Glazed Lime Cake

                                 LOOK at the glaze! #nofilter

 No more short, gloomy days! To be honest, Winter this year wasn't as bad as previous years, looks like the Ozone layer is all messed up! Well, the Spring has sprung and that definitely calls for something citrusy!! I don't know, there is something about lemon/lime which screams summer for me.. I have always wanted to try baking a lemon cake, for some reason I had picked lime so why not lime cake. It was as good as lemon cake, only a little more delicious.This recipe is very similar to my orange cake which is very easy! Perfect for tea-time treat or if are anything like me, perfecto for breakfast! I promise, this lime cake will cheer you up instantly!! Here's my recipe,hope you like it..

Ingredients

For the cake

• All purpose flour- 2 cups
• Sugar-1 cup
• Eggs- 3
• Butter-1/2 stick or if using oil- 1/3 cup
• Juice of lime- 1/3 cup
• Zest of lime- 1 tbsp
• Baking powder- 2 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda-1/2 tsp
• Vanilla extract- 1 tsp

For the glaze

• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 tbsp lime juice

METHOD

Pre-heat oven to 350F. Spray/butter the cake pan.

Sift together flour,baking soda and baking powder well.

In a bowl, add butter & sugar; whip until light and fluffy for about 3 mins.

Add eggs one at a time, beat well after every addition.

Add lime juice, zest and vanilla extract and mix for 2 mins.

Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture & fold in gently so that it's mixed well. Do NOT over mix.

Pour the batter into the greased cake pan and bake for 30-35 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.

Take it out of the oven and let it cool for 5 min.

Take the cake out of the pan and let it cool down completely.

Now for the glaze, mix icing sugar with the lime juice until smooth n creamy.

Spread this glaze all over the cake for that extra flavor and crunch.

ENJOY!

Orange cake

Looks like I have been bit by the baking bug, not complaining!! Been baking like crazy this holiday week; baking in the evening, baking after dinner, baking in the midnight, baking in dreams..a week of my baking shenanigans and I'm loving it.. Nothing fancy though.. Just the basic ones but certainly delicious ones.. 
Cookies and muffins are staple at home.. Recently, tried baking focaccia, nutella-swirl banana muffins, nutella cookies and this beautiful orange coffee cake.. recipes for the rest are coming soon.. For now let's enjoy this orange cake..

This cake is perfect for breakfast or as an evening snack with a tall glass of milk. You can smear the cake with your favorite frosting or just enjoy it as a plain coffee cake like we did. I have already posted recipe for orange cupcakes but this recipe is a little different, more of a coffee cake which you can enjoy without any guilt. This has part all-purpose flour, part whole wheat flour and no butter- not-so-sinful! They aren't as orange-y as my orange cupcakes were but there is a generous hint of citrus in this cake.. 

This recipe is adapted from here
Ingredients
All-purpose flour- 1 cup
Whole wheat flour- 1 cup
Sugar- 1 cup
Eggs- 3 
Oil- 3 tbsp
Fresh Orange juice- 1/3 cup
Orange zest- 1 tbsp
Baking powder- 2 1/2 tsp
Baking soda- 1/2 tsp
1 tbsp warm milk + a pinch of saffron

METHOD

• Pre-heat oven to 350F. Spray/butter the cake pan.
• Dissolve saffron in 1 tbsp of warm milk. 
• Sift together flour,baking soda and baking powder well
• In a large bowl, add oil & sugar; cream until light and fluffy for about 3 mins.
• Add eggs one at a time, beat well after every addition.
• Add orange juice,zest and the milk and mix for 2 mins.
• Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and fold in gently so that it's mixed well.Don't over mix.
• Pour the batter into the greased cake pan and bake for 30-35 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
• Very important - Cool completely before slicing.

Enjoy!!

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Vegan Banana Nut Cake

When life gives you over ripe bananas, seize the opportunity 

and make ..... banana cakes !

If not, you will be just another me hopelessly waiting for the bananas to over ripe.

 While there are people who look for recipes frantically as their bananas gets its black spots, it is completely different scene in my household. I look for recipes first and THEN badly wait for them to over ripe. As both the husband and the wife go bananas over banana, it is our 'breakie on the go' almost everyday and so it gets over in no time!

