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Eggless banana & Walnut Cake cake: - A healthy cake with wheat flour !

Wheat flour - 2 cups

Cooking soda - 1 tsp

Sugar - 1 cup

Milk - ½ cup

Curds - ½ cup

Oil - ½ cup

Bananas - 4 medium or 3 big

Sieve maida & soda together.

Add all other ingredients & blend very well.

Bake in a medium oven till done.

Adding chopped walnuts adds to the taste.

The same is tried with brown sugar+choco chips in muffin tins!

 

Eggless Orange Cake with Topping - tastes almost like a soft pudding !

Sieve together:

Maida - 200 gms

Sodabicarb - 1 tsp

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Lightly Melt


Butter - 100 gms

Beat with


Condensed milk - 400gms tin

Fanta or any orangeade - 100 ml

Orange essence - 1 tsp

To the mixture of melted butter & condensed milk, add maida mixture & orange drink alternately by cutting & folding.

Mix essence & bake at 400 deg F till done.

Topping:

Orange juice - 3 tbsp

Sugar - 3 tbsp

Heat them both together over low heat, stirring continuously till sugar dissolves.

Pierce the top of the cooled cake with a fork.

Pour over the syrup & leave uncovered for 2 hrs.

 

Shrewsberry Biscuits - our favourite bakery biscuits !

Maida - 1 ¾ cups - 8 ozs

Butter - ½ cup - 4 ozs

Sugar - ½ cup - 4 ozs

Rub butter into flour, add sugar & work with milk to a firm dough.

Roll out to ¼ “ thick, cut & bake at 400 deg F for 10mts or more till done.

Lemon Biscuits:

Add rind of lemon & lime juice to bind.

Chocolate biscuits;

Replace 50 gms of maida with chocolate powder.

 

Dear Seetha,
Not less than 5 dozen small ones.
Love
Chithra.

 

Chocolate Oatmeal Balls - Fancy & nut-garnished.

Butter - 6 oz – 183 gms

Brown sugar - 7 oz – 200 gms

Unsweetened chocolate - 60 gms, melted

Salt - ½ tsp

Baking powder - ½ tsp

Maida - 6 oz – 180 gms

Vanilla - 1 tsp

Milk - 50-60 ml

Rolled oats - 140 gms

Chopped nut - 6 oz – 180 gms

Sift together maida, salt & baking powder.

Crem butter first & continue, gradually adding brown sugar.

Add vanilla.

Add maida mixture & milk alternately.

Work in rolled oats, kneading with hands if necessary.

Form into walnut sized balls & top with nuts.

Bake at 350 deg F for 15 mts.

Makes around 3 dozs.

 

Tomatoes Au Gratin - I learnt this 40 years back !

I used Cheddar cheese for this.

Tomatoes - 500 gms (peel & slice thick)

Butter - 2 tbsp

Chopped fresh basil - 1 tsp
OR
Oregano - a pinch

Grated cheese - 100 gms

Breadcrumbs - 50 gms

Salt, sugar & pepper

Put half the tomatoes in a buttered dish, dot with little butter & sprinkle with a little seasoning, sugar & basil.

Mix cheese & breadcrumbs & sprinke half on top.

Repeat again.

Bake at 400 deg F for 15 mts.

Serve hot garnished with parsley sprigs.

 

Bournvita Loaf - Make this with Boost or Ovaltin, as well !

Maida - 10 ozs - 300 gms

Baking powder - 2 ½ tsp

Mixed fruits - 100 gms

Bournvita (or equivalent) - 3 tsp

Milk - 250 ml ( a little more or less)

Golden syrup - 1 tbsp

Sieve maida with baking powder.

To that, add mixed fruits & golden syrup.

Warm the milk & dissolve Bournvita or equivalent.

Add to the mixture & mix to get thick pouring consistency.

Transfer to a greased loaf tin.

Bake at 375 deg F for 45 mts or till done.

Serve slices with butter.

This is ideal to be eaten with tea, but can be eaten for breakfast also.

 

Dear Humera,
I am sorry, I missed your post.I will PM, the recipe to you.
Love,
Chithra.