Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Pumpkin Spice cake


This is one of the best pumpkin cakes I had and the recipe is very simple. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 Box French Vanilla cake mix
12 oz pkg of cinnamon chips
2 small boxes pumpkin spice instant pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup oil
11/2 cup water
2 tsp vanilla


Method

Grease a bundt pan.  Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl using a mixer and add the cinnamon chips at the end. Pour the mixture in the greased cake pan.


Bake at 325 for an hour.  Let the cake cook before taking it out of the pan. Enjoy!


Sunday, July 6, 2014

ChocoFlan


ChocoFlan  is a Mexical traditional dessert that became popular because of the double layer -Half chocolate cake and half flan. This is a delicious dessert that you can make it on your own.  

Ingredients

For the cake
Butter (room temperature) - 10 tbsp.
Sugar - 1 cup.
Egg - 1 
All-purpose Flour - 1 3/4 cups
Baking powder - 3/4 tsp
Baking soda - 3/4 tsp
Cocoa powder - 1/3 cup
Buttermilk - 1 1/4 cup

For the Flan
Evaporated milk - 1 (12 oz) can.
Sweetened condensed milk - 1 (14 oz) can.
Cream cheese (room temperature) - 4 oz
Eggs - 3
Vanilla extract - 1 tbsp


For Garnish
Cajeta or Caramel sauce - 1/4 cup
Chopped pecans - 1/4 cup

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Coat a bundt pan with butter and coat the bottom of the pan with 1/4 cup Cajeta or Caramel sauce. Place the bundt pan in a large roasting pan (The roasting pan will serve as a water bath during baking).


Making the cake - Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl using an electric mixer until the mixture is light and fluffy.  Combine the egg.  Sift the flour, baking powder, soda and cocoa powder and add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter-sugar-egg mixture.  Add 1/2 of the buttermilk to the egg mixture. Repeat until the flour is well incorporated.

Making the Flan - In a blender, combine the evaporated milk, condensed milk, cream cheese, eggs and vanilla. Blend the mixture on high for 30 seconds.

Pour the cake batter into the greased bundt pan and slowly pour the flan mixture over the cake batter. The batters may appear to mix when you pour them into the pan but they completely separate while baking - with the flan ending up at the bottom. 


Cover the pan with foil and add about 1-inch of hot water to the roasting pan.


Slide the roasting pan with the bundt pan into the oven and bake for an hour until the surface of the cake is firm to touch or an inserted tooth pick comes out clean.  


When the cake is done, remove from the water bath and let it cool completely for an hour.  


When the cake is cool, flip the bundt pan over a platter and scrape any Cajeta from the pan and garnish with chopped pecans.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Super crumb coffee cake


A soft, tender, easy-to-make coffee cake heavy on the crumbs! The original recipe is from Sallys Baking addiction. Enjoy!

Ingredients

All-purpose flour (maida) - 2 cups.
Sugar - 1 cup
Salt - 1 tsp
Butter - 10 tbsp (1 1/4 stick)
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Buttermilk - 3/4 cup
Brown sugar - 2/3 cup
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
Cinnamon - 2 tsp

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 9x9 square pan with butter.

Cut the butter into small pieces and combine the butter with the flour, sugar and salt in a bowl.  Whisk the mixture using a fork until the mixture resembles coarse crumble. Set aside 1 cup of the mixture.

Mix the baking powder and baking soda with the remaining flour mixture.  Add the egg, buttermilk and vanilla and beat it with a beater. Beat until the mixture is smooth, fluffy and looks like frosting.  Pour the batter into the greased pan.  Add the cinnamon and brown sugar to the reserved flour mixture.  Sprinkle the crumbs over the batter and press lightly so they stick.  


Bake the cake until the center is firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (50 minutes). Allow the cake to cool completely before serving. Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Cinnamon-swirl chocolate chip bread


This bread swirled with cinnamon sugar, topped with more cinnamon sugar tastes like cake and the texture is soft, moist and dense.  The original recipe is from Sallys Baking Addiction. Enjoy!

Ingredients

All-purpose Flour (Maida) - 2 cups
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Egg - 1 large
Brown sugar - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Buttermilk - 1 cup
Vegetable oil - 1/3 cup
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Chocolate chips - 2/3 cup

Cinnamon Sugar

Sugar - 1/3 cup
Cinnamon - 1 tsp

Method

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Making the cinnamon swirl by combining cinnamon and 1/3 cup of sugar and set it aside.

In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and set it aside.  In another bowl, whisk the egg, brown sugar and sugar until combined.  Make sure there are no lumps.  Add the buttermilk, oil and vanilla and slowly add the dry ingredients (flour mixture) to the wet ingredients.  Gently mix until they are combined with no lumps.

Pour half of the batter into a greased loaf pan. Sprinkle evenly 3/4 of cinnamon sugar mixture and pour the remaining batter on the top. Sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar on the top and yo can sprinkle some chocolate chips.

Bake the bread until a toothpick poked in the center of the bread comes out clean (50 minutes).  Allow the bread to cool completely before cutting. Enjoy!