Srav’s Culinary Concepts turns ‘3’!!! With Coffee Cake

Three Cheers for Three Years!!!! I am celebrating three years of blogging and I am totally overwhelmed with this journey J

A Big Thanks to everyone who supported me in my journey of blogging and many thanks to all my blogger friends for all the encouragement with your valuable suggestion.

Celebration is not complete without sweets & treats. So here is a sweet treat ‘Coffee Cake’ for this wonderful fest.

Coffee Cake is a simple sweet moist rich cake usually made with nuts and spices. This Coffee cake with its rich crumble topping tastes great as a morning treat with a cup of coffee.

Mango CheeseCake

Mango CheeseCake is always fantasized me as I didn’t have it anywhere. So I was wondering how it could taste. This is my first trial of a cheesecake and it came out so well. As the season of mango is in and I am all set that I made this dessert.

My love for mango cannot be frazzled enough and tried this scrumptious cake which tasted so heavily. This recipe doesn't require any baking.

Its light silky texture, smooth creamy is fun to make and tastes so delicious which impresses everyone and everyone will surly ask for another lovely bite!!

Pound Cake

Happy Mother’s Day !!

Moms are the sweetest gift from god to us.They are so lovable and fill our hearts with love and laughter. Mummy you are the best. Love you !!

For this Mother’s day I made Pound Cake which is one of my Mom’s favorite dish.

Pound Cake is a soft buttery cake with a lovely golden brown crust. This is the most basic cake which is prepared by flour,butter,eggs and sugar.

Eggless Mango Cake

This weekend I bought new baking pans and I was very keen to bake some cake. Then taught of baking an eggless mango cake which I tried couple of months back but could not post the recipe which I bookmarked from ChefInyou.

This Mango Cake was so moist and scrummy. The cardamom powder to it adds great fragrance and nice flavor to cake. I love its color and its taste is splendid.

Apple Upside Down Cake

Couple of days back I had bunch of apples lying in my fridge then I decided to bake a cake. Immediately a thought came to my mind is Apple Upside Down Cake the recipe which I bookmarked from Vardhini’s blog.

There is something special about an upside down cake. I and my husband loved this cake a lot !! Delectable one !!

I was so excited baking this Cake as this is my first effort trying upside down cake. It came out so perfect.

Velvet Cake with Fondant Pink Roses – Valentine Special

Happy Valentine’s Day to All My Friends, Bloggers & Readers.

Valentine Day is full of love, roses, chocolates…

For this Valentine I taught to make the most admired red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting but unfortunately I got so much project work to complete in this weekend…. Ahh !! However yesterday evening took a break from my work and taught to bake something special to my darling hubby.

And I made these cute heart shapes velvet cakes and one more beautiful thing for this cake guess what !! Yes those pretty pink roses.

I love pink and I & my hubby loved those sweet roses. 

Srav’s Culinary Concepts Turns One!! With Coconut Cake

Srav’s Culinary Concepts turns one today.  Woohoo !!!! 

It’s amazing it has been one year since I started my blog. 365 days of pleasant memories because of all of you, my dear readers, food blog friends and family.

Many things have been changed since my first post. I never expected I would gain so much from writing a blog. I learnt so many varieties, writing about 110 recipes, conducting events.

Chocolate Fudge Cake -- Merry Christmas

Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle All the Way !!!

Wishing all my Friends, Bloggers, Readers and Family A Merry Christmas !!

Hope everyone are having wonderful Christmas celebrations Eve and great holidays with your loved ones,laughter,joy,cookies & cakes .


We did put our Christmas tree up yesterday and did all the decoration. I love the twinkling lights and ornaments that brighten the tree.


On the baking front prepared this Chocolate Fudge Cake with Chocolate Frosting. This is my first fudge cake and it came out so wonderful !! Loved it !! used butterscotch chips for decorating the cake.


Ingredients:


All purpose Flour - 1 1/2 cups
Dark Brown Sugar - 3/4 cup
Semi Sweet chocolate chips - 2 oz

Baking Powder - 1 tbsp
Butter - 3/4 cup
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Milk - 1 tbsp
Eggs - 3 no
Butterscotch chips (optional)


Frosting


Semi sweet chocolate chips - 3 1/2 oz
Milk - 1 tbsp
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Butter - 1/4 cup

Preparation

• In a saucepan set over low heat, or in a microwave, melt together the chocolate and milk, stirring till smooth. 
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then add the flour, brown sugar, vanilla extract, baking powder and mix well till smooth and fluffy.
• Fold them into the chocolate mixture.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
• Pour the mixture into the greased round cake pan
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until the toothpick is inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 mins before removing from cake pan

• For chocolate frosting in a microwave safe bowl add chocolate chips, butter, milk and vanilla extract and heat for 2 mins.
• Stir well until smooth.
• Take a spoon of the frosting into a big heap on the top of the cake.
• Spread the frosting towards the edges of the cake.
• Place the  butterscotch chips on top of the frosting. 

