Sizzling Ragi Brownie

Ragi Brownie Recipe 

Dry Ingredients:

Ragi flour 1/2 cup

Wheat flour 1/2 cup

Coffee pwd 1 tsp

Cocoa pwd 2 tbsp

Baking pwd 1/2 tsp

Wet Ingredients:

Amul Dark Chocolate 150g

Soft Butter 1/3 cup

Jaggery 3/4 cup

Lukewarm milk 1.25 cups

Thick unsour curd 1/4 cup

Roasted hazelnut 1/2 cup

White Chocolate Ganache:

Butter 1 tbsp

Cream 2 tbsp

White chocolate 50 g

Alcohol-Free Soaking Dry Fruits for Plum Cake

Traditionally dried fruits are soaked in alcohol  for a year/ 6 months or atleast 3 weeks earlier of baking plum cake. Plum cake is baked 2 weeks before Christmas, so flavors of alcohol get infused with the cake. If you're late in soaking dry fruits or do not add alcohol for some reason, this recipe is for you.

RECIPE

Yields: Makes approximately 180-200 grams soak.

Tools needed: Glass jar, chopping board.

INGREDIENTS

1. Mulberry preserve 2 tbsp

2. Rostaa Dried Cranberry  2 tbsp

3. Rostaa Dried Pitted Prunes 2 no.

4. Rostaa Gourmet Dates, Omani 3 nos.

5. Black raisins 2 tbsp

6. Golden raisins 2 tbsp

7. Candied ginger 2 tbsp

8. Candied cherries 6 nos.

9. Orange peel 2 tbsp

 

10. Orange juice 4 tbsp

METHOD

Mulberry preserve or any fruit preserve adds moisture to the end product.

Measure and take all the required dried and candied fruits in a dish.

Chop into fine bits.

Add all chopped dry fruits to glass jar, add orange juice and preserve. Mix well.

Close the lid and refrigerate for atleast 12-24 hours.

Soaked fruits are ready to add in plum cake.

Use this quantity of soaked dry fruits to make a 600-700 grams of fruit cake

Tips

Soak the dry fruits in orange or apple juice for 48 hours. Keep the jar refrigerated while doing so.

As alcohol is a preservative, dry fruits are soaked for many months or even a year.

Whereas orange juice will become stale and get bitter after 2-3 days.

Hence this method works best for people who doesn't soak prior and also for those who avoid using alcohol.

Dried Apricot, candied kiwi, pineapple, papaya  can be added, dried figs can be added too.

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Eggless Alcohol-Free Plum Cake

Eggless Wheat Plum Cake with soaked mixed fruits. This plum cake tastes exactly like the cake we used to eat as children from our favourite bakery, Rich and fruity. Soaked in orange juice and filled with chopped dry fruits. Have used wheat and almond for flours.

RECIPE

Serves : 8-10 people

Prep time : Soaking takes 24 hours time

Bake time: 45-60 minutes 

Tools: 6 inch round cake tin, wire rack, sieve, oven, mixing bowl, hand blender, chopping board.

INGREDIENTS 

Soaked fruits 110 g

Butter 1/2 cup

Brown sugar 3/4 cup

Molasses/ Jaggery syrup 2 tbsp

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Milk 4 tbsp ( or more as needed)

Wheat flour 1 1/4 cup

Almond flour 1/4 cup

Baking soda 1 tsp

Salt 1/4 tsp

Cinnamon powder 1 tsp

Nutmeg powder 1/2 tsp 

Dry ginger powder 1 tsp

Clove powder 1/2 tsp

Almonds 2 tbsp

Cashew 2 tbsp

Walnut 2 tbsp

Hazelnuts tbspn

METHOD

Finely chop all dry fruits of your choice, add to glass jar. Add fruit preserve and orange or apple juice.

Mix and store in refrigerator to soak for atleast 15 hours or 2 days.

Dry roast almond, cashew, walnuts and hazelnuts.
Cool and chop them coarsely.

(If molases is not available)
Heat a sauce pan with water and jaggery and reduce till its sticky and thick.

