ingredients together but when it comes to adding the sauce don't add too much because it tends to get soggy really quick (there is no problem if you like to add more).The amount of ingredients you add differ if you are making it portion wise like I did. 

For a person roughly

• Add 2 hand full of the mixture of Puffed rice and peas and wai wai
• 1 handfull of the mixture of vegetables (Chopped Tomato and onion and cucumber and chillies)
• Add pinch of salt and ground dried chilli
• Add 2 Table spoon of sauce
• Add Mustard oil (3/4 of Tea spoon ) the mustard oil that I used was a bit to strong :3 if you don't have mustard oil you can substitute it for a little bit of Vegetable/Sunflower oil it gives shiny look to the chat pate)
• Squeeze some lime/lemon

Mix all of these together and Njoy

The recipe may differ from person to person this is not the only way to make it you can try create your own perfect chatpate be creative (Tips you can add bhujia, nimki to it as well)

At Last Njoy the Recipe

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Rice Cooker Choco Cake

Hello,

Sorry it took a long time to post a new recipe also I apologise for breaking my promises again and again. To be honest I was really busy with my coursework and exams as it is nearly end of the year therefore didn't spend much time towards the blog.

To make up for this I have prepared a really nice and easy recipe which is easy to follow and tasty as well XD 

Ingredients 
- Self Raising Flour (2 Cups)
- Cocoa Powder (Half Cup)
- Sugar (Cup)
- Butter
- Salt (Half Tablespoon)
- Vanilla Essence
- Baking Powder (1 Tablespoon)
- Coffee (2 Tablespoon (Dissolve in luke warm water) )

Prepare Dry Ingredients
- Mix flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder (Don't forget to sift)

Wet Ingredients
- Whisk butter and sugar
- Slowly add the eggs one by one
- Mix it until smooth
- Add the coffee (Reason- It enhances the chocolateyy taste and make it richh) 
- Add in the dry mixture slowly
- Use a balloon whisk to combine all the ingredients
- Pour it in either cake tin and pop it into oven OR use Rice cooker (The rice cooker that I used had cake settings so it was easier but if you do not have rice cooker which has this settings you can use normal rice cooker or simply use oven either way it will be delicious )
- Bake!!!!

For Decoration
- You can either use a whipped cream in the middle of the cake but I used single cream to pour over the cake so that it wouldn't be dry. You can also garnish it with some chopped fruits (Strawberry works the best)

Now its done Enjoy ^^

Japanese Takoyaki

Yo!! Firstly I want to start off by saying sorry for the lateee post. I told you guys that I will post the recipes on last Fri/ Sat because I was working I didn't get time to write it up. This recipe is originally a Japanese street food dish which is very delicious for snacking. Takoyaki basically means Tako: Octopus and Yaki means fried so fried octopus balls. I tried making takoyaki once before but it didn't turn out good so I thought of making it again for my second try on my Baba (Dad) birthday. This recipe is not originally mine I was inspired to make this because of other skillful Japanese chef/other YouTubers who uploaded their videos.

Making this for the first time wouldn't be that easy because I failed the first time as well so try making it again and again until you succeed (only if u like it ofcourse haha!!) So lets get started!!

Utensils 

•  The Takoyaki Maker ( Since I couldn't find it anywhere where I live I bought the Cake Pop Machine which works fine as well (I bought mines from Argos) )
• A Large Bowl 
• Spatula (Something to mix it with)

Ingredients

For the Batter 

• Flour (Depends on how much you are planning on making because batter needs to be really thin consistency so you will be able to make more even from less flour)   
• Salt to taste
• Eggs ( If you have 2 cups of flour try putting 2 eggs ) 
• Cold Water 

Toppings 

• Chorizo, Sausage, Kimchi, Cheese (The traditional Takoyaki is made from the octopus but since my Mami (Mom) refused to eat octopus I had to use this toppings instead )
• Spring onions (Thinely Sliced)
• Pickled Ginger ------> (I didn't use this since I didn't have any)
• Akedama (Tempura Crispy fried Batter) -----> Optional but I didn't use it on mines too :'(

