Simple and Delicious !

I am in the infancy of baking and never thought I could post a cake picture and recipe in my blog within a short time. I hope the baking experts here can tell me whether it is "good-looking" or not. However the taste was wonderful. The zebra cake which I tried out is coming from my friend Farida's Azerbaijani Cook Book, and of course the photo is also from her, mine was not beautiful as the original. It was Jeena, who helped me to try out new cake recipes, even sent step by step pictures and patiently answered all my queries. Thanks to Jeena and Farida for your help..



Click here for Farida's Zebra Cake Recipe.



Sponge Cake Ingredients and Method
Maida /All purpose flour 2 cups
baking powder 2 tsp
milk 1/2 cup
sugar 1 cup
pure ghee or butter 5 Tbsp
strawberry cream 1 1/2 Tbsp
vanilla essence 1 tsp
eggs 2



First beat sugar and ghee with eggs. Add the remaining ingredients and beat until fluffy.Preheat oven. Grease baking pan.Bake about 40 minutes in 175 degree C. This may vary in different types of ovens. I don't have much instructions to tell you.. :)

Easy Cookies for beginners from a beginner.. :) These cookies tasted like the tiny yellow egg biscuits that available in bakeries of Kerala.

Ingredients
Maida / All purpose flour 1 1/2 cups
sugar 3/4 cup
baking powder 1 tsp
vanilla 1/2 tsp
pure ghee 2 Tbsp
salt 1 pinch
egg 1



Method
Beat / blend sugar and ghee. Add egg and blend it again. Add the remaining ingredients and make a dough. If you find the flour is not enough (too soft to form dough), add little more spoons. This depends on the size of the egg used. Keep the prepared dough in the fridge. Better keep it overnight. Preheat oven for 15 minutes.
Take the dough out . Make small balls and press it between palms.(Or use a cookie cutter).Let them have 1/4 inch thickness. Grease baking sheet with little oil, place the prepared cookies on it, bake it for 15 minutes in 180 degrees. Check and if the bottom side is slightly brown take it out and let it cool..

Sent to the "Yellow food event" hosted by kochtopf.twoday.net on International women's day!