Tiramisu - Italian Recipe ( Eggless )

Ingredients

Basic Vanilla Sponge Cake - 1
Mascarpone Cheese - 250g 
Heavy Whipping Cream - 3/4 cup

Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp

Sugar - 7tblspn

Cocoa Powder - 2 tblspn

Coffee powder - 4 tspn

Chocolate shaves & powdered Sugar  for garnishing (optional)

vanilla sponge cake

Mascarpone cheese

Heavy Whipping Cream

Preparation

1.In a pan put water and coffee .Boil till half in quantity.keep aside.(More coffee may be required)

2.In a bowl beat whipping cream and sugar till sugar dissolves.Mix marcapone cheese into this and blend some more and set aside.

3.Cool and slice the sponge cake horizontally into two equal layers.

4.Carefully place the top layer into a baking pan/dish .

5.Using a pastry brush, dab coffee onto the cake.

   Or simply sprinkle the coffee with spoon .

6.Pour half of the cheese mixture over this cake spread evenly.

7.Dust with cocoa Powder.

8.Carefully place the another layer of sponge cake on the top of the filling.

9.Dab more coffee onto the cake.

10.Spread the remaining cheese filling evenly and dust with cocoa powder creating an even layer.

12.Cover and chill overnight.

13.Cut into squares and serve.

Garnish with chocolate shaves or powdered sugar if you want .

Vanilla Sponge Cake - Eggless

Ingredients
All purpose flour - 1cup
Thick curd / Yogurt - 1 Cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 1 1/4 tsp
Vanilla Essence - 1.5 tsp
Canola Oil - 1/2 Cup 
Preparation
1.Preheat the oven to 350 F / 180 C.
2. Grease a cake pan (8" ) with some butter. Line it with parchment paper if you want. Set aside.
3.In a large bowl combine together yogurt and sugar.whisk together untill sugar dissolves completely.
4.Add baking soda and baking powder to this yogurt-sugar mixture.Mix well and keep aside for 3 to 4 minutes. (It will turn frothy).
5.Add oil and vanilla essence.Mix well.
6.Now sift in the flour in 4 batches and combine gently.
7.Pour this batter immediately into baking pan and bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
8.Allow to cool the cake. 
 Enjoy :)

Carrot Cake - Eggless Recipe

Ingredients
All purpose flour - 1 cup
Grated Carrot -1/2 cup
Curd - 3/4 cup (200ml)
Canola Oil - 1/4 cup (60ml)  {you can use vegetable oil too)
Milk - 2 1/2 tblspn
Powdered Sugar - 1/2 cup {you can use granulated sugar too}
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tspn
Cinnamon Powder - 1/4 tspn (optional)
Baking Powder - 1/2 tspn
Baking Soda - 1/2 tspn
Salt - 1/4 tspn
Walnuts (chopped) - a Handful 
Cashews & Raising - a Handful
Preparation
1.Sieve All purpose flour with baking soda and baking powder.Keep aside.
2.In a Mixing bowl,add curd,sugar,milk and oil.Mix well until sugar completely dissolves.
3.Add cinnamon powder and vanilla essence .Stir it well.
4.Fold in carrots then add all purpose flour.
5.Whisk it well to form a creamy batter.
6.Fold in walnuts ,cashews & Raisins.
7.Grease a pan and pour the cake mixture into the pan.
8.Preheat the oven at 360 degree F (or 180 degree C). Bake it for 30 minutes (mine about 40 minutes )until the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
9.Allow to cool.
10. Decorate with cool whip if you want .

Eggless Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

Butter - 50g/4tblspn/ 1/2 stick   in room temperature

Condensed milk - 1/2 Can (200g)

All purpose Flour - 1 cup

Baking powder - 1/2 tspn

Cocoa powder - 3 tblspn

Baking soda - 1/2 tspn

Vanilla Extract - 2 tspn

Coco cola - 1 can ( or hot water)

Preparation

1.Sieve all purpose flour (maida), baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder twice. (dry ingredients). Keep it aside.

