Eggless vanilla cupcakes - a new beginning

Another area where I did not wanna showcase are my cupcakes. Yes I do a lot of cooking, but baking somehow I dont feel that it can be mastered. Yet, this year, have decided to try many experiments in this area and conquer it also. So this is a batch of egg less vanilla cupcakes with a chocolate ganache frosting and silver balls to decorate them. This was for a little party and the kids loved em. So this little space of mine is gonna have a lot of baked goods starting from this year. Keep watching.

Choco Banana Soy Smoothie

Smoothies are always my favorite breakfast idea. I specially like them for the fact that it is loaded with the goodness of fruits and milk. And of course, it is the easiest way for a healthy breakfast. 

So here we have one. 

Ingredients:

Soy Milk - 2 cups 

Banana - 1 

Choco powder - 1 spoon

Honey - 2 spoons

Method:

Take all the ingredients in a blender

Blend to form a nice smoothie

Serve is tall glasses

Since , I used cold soy milk I did not use ice

Check out what my fellow marathoners are cooking here

Chocolate Ice cream for Day 2 BM #12

I had always wanted to make Ice Cream at home, but some how did not wanna buy the fancy ice cream maker. When we had No Fire Cooking event a couple of months back , Srivalli had made Banana Ice cream. I was inspired to make ice cream too.  I followed a more or less same methodology but replaced banana with Choco chips and got the desired result.

Ingredients:
Choco chips : 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Condensed Milk - 1 cup
Sugar - as required
Tutti Fruti and Choco chips for decoration


Method:
Blend the Choco chips in the mixer and make a coarse powder of it.
I like to bite into Choco pieces in my ice cream
Pour in the milk , condensed milk and sugar with the Choco chips and blend again
When they all mix well, pour into a large box and freeze it
Take it after 2 hours and blend it to a smooth paste
Freeze it again. Repeat this for two times.
After about 5 hours your Chocolate Ice Cream is ready.
Serve chilled in a bowl
Sprinkle some tutti fruti and choco chips before serving
I had used it to make Banana Split which is my post for tomorrow

Sending this Chocolate Ice Cream

Blogging Marathon, under the theme ‘Something Sweet’
Chocolate Mela
Kid’s Delight : for this month’s theme ‘Something Sweet’
And to Srav's  Cooking Concept #6 - Chocolate fest

Chocolate Cake for the New Year

Wishing you all Very Happy and Prosperous New Year !!

I hope this new year brings in a lot of good things and events that are truly good to each of your lives.

Its always nice to start the year on a sweet note. I was pondering over two posts on which should go in first, when I stumbled upon Chocolate Mela by Srivalli. So I decide to post the cake I baked few days ago.

Its a simple chocolate cake made in the pressure cooker. You can find the recipe here.

A few variations that I made to the original recipe or rather improvised was the presentation part of the cake. I have used Icing sugar and pomegranate seeds for the decoration.

With so my inspiration from Siri and Nags, I have started Project 365.Third Eye Visuals do visit and let me know your comments. If you are also doing this project, do leave me a comment I will add you to my side bar and visit your blogs.

Again wishing you all a very happy new-year ..One of my new year resolution is to be active on my blogs. Hope I do justice to it. 

Updating the post with my entries to two wonderful events happening
Bake Fest  @ Pumpkin Farm which is a brain child of Vardini

And to Srav's  Cooking Concept #6 - Chocolate fest

Blogging Marathon # 8 - Kids Delight - Dairy Milk Shake

Day 6 of blogging marathon is time for a Kids delight. My simple recipe for today is Dairy Milk shake. I had offered two dairy milk choclates for Lord Krishna on Janmastami. So I guess its apt to make a milk shake so that it satifies the kids in me ;-) ( jokes apart). I prepared this especially for my dad. He loves milkshakes and choclates, so a combination of them will surely satisfy his taste buds.

Ingredients:
1. Dairy Milk Choclate- 1
2. Milk - 1.5 glass
Method:
1. Take the dairy milk and break it into small pieces
2. In a blender take the milk and choclate pieces and blend well
2. Serve chilled

Check my blogger buddies running 8th edition of blogging marathon here.