Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe With Cocoa Powder

Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe with Cocoa Powder Makes about 12 large squares Adapted from here Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter (doesn't have to be room temp, isn't that awesome?) 1 cup regular white sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 eggs 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa powder 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/4 tsp baking powder A pinch of salt How I Made It: 1. Preheat oven to 350F / 180. Grease a 9" square (or round, who will know) pan. 2. Heat the butter on low flame until just melted (use the microwave or stovetop works just fine too). Stir in the sugar and vanilla. 3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the cocoa; beat well until well blended. 4. Finally, add the flour, baking powder and salt; beat well. 5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from the pan sides.
Kerala Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe

Makes one 6" cake Recipe adapted from Omana Paul Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour 1/2 cup chopped cashewnuts 1/4 cup black raisins 1/2 cup mixed dry fruits (dates, cherries, orange peels) 1 + .5 cups white sugar 2/3 cup butter, at room temperature 3 eggs 1 clove + 1 cardamom pod + small piece of cinnamon + a pinch nutmeg (pound together to powder) 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract A pinch of salt How It's Made: 1. Christmas fruit cake requires you to caramelize sugar. Don't be like me and worry about it, it's really not that hard, you just need to be careful while doing it. In a pan on medium heat, melt 1/2 cup sugar slowly. It will first melt and then turn into a dark brown goop. Keep stirring and let it turn a deep dark caramel colour. Don't let it burn. Turn off heat and add about 1/4 cup water. The sugar will harden. Turn the heat back on and slowly heat the mixture until the sugar crystals dissolve. This will take around 10 mins. Let
this cool and set aside. Pre-heat oven to 350F / 180C. 2. Add 3 tbsp flour to the dry fruits and nuts and dredge completely to coat it. This is so that they don't sink to the bottom of the batter while baking. Set aside. 3. Mix the remaining flour and baking powder, spices, and salt until well combined. 4. Beat the butter and 1 cup sugar until fluffy - about 10 mins by hand, 3-4 mins with an electric beater. Add vanilla and mix until combined. Next, add 1 egg and beat. Then add a bit of the flour mixture and fold. Likewise, alternate between the eggs and flour mixture until they are used up. 5. Add the cooled caramel and dredged fruits and gently fold in. Pour batter into a greased cake pan and smooth the top. 6. Bake for 50-55 mins until the top turns a dark brown and when a skewer inserted into the cake comes out with dry crumbs. You can start checking from 45 mins but usually in our oven, it takes up to 55 mins. The top will look like it's overdone but don't worry, make sure the inside is also completely cooked. 7. Dust with icing sugar when the cake is completely. cooled (you can also hide any cracks on top with this ;)
Microwave Chocolate Brownie Ingredients 1 cup plain flour (maida) 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 cups (250 grams) dark chocolate , chopped 1/2 cup butter , softened 1/4 cup castor sugar 1/4 cup curds (dahi) , beaten 1 tsp vanilla essence 1/2 cup walnuts (akhrot) , chopped Other Ingredients butter for greasing Method 1. Grease and line a 150 mm. (6") diameter shallow, microwave safe bowl and keep aside. 2. Sift together the flour, baking powder and soda bi-carb and keep aside. 3. In a microwave safe bowl, add the chocolate pieces and microwave on high for 1 minute. Remove and stir lightly to get a smooth mixture. Keep aside. 4. In another bowl, add the butter and castor sugar and stir with a wooden spoon till the mixture is soft and creamy. 5. Add the melted chocolate to the butter mixture and mix lightly. 6. Add the curds, vanilla essence, flour mixture and walnuts and mix lightly. 7. Pour the batter into the greased and lined dish and microwave on high for 3 minutes. 8. Reduce the temperature to 70% power and microwave for another 1 minute. Remove and keep aside. Tips 1. To grease and line is to first grease the bowl with butter or vabaspati and then line with a piece of greaseproof paper.
Chocolate Walnut Cake Recipe

Cooking time: 35 mins. Ingredients 1 cup flour 2 eggs 2 tbsp cocoa powder cup of butter cup of sugar 1 tsp baking powder cup milk 1/3 cup chopped walnuts Method 1. Pre heat the oven on convection mode at 180 degree Celsius. 2. Grease the cake tin with oil / butter 3. Sieve flour, cocoa powder, baking powder together in a bowl. Keep aside. 4. Beat butter, sugar and egg till fluffy and creamy in another bowl. 5. Slowly mix the sieved flour mixture and the beaten eggs. 6. Add milk to make smooth batter. Also add chopped walnuts to it. 7. Pour the cake batter into the greased cake dish and bake at 180 degree Celsius at lower rack for 35 40 mins. at convection mode. 8. Allow to cool. Garnish with icing and fresh fruits of your choice. Note: 1. Preheating of oven is very important 2. To avoid a dry or dehydrated cake ensure that the cake batter is of a thinner ribbon consistency i.e. the batter should fall f from a height in a ribbon shape. 3. You can adjust the consistency by adding more milk.
Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients: Plain flour - 250 gms Baking powder - 1 tsp Baking soda - 1 tsp Salt - 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp Nutmeg powder - 1/4 tsp Bananas - 3 ripe, peeled
Eggs - 3 Brown sugar - 250 gms Butter or margerine - 250 gms Hot milk - 2 tbsp Raisins - 1 tbsp Juice of half a lemon Lemon zest - 1/2 tsp Method: 1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. 2. Beat the bananas in a mixie at moderate speed till well mashed, then beat in the eggs, sugar and butter. Pour into a large bowl. 3. Fold the dry ingredients gradually into the banana mixture, using a spatula and alternately adding the hot milk. 4. Stir in the raisins, lemon juice and lemon zest. 5. Spoon the batter into a greased loaf tin that is lined with butter paper and bake in a preheated oven at 180C/350F for about 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean, when inserted in the center of the loaf. Tip: Use very ripe bananas to get the correct flavour.

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Basic Chocolate Brownie Recipe with Cocoa Powder Makes about 12 large squares Adapted from here Ingredients:

Kerala Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe

Chocolate Walnut Cake Recipe

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