Orange Pound Cake

This is a nice basic pound cake which I prepared last weekend came out so well. It was soft and light cake with perfect texture and beautiful color.

Used all natural orange flavor to make this pound cake which was rich in citrus flavor. I used orange icing to decorate.  Easy to make and it is perfect for summer picnics.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour – 1 ½ cup

Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Sugar - ½ cup

Orange juice – ¼ cup

Orange Zest – 1 tsp

Melted Unsalted butter – ¼ cup

Milk – ¼ cup

Eggs – 2 no

Preparation

• In a mixing bowl take sugar, eggs, melted butter and mix well till it forms smooth mixture.
• To this add vanilla extract, baking powder, orange juice, orange zest and mix well.
• Now add all purpose flour and mix well till the mixture turns smooth.
• Add milk to it and combine well.
• Preheat the oven for 350 F
• Meanwhile grease the round baking pan with butter.
• Pour batter into the greased pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes or till a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Place on a rack to cool, slice and serve at room temperature.
• Can use chocolate sauce or powdered sugar or any fruit icing to decorate it. 

Sending this to Celebrate Sweets - Cakes hosted by Sonia originally started by Nivedita.

Banana Bread

Banana Bread is a type of bread that is full of mashed over-ripe bananas and nuts.

I saw this recipe on Food Network a couple of days back. Tried out this weekend and it came out so well.

This is a sweet, cake- like quick bread made with all purpose flour, sour cream, bananas and walnuts. This is high in protein and has true flavor of banana in each bite. The sour cream makes this one so moist and it melts in your mouth.

When we pull this banana bread from oven the golden brown crust is crisp and although the crust softens once the bread is stored, its wonderful moist texture and sweet flavor remains together.

Ingredients:

Ripe Bananas Mashed – 1 cup

Melted Unsalted butter - ¼ cup

Sour Cream – ½ cup

Eggs – 2 no

Sugar – ¾ cup

All Purpose Flour – 2 cups

Salt a pinch

Vanilla extract – 1 ½ tsp

Baking soda – 1 tsp

Baking powder – ½ tsp

Walnuts chopped – 1 cup

Preparation

• Mash the bananas with fork.
• In a small bowl add sugar, eggs, melted unsalted butter and beat for few minutes until light and fluffy.
• Now add vanilla extract, mashed bananas, baking soda, baking powder, sour cream and mix well.
• Add all purpose flour and mix very well until fluffy.
• Fold in the nuts.

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Lightly grease a loaf pan with 1 tsp of butter.
• Pour the batter into the loaf pan
• Bake for 1 hour or until bread turns light brown and bounces back to touch.
• Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
• Serve warm or at room temperature. 

Sending this to Bookmarked recipes hosted by aipi and to Heart and Soul hosted by Swathi

Chocolate chip pound cake with Chocolate glaze

This cake is delicious moist chocolate cake with a glossy chocolate glaze. This is prepared by beating butter with sugar until fluffy stirring with eggs and flour.

We can serve this cake plain or with chocolate glaze or fruit jam either way it is delicious. . It really turned out beautifully. I love the crispy crust formed around this pound cake. Dotted with chips and topped with a chocolate glaze, it is absolutely divine.

Here is the recipe of this soft and lip-smacking chocolate pound cake.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour – 2 cups

Butter – ½ cup

Eggs – 2 no

Vanilla extract – ½ tsp

Baking powder – 2 tsp

Baking soda – ½ tsp

Semisweet chocolate chips – ¾ cup

Sour cream – 1 cup or 8 ounces

Chocolate Glaze

Semisweet chocolate chips – ¼ cup

Butter – 2 tsps

Whole Milk – ½ cup

Vanilla extract – ½ tsp

Preparation

• In a bowl mix butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.
• Add eggs beating well after each addition.
• Add vanilla extract, baking powder and baking soda and mix well.
• Combine all purpose flour and add sour cream and beat well.
• Add chocolate chips and mix well.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees

• Pour the mixture into a greased round cake pan.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 mins before removing from cake pan
• For chocolate glaze in a microwave safe bowl add chocolate chips, butter, whole milk and vanilla extract and heat for 2 mins.
• Stir well until smooth in between.
• Drizzle this chocolate glaze over cake.

Sending to Maniac Meatless Mondays which is hosted by Rebecca Jean and Meatless Mondays which is hosted by Chaya of My Sweet and Savory  and Heart and Soul Hop hosted by Swathi of Zesty South Indian Kitchen