Authentic Recipes from the Kitchens of Shriya, Nithu & Arthi!

Butter Cookies with Strawberry Jam

Posted by on Jun 6, 2011 in Baking, Cookies and Cakes, Featured | 13 comments

Butter cookies are delicious and simple to make. It’s one of my all time favorite snack and now I get to make them on my own and enjoy it. You can prepare the dough and shape them however you like. Today I have rolled them and cut it into round shape cookies and topped it with strawberry jam. You can top it with any of your favorite jam or glazing or cream. Perfectly baked cookies have crispy edges and tender on the inside with mild sweetness and buttery on every bite. Here you go… Preparation time:45 mins No. of servings: 16 cookies Ingredients: All purpose flour – 2 cups Fresh Rosemary – 1 tbsp (optional) Sugar – 1/2 cup Baking powder – 2 tsp Butter – 6 tbsp Salt – 1/4 tsp Vanilla extract – 1 tsp Heavy cream...

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Homemade Chocolate Cake

Posted by on Dec 22, 2010 in Baking, Best of ST, Cookies and Cakes, Desserts, Featured | 16 comments

I wanted to make a cake for my husband’s birthday. I was searching for a simple cake recipe and I got this yummy cake recipe from my friend Sajana.  I tried this chocolate cake and it came out well.  Here is the recipe for an easy and delicious dessert. Preparation time : 45 minutes Ingredients 1: Sugar – 2 cups All purpose flour – 1 3/4 cup Cocoa – 3/4 cup Baking powder – 1 1/2 tsp Baking soda – 1 1/2 tsp Salt – 1 tsp Chocolate chips – 1/2 cup Cashews broken – 1/2 cup Ingredients 2: Eggs – 2 Milk – 1 cup Oil – 1/2 cup Vanilla extract – 2 tsp Water – 1 cup Method of Preparation: Mix all the ingredients 1 in a wide vessel. Beat the eggs and add all other ingredients...

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Chocolate cake

Posted by on Apr 23, 2009 in Baking, Cookies and Cakes, Featured | 10 comments

Chocolate cake is one of my favorite cake. And I got a chance to try this for my friend’s birthday. I used the ready made mix. To bake home made base cake, check here. I made a couple of layers of chocolate cake and filled it with chocolate icing. It was all chocolatty and rich! Here you go… Ingredients: Chocolate cake mix – 1 pack Semi sweet chocolate chips – 12 0z pack Chocolate fudge icing – 1 small tin Heavy whipping cream – 1 cup Sugar – 2 tbsp Water – 1 cup Method of Preparation: Prepare the batter according to the instructions given on the cake mix pack or check here to make home made base cake. Divide the batter into two portions and bake the cake in two baking pans of same size. This is for...

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Pineapple Cake

Posted by on Aug 27, 2008 in Baking, Cookies and Cakes, Featured | 23 comments

This Pineapple Cake is a wonderful juicy two layered cake, with whipped cream frosting and a few pineapples chunks and maraschino cherries. Yesterday was my First Wedding Anniversary. So I wanted to surprise my hubby with his favorite cake. Both of us love the Pineapple Cake from La Bonne Bouchee, a popular French cake shop here. I thought I can order it from there. But then, it’ll always be special if we bake it for them with right? So I decided to search for a good recipe and I took a few tips from VahvrehVah. I made a two layered heart shaped cake. For that I used two baking trays of  13 by 9 inche. You can do any shape of your choice. First I made the base cake and then cut it into two heart shape layers. You can...

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Black Forest Cherry Torte – Black Forest Cake

Posted by on Aug 11, 2008 in Baking, Best of ST, Cookies and Cakes, Featured | 16 comments

Cake, when you hear the word, you can imagine all the mouth watering cream and toppings blended with the soft layers of the spongy cake. Black Forest Cherry Torte (torte is the German word for cake) is one of the popular German dessert. It is a chocolate layer cake with whipped cream, cherries and chocolate curls. The cake is further decorated with whipped cream, cherries and chocolate shavings. It is a pure heaven when it melts in your mouth. This is the first cake I have ever baked in my life and I am so happy that the output was good. I made this wonderful cake for my friend Satish’s birthday. Satish is my one of my best friend and luckily we happened to stay in the same city and he stay very close to my house. This was...

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