Green Tea Loaf cake – Akshara’s sixth month completion

 Happy New year - 2016

  This cake I made for Akshara’s sixth month completion. As in the alphabetical order the cake must start with G, so I choose to make this green Tea cake.

   As I had green tea leaves , I grounded my own green tea powder , it didn’t have the green colour of the matcha powder , but it has the fresh tea flavor.

  Little angel herself cut the cake along with my mom. She liked the cake a lot. We dressed her in the green colour and after cutting the cake she munches the cake by sitting on her green colour bicycle.

 I was hesitant to use the green tea first , but after tasting  the cake , I made a correct decision to use it. The cake was so delicious with the fresh tea flavour.

       Requirements :

       2 cup all purpose flour

       2 tbs corn flour

       1 tbs homemade green tea powder

       1 tsp baking powder

       A pinch of baking soda

       2 drops of lemon juice

       1 cup powdered sugar

       1 cup yogurt

       4 tbs Butter

        Quater cup chocolate chip

      

        Method :

Sieve together flour , corn flour , baking powder and baking soda for twice.

Whisk together the butter and sugar till fluffy.

Add in the the yogurt and whisk again.

Now , add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix gently.

Add the lemon juice and combine gently. Add in the chocolate chip and mix gently.

        Pour this batter to the buttered loaf tin  , sprinkle few chocolate chips on top and bake in a preheated oven    @ 180 * C for 30 – 40 minutes or till the skewer inserted comes out clean.

Let the cake cool and demould it from the baking tin.

Slice and serve the  green tea cake.

Green tea loaf cake is ready to serve.

Banana chocolate coffee cake with Butter Icing - Akshara’s second month completion cake

         

    This is Akshara’s second month completion cake. For this month I chose to bake a cake starting with letter ‘B’. So I decided on making a cake with banana with the flavors from chocolate and coffee with butter icing. Happy second month completion Akshara J JJJ JJJ JJJ J JJJ 
   It must be posted on August 25th.

 I followed the recipe of Starbuck’s Banana chocolate cake.

   As this cake is eggless adding mashed banana gives soft and fluffiness to the cake. I used the banana from our farm.

 Check the first month cake – Apple Pistachios cake with brown sugar Icing.

Ingredients:

Banana – 3 no’s

All purpose flour – 3 cup

Corn flour – 3 tbs

Baking powder – 1 tbs

Lemon juice – 3- 5 drops

Sugar – 2 cup

Melted butter – 5 tbs

Chocolate chip – 1 cup

Cocoa powder – 1 tbs

Instant Coffee powder – 1 tbs

Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

Fresh Curd – ¾ cup

For Icing :

 Butter – 4 – 5 tbs

Icing sugar – 1 cup

Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

Sliced kiwi – 3

Chocolate chips

Method :

  Mash the banana well.

Shift the flour, coffee powder, cocoa powder and baking powder together, twice.

To the mashed banana add the sugar, curd and mix well.

Add in the vanilla essence, chocolate chips and melted butter, mix well.

Now add flour little by little and mix in same direction.

Add the lemon drops and mix once.

Grease the mould and pour the batter.

 I used star shaped mould.

Bake in the preheated oven @ 200* C for 30 minutes or till the inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Let the cake cool down.

 In the mean time, mix the icing sugar with the butter and mix well.

Add in the essence and mix well.

Keep in refrigerator to condense.

When the cake is cool down, keep the cake in half an hour in the refrigerator before icing.

I applied the icing on the top , placed the sliced kiwi on the center along with chocolate chips.

 I refrigerated again and take out 15 minutes before cake cutting. My mom cuts the cake for Akshara.

 The cake was so delicious and fluffy with the chocolate and coffee flavor.


 @ easy and simple foods 

Apple Pistachio Cake with Brown sugar Icing – Akshara’s First Month completion

           My sister and Co- author of this blog anuvarshini delivered a cute angel on June 25^{th, 2014}. We named her as Akshara. This post has to be posted on July 25 th , i was posting late because of my studies......... 



     Today was her naming cermony and first food feeding ( Giving Rice ) in Guruvayur.   So this will a perfect day to post the cake for her .

    
    This was the cake which I made for her first month completion. Even though little angel didn't taste the cake. We want to keep it as a memory as she will see this post in future…………..

  
    I selected this cake as the first letter of it ‘A’ and her name are same.

 I choose to use pistachio in this cake to give it a vibrant rich look. The icing was a simple butter icing with brown sugar , which gives light brown color to the icing along with the chopped pistachios it looked nice…………

Ingredients:

 All purpose flour – 2 cups

Corn flour – 2 tbs

Apple – 3

Pistachios – ½ cup

Butter – ¼ cup

Milk – ¼ cup
Vegetable Oil - 4 tbs

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Sugar ( powdered ) – 1 ½ cup

Lemon juice – 2 – 3 drops

Butterscotch Essence – 1 tsp

For Icing :

Butter – ½ cup

Brown Sugar / Nattu Sakkarai – 1 cup

Butterscotch Essence – ¼ tsp (optional)

Chopped pistachios

Method:

 Sift the flour along with the baking powder for thrice.

Grate the apples; I grated without removing the skin.

Mix the butter and sugar together until it was fluffy.

Add in the milk and mix well.
Then add the vegetable oil and mix well.

To this add the grated apple, chopped pistachios and mix once.

Add the flour in three parts and mix in the same direction.

Now , add the lemon juice and essence , mix once.

Grease the baking tray and pour the batter in till half the mould. I used round mould.

Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 30 – 40 minutes @ 200* C .

Insert a toothpick , inside the cake , if it comes out clean , the cake is baked well.

Let it cool and refrigerate before icing.

For icing mix , the butter and brown sugar together.

 I didn’t add any essence as the flavor from brown sugar was so aromatic.

 Keep the icing in the fridge for 10 minutes.

 Apply the icing on top of the cake; give a impression of uneven surface.

Sprinkle the chopped pistachios on the top.

Apple pistachios cake with brown sugar icing is ready.
My mom  cut the cake for Akshara...........