Jan 12th 2010 Carrot cake and Chocolate Fudge

Hey Friends

Its 12th Jan 2010 , And i am going to make a blog on my passion.."COOKING".I have been thinking from last 2 nights about it and today morning i couldn't wait for writing it
Well Most importantly this blog would not give you just the recipes but lots more...This is crazy but then i thought i am going to do it.Inspired by the Movie "Julie and Julia Rich" , I am on the way to try recipes everyday and bringing you all new world of cooking. It will not be only my cooking stuff but the accumulation of all all kind of recipes which are super yum....365 days from now ..I will finish off this blog on 12Th Jan 2011 with 550 recipes...all tried and then written...u might find the recipe here which u have been longing for ..may be u thgt of some point of time ..oh i shud have tried it..or how this cud be so yum..
So without wasting much of time...here is my first recipe...this is I am going to try from a site called "Joy of Baking" .
Guys u have to with me and c how i go about it..chalo i start with "Kuch Meetha Ho jaye"..."Carrot Cake"..Healthy for all for sure....
I am going out to buy stuff for it ..and will bake it today...will keep u posted how it comes..My battery is gonna cong off any moment..will be back in sometime..c ya

Okay Guys i am back again ..
so I have baked my cake and is the first one to had my cake was my Husband...Hmmm..YUM is that what he said..i always love when he says that..I always feel on the top of the world when he says its yum ...But then i tried it with couple of more people just to be sure ...all sd its Yum....I feel good when i am appreciated..so u guys ready to delight your near n dear ones ..and see smile on their face:) so lets get started with it .....

"cARROT cAKE:"
Serves: 7-8 People
Time consumed :1.5 hrs Costing of cake:
Ingredients:
-2 bowl of Flour (Maida)
-2 tsp of Baking Powder
-1.5 tsp of Baking Soda
-2 tsb of cinnamon Powder
-1/2 tsp of Salt
-1 bowl of Normal sugar(which u get in any ration shop)
-1 bowl of Oil (Any Oil ..i used saffola ..see how health conscious I am )
-4 Eggs
-Vanilla Essence
-1.5 bowl of Grated Carrot
-Toasted Nuts(u can just roast a small bowl of nuts in Microwave for 2 mins..more then 2 mins u might burn it)

Note :The bowl u r using to measuring stuff should be the same one..dnt u try using varried shapes of bowl)
Guys put your apron on ...and be ready for baking your carrot cake.
1st Batter:
Whisk all 4 egss well .Put 2tsp of Vanilla essence in egg..Beat Well
Put 1 bowl of sugar..Mix it well till it becomes fluffy and light.
Put in Oil in it ..U might use Butter but then i used Oil...Beat it well for 10 mins ..it should be mixed well and should be light in consistency.
so u all ready with 1st part of Batter..

2nd level:
Mix flour with Baking powder , Baking Soda ,Cinnamon Powder and then start putting it in 1st batter(Egg batter)slowly n slowly.
CAUTION :Dnt put the entire flour mixture in one go otherwise it may form Lumps. As u r putting flour keep mixing it with the batter continuously. The batter's consistency has to be thick ..the more u stir and mix it the cake will be fluffier and tasty. U might use hand mixer here otherwise u can just use wooden spatula for mixing it. So finally the batter is ready.

Now fold in 1.5 Bowl of grated carrot and coarsely cut nuts in it. Mix it well. Grease the pan and use Butter paper to avoid sticking of cake at the bottom.
Put the Batter in the Grease pan and check the level..it has to be filled 3/4 of the pan.
Preheat Oven at 180*C and bake it at Convection Mode for 45 Mins.
Check cake by pricking toothpick in the middle of the cake. If the batter is not ready it will stick on toothpick. May use Conv+Micro mode now and cook it for 5 mins and c ur cake is all done.
Leave it for 10 mins on rack and then take it out.

For topping it up:
Use 2 regular spoon of cream and 1/2 bowl of icing sugar or powdered sugar which can be made at home by grinding granulated sugar .The consistency should be thick ,add in 3 tsp of butter in it and then glaze it over cake . Decorate with silver balls ...Oh La La! Cake looks yum and it tastes yum...its a Moist cake....
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Guys I was super excited of this trying recipes so I tried another recipe and it was just Lip Smacking...My friend , anju was the first 1 to try it and she couldn't stop.I gave her some to take it along with her..and then my lovey dovey Hubby tasted it and had almost 4 pcs of it..to cut it short it was awesome too..This is exclusively for all the chocolate lovers ..and it Chocolate Fudge....

"cHOCOLATE fUDGE:"
Serves: As many people
Time:15mins
Costing:
Ingredients:
-Dark Cooking chocolate(1/2 Kilo) U might find it difficulty in getting it..please try super marts
-Condensed Milk
-Butter
-Roasted Nuts

Okay Lets do this now..U will love it when its done..Its Easy and Quick...
Use double Boiler ..if u dnt have that..then just take heavy bottom pan fill it with 1/4 th of water and put a pan on it...In the pan ,cut the cooking chocolate in pieces ,Pour in entire small tin of condensed Milk and 4 spoon of butter .

Turn on your stove .Keep stirring the mixture and as soon as you listen the HZZZZzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZ sound of water(sound of boiling water)that's the time please turn off the stove ...Never mind if your chocolates are not melted...still keep stirring ..its gonna melt as the steam is still there and the process is on...dnt stop stirring it ..and still after 8 mins u see that the chocolates are not melted properly ..turn on the gas again for 5 mins and then turn it off...By this all the chocolates are melted and is mixed well with ingredients.Its thick now.Put in 2 tsp of Vanilla Essence and Roasted Nuts(cut it coarsely).

Take a baking pan,put a foil in it ..oil it and put the Batter in it...Cool it for 15 Mins(In chilly winters it might not take 15 mins and in summers you have to put it in fridge for 20 mins)..Take the foil out and cut the fudge in pcs ...

Wow...hmmm so amazing..guys try it ..U will just love it..Must try recipe...

Its 10 pm now and my husband is already on the toes and telling me to log off ....So Mona Arora signing off for the day ..will come back tomorrow with another recipe.....Goodnight...