For Garnish 

• Mayonnaise 
• Seaweed Flakes 
• Bonito Flakes (Small fish flakes I didn't have it so didn't use it)

To make the Batter

• Pour the flour onto a large bowl 
• Add the amount of salt that you prefer
• Put eggs and try to mix the batter untill it thickens (I know it will turn out lumpy but don't worry once you pour the water on it lumps will break)
• Pour the water little by little so you can get rid of any big lumps. (The consistency should be wateryy and thin ) 

Turn on the Cake pop machine and put some oil on it and leave it to get really really hot (Because when you pour in the batter it should sizzllee ^^. 

Making the Takoyaki Balls

• When the Cake Pop Machine is hot enough pour the batter on it but don't pour it in till it covers the holes only pour it to half.
• This is the point when you add the filling in in this case don't hesitate to try our any flavours that you prefer. 
• Add the thinly sliced pickled ginger, akedama crumbs and the spring onions. 
• Now its time to cover the hole with rest of the batter. 
• Once the batter hardened a little bit now turn your takoyaki to 90°. If the ball looks only half filled don't worry add a bit of wet batter. 
• Repeat the process till it has nice round shape.
• As the cake pop machine comes with the upper cover lid try covering it for few minutes I found out that it will make the outside takoyaki more crispier. 
• Repeat the rest with different toping as now it done. 

Garnish 

• Arrange the Takoyaki nicely onto a plate
• Drizzle the mayonnaise in a zig zag or straight line
• Put the seaweed flakes 
• If you have bonito flakes now it is time to sprinkle it but don't worry if you do not have it it will still be tasty.
• I also used some (Vietnamese Hot Sauce )

~~~~~~~ENJOY~~~~~~~~

Other Recipes are on it's way Sorry I wanted to post it now but my Sister's got the rest of the pictures on her Phone so when she will send it to me I will post it right away. Other recipes includes (Korean Fried Chicken, Aludam, Fried Squid, Samosa) !!

~~~~~HAPPY COOKING~~~~~

*Zeny

Quick and Easy step to make perfect dessert!

Hello peps it been a while since we haven’t posted. As you know summer is nearly here so, it time for coursework and revision. Worry not as we will soon bombard you guys with tons of recipes. So chill~

Now what I am about to post today is a quick and easy way to make delicious treat for your mother, if you want to make something sweet for her or even if you just feel like making something.

All you need is:

Strawberry dessert mix  (that I go it from Sainsbury)

300ml of milk

digestive biscuit

cream

you can also add icecream or fruits, but it optional and this reciepe is all about being creative and adding what you like.

I am going to show you how I like to make it.

Step 1: add packet of strawberry dessert mix in a bowl or a container.

Step2: pour in 300ml of milk in the dessert mix.

Step3: whisk it for 1 minutes.

Step4: finally leave it to set aside for 1 or 2 minutes.

Step5: while setting your mix aside, in a plastic bag or anywhere crush 3 to 4 pieces of biscuit finely.

Step6: add the finely crushed biscuit in a glass. About 2 to 3 spoon. Depending on your perferences.

Step 7: now add 2 to 3 spoon of desert mix on top of the finely crushed biscuit.

Step 8: finally squirt desired amount of cream on the top. Then serve. Taadaaaa ~ simplesss >.<

That’s it for today and hope you will like the recipe do let me know what you think. Thank you. sayonaraaa... :D

Khukhura ko Masu (Nepali Chicken Curry)

Hello, here I am again to share with you guys recipe of Nepali style khukhurako Masu (Chicken Curry). This is a typical Nepali dish which is often enjoyed in every celebrations/daily side dish. This dish goes well with rice, daal (Lentils) and achaar (HMMM :D). The ingredients and recipe that I follow might not be same with some of u but this is the version that I always make and is my favorite XD. 