And when I came across a recipe as tempting as this ( check her website and am sure you will fall in love with it like I did) , it haunted me every minute of every day until I made them today and had a bite of it. The haunting did not end there. It continued till I finished every minuscule part of it.

It is by no means an exaggeration. Don't trust me? Okay, let me put it this way -

It is VEGAN, super moist and one bowl cake recipe... come on guys, I was totally bowled over by 'one bowl'. As much as I like to bake, I hate the after cleaning that comes with it.

I had to literally hide the bananas so it doesn't get eaten before I can make this.

 Yes, you heard me right , HIDE ! 

And oh boy, am I glad that I did? You bet!

It is that kinda recipe where you put in less effort but the output makes you give yourself a pat for the job well done.

Here it goes.

Egg-less Plum Cake

Egg-less Plum Cake In India, we call the Christmas cake as plum cake which doesn't have any form of plum in it. I wonder why they call it as plum cake!! So this cake is not the Christmas plum cake, this cake has actual plum in it.. 

H came home grinning with a box of plums saying he finally found the fruit that he likes.. I'm not really a big fan of plum, but managed to eat 3 and H ate 2 or 3. I'm sure he ate just 2 but he says 3..

We were easily bored of eating it raw, thought of cooking it into something which doesn't taste like raw plum.. 

While lying on couch with iPad, quickly googled for 'plum recipes'. 

Plum jelly, plum butter, plum preserve/jam? Nahh.. I certainly din't want it to last for whole year!!

so, Cake?? yessss.. b'cos at home, cake gets decimated in no time!!

Oh how I love the wafting smell of cardamom around the house..

I chose cardamom because I love it, you can use the spice of your choice..

This cake is tea/coffee cake kinda cake.. perfect for evening snack..

 bursts with the flavor of cardamom, gooey plum pieces in between the tender tender crumbs..

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup all purpose flour/maida
• 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
• 2 plums(chopped finely)
• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/2 tbsp white vinegar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3rd cup oil/melted butter

METHOD
Preheat the oven to 350F/170C
Grease the cake pan with baking spray/oil/butter

• combine both the flour, cardamom powder and baking powder in a large bowl
• add oil/melted butter and mix gently. Add the sugar and mix.
• add the chopped plum and mix gently
• take 1/2 cup of milk in a bowl, add vinegar and don't stir it yet. add baking soda and stir gently
• add this mixture to the cake batter and fold quickly.
• pour the batter in the greased pan
• bake at 350F for 35-40 mins or insert a toothpick and check if it comes out clean/crumbly.
• let the cake cool down. Okay now take it out of the pan and dig in with some tea/coffee

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Orange Cupcakes

How was your weekend? I had a fun-filled weekend, thanks for asking ;) It was my friend's birthday and I wanted to bake a lovely cake for her. Yeah Yeah just another excuse for me to bake cake. haha. Do you really need an occasion to bake/eat cake? I just get hyper excited and my imaginations run wild when I think of baking a cake. It's so easy to please a girl by cake because there are zillion no. of ways(girly stuff) you can decorate the cake. But it's so tough to impress a guy with a birthday cake. It was my 'much' better half's 30th birthday this year and I wanted to make it special by baking a geeky cake which is the only way to impress him.This is what I baked for his birthday.

Geeky right? :D 

So, I was thrilled to bits to surprise my friend with a lovely birthday cake. Since I was on orange smoothie heaven at that time, I thought why not Orange Cupcakes which has the right amount of citrus flavor, smeared with frosting and a orange wedge on top :D You get the picture? No? Ok see this

Ok enough said. Let me give you the recipe.

Chocolate Zucchini Mini Cupcakes

Chocolate Zucchini Mini Cupcakes

PREP TIME : 30 - 35 Mins    
COOK TIME : 25 Mins  
YIELDS : 35 - 40 Mini Cupcakes (12 Cupcakes)

Dry Ingredients

1 And 1/2 cup of  All purpose flour

1/2 cup Hershey's Cocoa Powder

2 cup White Sugar

1 Tsp Baking Soda

1/2 Tsp Salt

2 Table Spoon of Grounded Flax seed

2 Tsp Cinnamon.