German chocolate cake for babyshower

Hello guys!
Here comes another cake for a friends babyshower,
the great German Chocolate cake with buttercream icing.
Have a look..don't forget to try the recipe and tell me how u like it :)

Ingredients :

1 (4-oz.) package of Sweetened Chocolate

1/2 cup boiling water

1 cup butter 

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon Vanilla

2 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup buttermilk

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 350F 

Add chocolate to boiling water and mix well untill it dissolves then set aside to cool.

Add butter and sugar, mix well.

Now slowly add egg yolks and mix very well into butter and sugar mixture.

Add cooled chocolate liquid and vanilla to it.

In another bowl,mix baking soda, salt and sifted flour.

Add the flour mix and milk to the above mixture alternately and continue mixing 

until the batter is smooth.

Next step is to beat the egg whites until fluffy around 5 mins till peak stands.

Fold in the whites into the batter and do not stir or beat them as this could ruin the cake.

Pour into greased pans and bake for 30-40 mins.

Check for doneness with toothpick.

Cool completely before frosting.

For icing:

1/2 cup shortening 

1/2 cup softened butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 cups confectioner's sugar

2 tablespoons milk

Enjoy :)

My anniversary cake

Hey you all!
Every occasion in my life is special to me and i love to celebrate it :)
Sharing the picture of the cake i prepared for my engagement anniversary.
I made my hubby's fav dark chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream plus ganash icing..its rich and chocolaty.. Enjoy....

Homemade Ice-cream cake for farewell party

Hello folks!

Wanted to share one memorable event held recently..

My group of friends..17 of us, had secretly planned a farewell party for 2 of our dear friends.

As both were very close to me i decided to host the party at my place and bake a cake for them.

These 2 friends were unaware of the farewell, accepted my invite thinking it to be a casual coffee party :))

Few of us gathered early n decorated my house with farewell banners..everyone turned ahead of time with some snacks to present to thses 2 special friends.

All were excited to welcome the 2 ladies and see their reactions :)

Finally the guests of honor came and realised what the gathering was about, blushed,got emotional,stood there for a sec and hugged everyone..what a sweet moment that was!

Then we had the cake cutting ceremony...all were startled to see my cake and couldn't believe it to be home made..

our two friends too forgot to cut the cake and started staring at it :))

I had made an icecream cake for the occasion as it was the month of May,best time to enjoy cool things :)

It was chocolate rasberry ice-cream cake..with some buttercream flowers on it and personal message.

My dear friends were very touched and said they will cherish this day forever! everyone enjoyed the cake and carried it as well :))
Now that was a true compliment i feel..

Sharing the pic and recipe for u guys..enjoy and feel free to write to me :)

Ingredients :

Chocolate cake

Rasberry ice-cream

Chocolate ganash

Buttercream icing

Procedure :

1. Bake a regular chocolate cake and let it cool completely.
2. Leave rasberry ice-cream on counter to bring to room temperature.(It should not be liquidy but spreadable consistency). 
3. Layer ice-cream generously at the base of cake pan.
4. Cut the cooled cake into big pieces and arrange on ice-cream.
5. Continue layering ice-cream and cake till pan gets filled.
6. Top and bottom layer should be of ice-cream.
7. Cover the pan with plastic wrap and set it to freeze overnight or min 10 hrs.
8. Check if cake is frozen.If yes then remove it from the pan and keep it on cake board or final serving plate and freeze it again.
9. Now make chocolate ganash with heavy cream and semi sweet chocolate chips and let it come to room tempertaure.
10. Remove the cake, pour ganash and spread with spatula coating the cake completely,again freeze the cake.
11. Make buttercream icing and make batches to add desired food colors.
12. Using piping bags and tips decorate the cake and write message.Again freeze it until to be served.
13. To avoid melting of the cake while decorating,put the cake in freezer at regular intervals and then continue decorating.

Enjoy this unique and delicious ice-cream cake for any occasion or just as is!

Pinapple cake continued!

hello guys!
yesterday's party was real fun & my eggless pineapple cake rocked the party :)
Everyone especially the b'day boy, was very happy as he got to eat his fav pinapple cake!
he enjoyed it thoroughly..
some even said it was better than the store bought cakes :-) which was music to my ears :)
Here's the cake pic!

Baking an eggless pineapple cake today!

hey all,
We all are celebrating one of our friend's birthday today!
i am doing what i can do the best..bake a cake :))
i am super excited as i am preparing his favourite eggless pineapple cake for the party in the eve :)
I am sure it will be extra-special as usual..eagerly waiting for it to get cooled on the rack as after that i will get to groom it :) will share the pic very soon..stay tuned..


Signing off..enjoy ur weekend!

My Eggless Blackforest Cake

I had baked an eggless blackforest cake for my dear friend's babyshower...
The chocolate & cherry coated cake turned out to be extremely delicious & moist!
earned lots of applauds for the same :) none could stop eating & praising me :)
everyone started recognizing me for my cakes from then  :)
all my patience and efforts paid off very well!
would love to share the picture of the same..enjoy!

My First Post

Hi Friends, this is my first ever blog. :)
I am just learning how to blog and exploring various options. 
I love to bake and thats what my blogs are going to be about... see you soon!