Cooking Is Easy

My son turned 9 yesterday....as he is the star, he selected this particular cake as his birthday cake....bringing the smell of the first baked goodies of this Christmas season. Oranges are now in season and I love the orange smell of this cake with the most glossy satin icing....(which of course is my favorite icing to top it on any cake I make). I had difficulty taking pics because of the sheer glaze of the icing :). Now to the recipe....it is a simple cake  which just have orange juice instead of milk or water. The satin icing is one of the quickest and easiest icing that I have ever made....it will never go wrong.

Hershey's Black Magic Cake....is one of my favorite cake.

I know its been a while since I posted something…….with onam holidays and kids at home kept me on the toes 24/7. I made a chocolate brownie for Homey’s birthday and thought I will share it. Its amma’s age old recipe, it has curd and soda powder in it. As it was hubby dear’s birthday I topped it with chocolate satin icing, cashew nuts, and chocolate noodles. This is easy to make if using an egg beater.

Easy Chocolate cake recipe, learn how to make easy chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I love to bake cake in a pan and frost them in the pan itself; for me that is the ultimate indulgence. For a chocoholic like me, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting is guilty pleasure. I am lazy when it comes to baking a fancy cake; you know what I mean bake a 3 layer cake; frost them, pipe stars...na! I am too lazy for that now! But I am totally in love with boiled frostings that can be poured over a hot cake (my kids nor I can wait for a cake to get cool) so pourable frosting is my idea of a perfect chocolate indulgence....and easy too! If you are on a diet. I am SORRY!. But sometimes life is very complicated when it comes to chocolate and lets make everything more simple by making this easy chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Annnnnnnd!! this happens when you do not have patience to wait for the cake and the frosting to cool down...my kids (not me) are very greedy when it...

Orange cake recipe / how to make orange cake with fresh orange juice, step by step pictures. Old fashioned fresh orange cake has more of the texture of a pound cake, this citrus cake brings warmth and so much flavor, the fresh orange juice gives it a light yellow color!! and my quest for the perfect orange cake ends here!! or so :) I love orange cakes, love the citrusy orange flavor in it, like orange cake with satin icing and Donna Hay's orange cake .   what I love about this cake is the texture, soft and moist and flavorful. The texture is more that of a pound cake though, but this one is easy to make and measure, I am always a "cup" measure person...its always cups and spoons for me.....though occasional weigh ins are fine...I am mostly a volume cooking kind of person....these days, I make my own homemade butter, so I add in extra salt....I mean baking with what I have in hand is my way of relieving stress!! Okay, no stress!! Or have I read somewhere baking...

CAKES CAKES CAKES CAKES I know cakes have always been a fascination for young brides, mothers, and all women. When you see a nicely made up cake you will want to make it for your loved ones, but most of the time it does not turn out well. So I am going to tell a few things which I have learned from my experience. FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER: Basic cake is equal flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. So, if u are taking 4 eggs, flour should be 200 gm, butter 200 gm, sugar 200 gm; if you are using cocoa powder make the flour 150 gm and cocoa 50 gm. Lemon juice and grind give a nice flavour to the cake. Always cook the cocoa powder to get the dark colour; put the cocoa powder in a saucepan pour little water into it and put it on slow flame; when steam comes out, keep aside to cool. When using egg beater to mix cake always whip the egg whites first and keep aside and while separating the yolks see that yolk does not break and fall into whites and also there should not be any water in the...