Ingredients

• Chicken (Boil it first with little salt and turmeric powder = Reason for it is because it helps to crisp up the chicken later^^ ) 
• Onions (Chopped)
• Ginger sliced in strips
• Fresh Green/Red Chillies (Chopped)
• Tomatoes (Chopped)
• Fenugreek 
• Capsicum/Red/Yellow/Green Pepper whichever colour doesn't matter :) (Chopped)
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric Powder
• Tomato Squezzy Paste (For Colour but optional)

Spice Mix (crush all of this together and make a paste)

• Cumin
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Dried Chilly

Process

• First hit a large pot with oil in it. When the oil is hot enough add fenugreek (roast it until its black LOL it helps to release flavor. Add the boiled chicken into pot with some oil but don't put too much oil. It is there just to make outside layer of chicken crisp and golden brown. Remove the chicken onto a bowl after it reaches the crispness that u desire we will add it later.  
• Onto the same pot add Onions, ginger and fry it together when it gets golden brown stop it.
• Add the spice mix and mix it together add turmeric powder, Salt and stir the mixture.
• Now it is time to add the capsicum. The capsicum doesn't need much time to cook so only cook for 1 and 1/2 min together with other mixture or else we will end with with a mashed pepper :P. 
• Last but not least the main ingredients of the dish (Chicken) put it in the gravy mixture also add some tomato paste just for reddish colour. Mix well together.
• Simmer the pot for a while about 5 minutes in that time the chicken will get time to absorb all those flavor of onion, tomato, capsicum and so on... :'O
• Now it is ready to serve take it out and serve it in the nicest plates that u have :D. For me I have used a small karai (Bowl like Pot u will see it in the picture with two ears XD)

One thing I nearly forgot the reason why I am blogging frequently is because I am making lots of dishes in day to day basis nowadays so why not post it init keke. 

~~~~~Hope you will njoy this Recipe~~~~~~

*Zeny

:D

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Sweet Pancakes ^^

Hello Guys,
Sorry about the late post :3 as you guys are aware that yesterday (4 March) was pancake day. I am going to share with you guys the recipe which I used yesterday to make pancake.Pancakes can be a great way to start your day ^< but for me I am not much of a fan LOL. So here are the things that you need. This measurements might not be exactly accurate because I just estimate my ingredients :/

Ingredients

• Flour 2 and half Cups
• Salt (Pinch)
• Sugar (Depends on how much sweet you like) 1 cups
• 3 Eggs
• Milk 2 Cups 
• Butter
• Fruits (You could mix fruit in the batter but optional I will try it with some blueberry next time :D) 
• Vanilla Essence

For Dipping

• Chocolate Sauce (I used Instant one )
• Double Cream 
• Strawberry 
• Golden Syrup (U could also use the golden syrup )

Process

• Mix the flour and a pinch of salt and mix together. 
• In a large bowl beat milk and eggs together make sure that it is completely mixed. 
• Pour in the flour to the egg and milk mixture little by little it helps to avoid the mixture clumping up. 
• After the mixture is well  mixed add sugar and mix well again.
• Add some melted butter and Vanilla essence and mix well with spatula.

In the meantime heat the non stick pan with little oil in it. To make the pancakes same size pour it with big spoons or if u have a large size icecream scoop that would work well as well. In my case I just pour it right over estimating the mixture. when the pancakes has bubbles appearing flip it. Repeat the process for rest of the pancake batter.

For Dipping
Whipping Cream:- Pour a cup of cream into a bowl and whisk it until frothy now add some sugar(Sweetness u prefer) and Vanilla essence for flavoring whisk until it forms soft peak.

Finished Product
Put the pancakes in a plate and add a dollop of cream, put the strawberry on top of the cream and wrap it drizzle the chocolate sauce.

~~~~~~~~ENJOY~~~~~~~~

*Zeny