Posts Tagged With 'Milk'
Tres Leches, A Mexican dessert
Tres Leches, meaning three milks in Spanish. Basically a sponge cake is soaked in a mixture of three milks and topped with freshly whipped cream. The cake is extremely dense and moist due to soaking the cake in rich ingredients like whole milk, evaporated milk and condensed milk combined together.
We tried this delicacy from Whole foods, yum! Immediately it hit the list of “must try at home”. Few things I was confident about this recipe was...
Strawberry Cheesecake
This creamy strawberry cheesecake made from scratch is perfect for any special occasion! I made this for a get together and was a total hit. For this cheesecake, I used the recipe of the New York Cheese cake I previously made and did a few additions that gave completely new recipe.
The batter is made with cream cheese, strawberry purée and a little lemon for a balance of sweet and...
Sakkarai Pongal | Chakkarai Pongal
Sakkarai pongal, Another authentic south-Indian sweet. As i mentioned in my earlier post, Ven pongal, since the Pongal festival is right around the corner (Jan 14), we thought this would be the best time to post this recipe too which is a must on Pongal.
Traditionally, rice and lentil (dhal) is cooked by simmering in the milk and stirring very often. This recipe is using a pressure cooker. Making the sakkara pongal in the pressure cooker is indeed a great...
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
We wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year (2013)
Pineapple Upside down cake, the name says it all! Glistening slices of sweet and sticky caramelized pineapple on fluffy and moist white cake.
There are many versions which starts with a cake mix so you can make it blazing fast! If you are looking for one the same type.. No, this isn’t! Its made from scratch and I strongly believe in cake made from scratch are not that time-consuming and...
Carrot Halwa
A delicious and of course effort involving (grating the carrots if you don’t have a processor) sweet! If you manage to get grated carrots or get it grated from some one, Then this will be a sweet that you will be making often.
Gajar Halwa, made from fresh grated carrots, sauteed in pure ghee and cooked in milk and Khoya, garnished with nuts.
The ingredients you will need are:
Serves:...
Badam Kheer
A milk based drink with a mild nutty flavor of almonds and rich flavor of saffron.
It is rich on its own cause of the almonds that are ground and added to the milk but few tablespoon of sliced almonds fried in ghee and added finally takes it to the next level. Can be served hot as well cold.
Ingredients:
1 cup Almonds
Hot water (to soak almonds)
2 cups milk
1/4-1/3 cup sugar (adjust to...
Paal Payasam
An indispensable part of the menu on festivals, weddings or any special occasions in a South Indian home. A traditional dessert served at the end of the meal. The taste of hot payasam on a clean banana leaf is heavenly! Must in Onam Sadya and on Gokulashtami.
Ingredients you will need:
4 Cups of milk
1 cup sugar or adjust to taste
1 cup rice (sona masoori/ponni)
1/4 tsp cardamom...
Peach Cobbler
Ingredients:
1.5 cups of self rising flour
1 cup sugar
1.5 cups of milk
1/4 tsp ground Cinnamon
8 tbsp of butter (1 stick)
1 can (15oz) Peaches
If you are going to use fresh peaches:
Wash and Clean peaches. Slice them into wedges after removing the pit.
Combine the peaches(4 to 5), 1 cup sugar, and water (1 cup) in a saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from...
Blackforest cake
Black Forest is made with several layers of chocolate cake, with whipped cream and cherries between each layer. The cake is then decorated with more whipped cream, maraschino cherries and chocolate shavings.
Traditionally, Kirschwasser, a clear liquor distilled from tart cherries is added to the cake, other liquors like rum are also used. This is preparation is without alcohol, instead the...
Moist chocolate cake
Original Post: Jun 23 2012, Edited and updated: Feb 12 2015.
Its going to be very difficult for me to describe this intense chocolate cake experience in few words. It’s so good that you have to bake one and experience it yourself. I am sure, you will never get to the ingredients part if I start to describe. A few words are more than enough to know how good the cake is: moist, yum, all in one bowl, crowd puller, romantic & how come it got over...