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Xciting Xmas
goodies WITH Xmas and New Year celebrations just round the corner it is cakes ‘n’ pudding time, with even the most cautious diet followers gearing up to let go for a little while. So go ahead and try these recipes this Christmas . Christmas pudding: Ingredients 1cup freshbread crumbs 1/2cup butter 2 level tsp instant coffee 2 tsp caramel syrup 1/4 tsp soda bicarbonate |
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2 eggs 1/4 cup rum 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup chopped dates 1/2 cup chopped sultanas 1/2 tsp salt Method: Cream the butter with sugar and beat in the eggs. Mix baking powder, soda bicarbonate and all the spices, salt, chopped dry fruits, bread crumbs, rum, caramel syrup and coffee. Grease the steaming mould and pour the mixture in it. Steam for about 2 hours till set and a little firm. Serve hot with chocolate
sauce. Orange surprise: 150 gm curd 225 gm castor sugar 2 eggs 225 gm maida 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 grated orange rind Icing: 100 gm icing sugar 2-3 tsp warm water Method: Put curd in a bowl. Lightly grate and peel an orange, taking care to grate only the coloured part. Mix this orange rind and castor sugar into the curd. Beat in the eggs,alittle at a time,then,beat in the maida. Grease and line a cake tin. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for about 40-45 minutes in a preheated oven. Cool the cake for 5 minutes and then turn out of the tin and peel off the lining paper.Turn the cake right side up and leave on wire rack to cool. Cut orange peel into thin stripes.Drop these in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain and rinse in cold water,then dry. Icing:Blend icing sugar with enough warm water to give a stiff coating consistency. Using a flat knife,spread the icing over the top of the cake to give a smooth shiny finish.Let the icing set and decorate with stripes of orange rind. Dates and nuts cake Ingredients 1.5 cups maida 2 eggs 5 cup refined oil 1 cup castor sugar 1tsp baking powder 1 cup tutti frutti (finely chopped) 1 cup chopped nuts (walnut, almond cashew nuts) 2 cups chopped dates 1 tbsp ccornflour Method: Soak chopped dates in boiled water for about an hour. Drain and keep aside. Take refined oil in a vessel. Add sugar till it becomes smooth. Slowly ad the beaten eggs to this and keep on beating till it becomes light. Add a pinch of salt Sift amaida and baking powder well. Mix soaked dates and egg-sugar mixture in it and beat well. Rub cornflour on tutti-frutti and chopped nuts and add these to the cake mixture. Grease a cake tin, line it with butter paper and pour the cake mixture in it. Bake it for 40-45 minutes in a hot oven. Cool and serve. Pineapple and ginger cake Ingredients: 125 gm maida 1 tsp baking powder .5 tsp soda bicarbonate 125 gm shortening 125 castor sugar 2 eggs Topping: 1 tbsp butter 4 slices pineapple 25 gm ginger candy A few glazed cherries Method: To prepare topping: Melt butter in apan. Add shakkar and stir over low heat until it melts. Spread this mixture over the base of the lined tin. Drain the pineapple slices well. Cut them into halves and arrange on melted shakkar mixture. Cut round slices from ginger candy and arrange with pineapple slices and cherries. Sift maida, baking powder and soda in abowl. Add shortening, castor sugar and eggs and beat together with a wooden spoon till mixture is pale and fluffy. Put this mixture carefully into the tin and leval surface with a flat knife. Bake in oven for an hour. Cool it for 5 minutes and turn on to a wire rack. Butter dilruban Ingredients: 150 gm milk powder 150 gm sugar .5 cup cocoa 50 ml water 1 tbsp butter 1 packet Cadbury's Gems Method: Sieve milk powder and cocoa. Boil sugar and water in a heavy bottomed pan for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the sieved milk powder and cocoa mixture. Stir. Add butter and stir continuously, till the mixture leaves the sides. Switch off the heat. Roll with a greased rolling pin. Put on a greased tray to cool. Cut into different shapes and roll each piece in castor sugar while it is still warm and press colourful Gems in each piece. Let it cool. These can be stored in airtight tins for some days. X-mas cookies Ingredients: 250 gm flour 100 gm butter 150 gm castor sugar 50 gm semolina 1 egg yolk 25 gm almonds 5 tsp almond essence Milk to make dough Method: Sieve flour. Rub in butter till mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add sugar and suji. Add ground almonds and almond essence. Beat egg with 4 tsp of water. Add to the mixture. Make a soft dough by slowly adding milk. Roll out dough onto a lightly floured surface to a .5-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cutters. Lift each biscuit onto greased baking tray and bake in moderately hot oven for 20 minutes or till biscuits turn slightly brown. For icing: Heat 200 gm of sifted icing
sugar with 2 drops of desired food colour and 1-2 tsp of water. Spread
on the biscuits and allow it to set.
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