Sunday, July 7, 2013

Upside down mango cake

Ingredients
Sliced ripe mango- 2cups
Lemon juice- 1tbsp
Butter- 1tbsp
Brown sugar- ⅓ cup

For the cake:
Milk- 1 cup or 250ml
Granulated sugar- ¾ cup
All purpose flour- 1-1/2 cup
Custard powder- ½ cup
Baking powder- 2tsp
Baking soda- ¼tsp
Vanilla extract- 1tsp
Butter- ½ cup

Instructions:
Pour lemon juice over the mango slices and let them stand for 15min. Melt butter in an 8″ cake pan and add the brown sugar. Cover with mango slices and set aside.

For the cake, Sift the flour along with the baking powder and baking soda and keep aside. Heat milk in a pan and add the sugar. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved and set aside to cool. Once the milk has reached room temperature, add the custard powder and vanilla extract and mix. Stir in the butter and mix again. Pour the prepared milk mixture to the flour mixture and mix well until there are no lumps. Pour the batter over the mangoes and bake in a pre heated oven at 180C for 45min or till an inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 5min. Remove and turn it upside down on a plate. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

The simplest ever Eggless pancakes!

Samarth had been asking for some pancakes for the longest time ever! I decided to google for an easy recipe that would also be eggless (so in case I don't have eggs at home on a particular day, I could still make them). In fact I am always on the lookout for eggless recipes for the same reason. 

So here you go, easy peasy way to make yummy tasty, McDonald's style pancakes! 

You'll need:

1 cup of all purpose flour
1 cup of milk
1.5 tablespoons of sugar
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 tablespoon of oil
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

Sift dry ingredients together and make a well. Add wet ingredients and whisk well. Set it aside for 10 minutes.




Grease a griddle pan with a little butter and pour a ladle of batter. Don't spread it. Bubbles will start to form on the surface. 


Flip it over after a bit, make sure it is a gentle brown colour.


Drizzle honey over it, fold and serve!