2.Take butter and condensed milk in a mixing bowl.Beat it in a low speed .Add vanilla extract and mix well.

3.Take all the dry ingredients All purpose flour,baking powder,cocoa powder,baking soda in an another bowl and combine well.

4.Add the wet  ingredients (butter + condensed milk + vanilla essence) with the dry ingredients (ie flour + baking pwd + cocoa pwd + baking soda) and mix both until well combined.Add coco cola little by little and blend it until required consistency .

5.Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Pour the batter into a greased baking tray and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean..

Black Forest Cake

Ingredients

Eggless chocolate Cake - 2 (for 2 layer cake )

Whipped cream - 300 ml

Cherries - 1 cup

A bar of milk chocolate – Make chocolate shavings out of the bar and keep refrigerated till use.

Orange Juice - 1 cup

Preparation
1.Keep one layer of the cake on the serving plate.
2.Sprinkle 3-4 tablespoons of orange juice on it.
3.Now spread 2-3 tablespoons of whipped cream on top of the cake.
4.Add the chopped cherries on top.
{Repeat with other layers if you want to make 3 layer cake)
5.Cover the cake completely with whipped cream on all sides and the top.
6.Level the top and sides with a broad spatula dipped in chilled water.
7.Decorate the top with chocolate shavings and cherries. Keep chilled in the fridge till use.

Princess Barbie Doll Cake

Ingredients 

Yellow Cake mix - 2 Pack  

                                          {Basic 8" Vanilla sponge cake - 2 ( I made one and cut into two)

                                            Basic 6" Vanilla sponge cake - 1 

                                            Basic 4" Vanilla sponge cake -1}Here is the recipe for Basic vanilla cake

Vanilla frosting- 3

Red food color- a pinch 

Barbie doll (11 1/2 inches tall)-1

Star-shaped candy decors 

Preparation

1. Using the Yellow cake mix ,make two 8" vanilla sponge cake and one 6" vanilla sponge cake and one 4" vanilla sponge cake. Here is the recipe for Basic vanilla cake.

2.Cool the cake completely, about 1 hour. Chill cake in freezer 45 minutes before cutting to reduce crumbs, if desired.  Cut 2-inch-diameter hole in center of all 4 cake layers. 

4 . Spoon frosting into large bowl. Stir in enough food color until desired pink color. Place one 8-inch cake on serving plate; spread 1/3 cup frosting over top. Top with second 8-inch cake; spread with 1/3 cup frosting. Repeat with third layer; top with larger bowl cake layer, cut side up. Spread with a small amount of frosting. Top with rounded bowl cake layer, cut side down. Trim side of cake if necessary to make a tapered "skirt." 

5. Spread thin layer of frosting over side and top of layered cake to seal in crumbs. Freeze cake 30 to 45 minutes to set frosting. 

6. Wrap hair and lower half of doll with plastic wrap. Insert doll into center of cake. 

7. Fit #24 star tip into decorating bag. Spoon 1/4 cup pink frosting into decorating bag; set aside. Starting at waist of doll, frost cake with downward strokes to make ruffled skirt. Use star tip to cover bodice of doll and add decoration to skirt if desired. Gently press star decors into frosting to decorate neckline and skirt. Unwrap hair if necessary. Store cake loosely covered.

Basic Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake

Ingredients 

Cake Mix  - 1 pack (460g)

Milk - 1/2 cup 

Yogurt-3/4 cup 

Vegetable Oil-2/3 cup 

Vanilla Extract - 1 teaspoon

Preparation

1.Preheat oven to 350F/180C for metal pans and 325F for dark non-stick pans. Line an 8-inch cake pan and a muffin tin with parchment paper and paper liners. 

2.In a large bowl blend cake mix, yogurt, milk and oil at low speed until moistened. 

3.Beat at medium-high speed for 2 minutes. Scrape bottom and sides of bowl. Continue beating at medium-high speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pans. 