Preheat oven at 170 degrees centigrade.
Line a baking pan with parchment paper and keep prepared.

Cream Butter and brown sugar for 2-3 minutes.

Add vanilla extract, molases and cream again.

Place a sifter on top of the bowl.
Add flour, baking soda, salt and spice powders. Mix gently.

Add almond flour. Cut and fold. 

Add chopped nuts and mix a little.

Finally add the soaked fruits mixture. Mix gently.

Pour the batter in prepared pan.
Place in preheated oven at 170 degrees C for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Remove from oven and keep to cool for 5 minutes.

Invert the cake over wire rack. Let it cool a little. Decorate the cake as you like.

Slice and serve.

Tips
Soak the dry fruits in orange or apple juice for 48 hours. Keep the jar refrigerated while doing so.
As alcohol is a preservative, dry fruits are soaked for many months or even a year.

Whereas orange juice will become stale and get bitter after 2-3 days.

Hence this method works best for people who doesn't soak prior and also for those who avoid using alcohol.

Dried Apricot, candied kiwi, pineapple, papaya  can be added, dried figs can be added too.

Jaggery syrup works fine if you don't have molasses.

Milk requirement may wary as per the quality of flour, and its absorption level, so add more of the batter looks dry. But it must not become runny or loose.

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Eggless Tutti Frutti cake

Tutti Frutti cake is quite a popular cake available in Indian bakeries. Kids love these cakes with colourful tutti frutti toppings. Not only kids but adults also like enjoy tutti frutti cake with their tea or coffee. 

RECIPE

Serves 8-10 

Prep time : 10 min

Bake time : 30 min

Tools: Oven, Baking pan, mixing bowl, strainer.

INGREDIENTS 

METHOD 

In a small bowl mix tutti frutti with flour and keep aside.

Grease a baking pan and dust with some flour.

Mix wet ingredients in a bowl. Milk, oil, vinegar, sugar, vanilla extract

In a large mixing bowl sift all dry flour ingredients. Flour, baking soda, baking powder, milk powder and corn starch.

Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients in 2 to 3 parts to make a thick batter.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Use cut and fold method to mix the batter.

Add tutti frutti to the batter. Give it a gentle mix.

Pour the batter in prepared cake pan and level the surface with the spatula.  Tap the tin over the counter for a few times to remove air bubbles.

Put the Pan into the oven and and bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Place the cake pan over a rack to cool for 5 minutes before inverting the cake. Let the cake cool down a bit before slicing.

Delicious moist tutti frutti cake is ready to enjoy with your tea or coffee. Serve it to your kids as breakfast or snacks

Tips;

Sifting will provide even distribution of leavening agents. 

Cut and fold method while mixing batter is highly recommended, if it is overmixed, cake will become dense and not rise. 

Pour batter only till 3/4 capacity of the pan. 

Tapping the cake Pan on kitchen counter helps release any air bubbles in the batter. This ensures smooth top after baking.

Preheating the oven 7-10 minutes before baking is an important step, not to be missed. 

Over baking must be avoided because it makes the cake rough. 

Sugarfree Dates Wheat Cake

RECIPE 

Serves 8

Prep time 1 hour

Bake time 20 minutes

Tools: Oven, Baking pan, mixing bowl, mixer grinder.

INGREDIENTS 

3/4 cup chopped dates

1 cup hot milk

1/2 cup oil

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 cup Chopped cashew nuts

1 teaspoon wheat flour for coating cashews

8-10 slit cashews extra for top

METHOD

   

Soak chopped dates in 3/4 cup milk for 2 hours.

Puree dates and milk mixture.

Mix oil into the dates puree.

   

Whish together flour with soda.

Coat chopped cashews with a teaspoon of flour.

    

Mix dry and wet mixture, by adding flour in 2-3 portions. Add remaining milk only if batter is too thick.

Also add cashews and fold the batter just until everything is combined. The batter will be thick.

Butter and dust a 6 or 7 inch cake tin.
Pour the btter and even out the surface.

   

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool over wire rack for 7 minutes, remove the cake over wire rack and cool completely.

Serve with favourite beverage.

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