Mini Strawberry Bundt Cake

Ingredients:
Butter- 1/2 cup

Sugar- 1 1/4 cup plus 2 tsp

Egg-1
Flour-2 cups

Baking powder-2 tsp
Salt-1/2 tsp
Orange Sugar-1 tbsp (rub orange zest into vanilla sugar, and let it dry in a very low oven adapted from here).

Milk-1/2 cup

Strawberries-2 cups

Method:

• Mix 1/4 cup of the flour and 2 teaspoons of the sugar into strawberries.
• Cream together sugar and butter.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Add orange sugar and beat.
• Mix thoroughly the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with milk.
• Gently mix strawberries with 1/4 cup flour. Fold into batter.
• Pour into greased Mini-Bundt tins.
• Sprinkle sugar on top. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-25 minutes.
• Let it cool completely on a wire rack.
• Enjoy!!!

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Parmesan & Macaroni Chicken Salad with Roasted Bell Pepper

A very tasty and rich salad adapted from Ria's Collection

Ingredients:
Macaroni-150gm, boiled
Chicken-100gm,boiled and shredded
Parmesan cheese- 75 gm, grated
Mayonnaise-5 tbsp
Frankfurters -2, stir fried and sliced to small pieces
Sweet corn kernals-4 tbsp
Roasted bell pepper-1, cut into bite sized pieces
Fresh cream-1/2 cup
Vinegar/lime juice- 1 tbsp
Salt and pepper-to taste
Cilantro-2 sprigs
Italian seasoning- 1tbsp

Method:

• Mix everthing togther and chill for 5-6 hours. (Adjust seasonings as per your taste).
• Serve cold.

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Apple Pancake

Recipe adapted from Pancakes Made Easy Book

Serves-2

Ingredients:
60gm (2 oz) plain flour
Pinch of salt
2 eggs, beaten
155ml (5 fl oz/ 2/3 cup) cold milk
2 tsp clarified butter, melted and cooled

Topping:
2 cooking apples
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp caster sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
5 tsp clarified butter, melted and cooled

Method:

• To make batter, stiff flour and salt into mixing bowl. Add eggs, milk and butter and beat to smooth batter. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile prepare topping. Peel, quarter, core and slice apples. Simmer gently in covered pan with cinnamon, sugar, lemon juice and 2 tsp butter for about 20 minutes.
• Stir batter and if it appears too thick after standing, beat in 1 tbsp warm water.
• Melt half remaining butter in 20cm (8in) heavy-based, non-stick frying pan until hot.
• Add half the stewed apple. Top with half the batter mixture and spread smoothly over apples. Fry for 3 minutes. Flip pancake with a plate and fry second side of pancake for about 2 minutes or until golden brown underneath.
• Turn pancake out on to warm plate and keep hot. Heat remaining butter in pan and fry second pancake in same way. Serve pancakes as they are or sprinkle with extra sugar and cinnamon. Alternatively, serve with whipped cream sweetened with honey, or scoops of vanilla ice cream.

Sending this to Priya's Pancake Event.

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Banoffee Pie Recipe (Step by Step Recipe)

Banoffee Pie, an English dessert is one of the best and easiest desserts to make. The delicious blend of rich caramel, banana and cream is simply irresistible. Please try this as I am sure you will all like it.

First make Dulce the Leche

To make Dulce the Leche put the can of condensed milk, unopened, in a large pan, cover with water, bring to boiling point and boil for 3 hours, topping up with boiling water from a kettle as needed. Ensure that the can remains covered in water, as otherwise there is a risk of the can bursting open. Remove and leave to cool completely.

To make biscuit base mix melted butter and powdered biscuit. Line a pie dish with this mixture and keep it in the fridge for some time. (For a crunchy biscuit base you can bake this for 10 minutes at 160C. I always do this :)

Open the cooled can of condensed milk, which will have turned to toffee. Spread this over the layer of biscuit.

Peel and thinly slice the bananas, and arrange in a layer over the toffee

Whip the cream until Stiff.

Spread cream over the banana layer.

Finally decorate with grated chocolate and drizzle with chocolate sauce

OR

Dust with cocoa powder using a sieve.

Now the whole recipe in one place :)



Banoffee Pie
Ingredients:
Condensed Milk-1 can (400gm)
Bananas-3nos, large
Whipped Cream-2 cups
Digestive biscuits/ Marie biscuit-200gms
Butter-100gms
Grated chocolate or Cocoa powder to decorate
Chocolate sauce to drizzle on top (optional)
Method:

• To make Dulce the Leche (pronounced dulchay the laychay), put the can of condensed milk, unopened, in a large pan, cover with water, bring to boiling point and boil for 3 hours, topping up with boiling water from a kettle as needed. Ensure that the can remains covered in water, as otherwise there is a risk of the can bursting open. Remove and leave to cool completely. You can make this ahead of time or even boil several tins at one go and store the unopened cans in the fridge for several months. This is the traditional way of making Dulce the Leche which I have tired. However, you can see other tried and tested methods of making dulce the leche in Aquadaze's place
• Mix melted butter and powdered biscuit. Line a pie dish with this mixture and keep it in the fridge for some time. (For a crunchy biscuit base you can bake this for 10 minutes at 160oC. I always do this :).
• Open the cooled can of condensed milk, which will have turned to toffee. Spread this over the layer of biscuit.
• Peel and thinly slice the bananas, and arrange in a layer over the toffee.
• Whip the cream until thick and stiff and spread over the bananas.
• Finally, decorate with grated chocolate or dust the cocoa powder on top using a sieve. Drizzle with chocolate sauce (optional).
• Enjoy!!!

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