4.Bake according to the instructions give in the pack. Mine was done in 25 minutes. The cupcakes even sooner. Cake is done when toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. 

5.Cool in pans on rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely before frosting.

Eggless Banana Cake

Ingredients

Unsalted butter - 1 cube

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Ripe banana - 2 (mash into a smooth paste)

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

All purpose flour - 1.5 cup

Baking powder- 1/2 tspn

Baking soda- 1/2 tspn

Salt to taste

Milk - 1 tblspn

Cashew,Almond Walnuts - 1/2 cup (chop into small pieces)

Preparation

1.Bring butter to room temperature and beat it in a bowl.

2.Add sugar to the butter mixter and beat it again.

3.Add vannila extract to mashed banana and keep it aside.

4.In a medium size bowl mix the flour ,baking powder,baking soda and salt.

5.Add 1 tblspn milk to this.

6.Add mashed banana to the butter + sugar mixture.Beat it into a smooth consistency.

7.Add all purpose floor to this and beat it again.

8.Preheat the oven to 350 degree.

9.Grease the baking pan with butter and dust it with floor.

10.Add cashew, almond, walnut to the dough.

11.Fill the pan halfway with the dough.

12.Bake it for 45 mins,until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Fruit Cake

Ingredients
Dried Fruits - 1 cup (Chop the big ones into small pieces)
Nuts - 1/2 cup
All purpose flour - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/4 cup(for caramelizing)
Baking powder - 1 tspn
salt - 1/2 tspn
Baking Soda - 1/4 tspn
Cinnamon powder,clove powder,nutmeg powder - 1/4 tspn each
Grated orange zest - 1/2 tspn
Pure Vanilla extract - 1 tspn
Sugar - 1 cup
Butter -1 stick ( 1/4 lb)
Eggs - 3 ( For vegetarians use Egg replacer or Vegetable oil - 1/4 cup)
Preparation
1.Bring the butter and eggs to room temperature.
2.Coat the chopped dried fruits in one tblspn flour and soak them in orange juice/Rum/Brandy for few hours.
3.Heat 1/4 cup sugar in a sauce pan with 1/2 tblspn water.
4.When the sugar begin to caramelize gently stir with a spooon.Keep stirring slowly untill all the sugar caramelize and turn to a dark syrup.
5.Remove the pan from the stove and pour 1/4 cup of warm water to the syrup.This may splash so stay away from the pan.
6.Stir the syrup water and let it cool.
7.Add vanilla to this and set aside.
8.Preheat the oven to 350 degree.
9.In a mixing bowl,whisk 1 cup of sugar and butter to a creamy consistency.Add the eggs one by one.
10.In another bowl mix the flour with salt ,baking powder,baking soda,cinnamon,ginger and clove powder.
11.Add nuts and fruits to this mixture.
12.Add the orange zest.Mix with a spoon.
13.Add the caramel vanilla water and mix well.
14.Now add the sugar/butter/egg mixture and mix again.
15.Pour this batter to a greased baking pan up to 3/4 .( Do not fill the pan completely)
16.Bake it for an hour or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
 The baking time varies depending on your oven and the type of paking pan you use.

Strawberry Cake - Christmas Cake

Ingredients
White cake mix - 1 pkg (18 oz)
Strawberry flavoured jelatin -1 (3 oz)
Vegetable oil - 1 cup
Egg - 4 ( For vegetarians use Oil)
Water-1/4 cup
Strawberry (mashed)- 3/4 cup
Ice frosting as required
Whipped cream for decoration
Whole strawberry for decoration
Preparation
1.Combine cake mix and gelatin powder in a large bowl
2.Beat in oil, eggs, water and strawberries
3.Pour into 2-9" round (or square)greased and floured pans
4.Bake in a 350°. oven for 30 minutes,until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool and frost with a strawberry Icing.
5.Spread whipped cream on the top of the cake and top the cake with the whole berries.