Anu Prathap's Kitchen

Home made Butter icing for cake decoration

2013-02-26T23:22:00.001-08:00

Ingredients:

Unsalted Butter - 250gm
Icing Sugar - 250gm
Vanilla Essence - 1 teaspoon

Method:

Sieve the icing sugar and keep aside
Beat the unsalted butter until pale and light,
Slowly incorporate the sieved icing sugar little by little(1 Table spoon at a time) until well combined
Add vanilla essence and mix well again

** If you need a pure white icing, make sure your vanilla essence is a clear one, else you can omit it.
** If you are using the icing for decorating, you may add any desired food colour and the consistency of the icing can be adjusted by adding more icing sugar. For example, if you want to write on the cake with butter icing, you will need a more consistent that you need to cover a cake

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A Pic from the party

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2012-07-14T02:48:00.002-07:00

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2012-05-21T00:53:00.003-07:00

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2012-05-15T05:54:00.003-07:00

Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Brown sugar (or white)
1 egg
1/3 cup flour
1 cup creamy peanut butter

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients in a stand mixer or by using a hand mixer for 1 minute. Scrape down the bowl and mix again for 1 more minute.
Roll the dough into 1 inch balls, press gently to flatten and set them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator to allow the cookie dough to chill. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F(175-180 C).
Once the oven is ready, remove cookies from the refrigerator and bake for 12-15 minutes.
Remove the cookies from the oven Allow the cookies to completely cool on a wire rack. Enjoy!

Makes 2 dozen

Source: http://savorysweetlife.com/2010/12/peanut-butter-kiss-cookies/ ( modified the recipe and avoided the chocolate kisses )

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2012-04-24T12:40:00.001-07:00

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2012-04-24T11:59:00.000-07:00

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2012-04-11T07:48:00.002-07:00

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Eggless Custard Powder Cake

2012-04-02T07:09:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

All Purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
Vanilla flavoured Custard Powder - 3/4 cup [or Cornflour]
Baking powder - 2 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Vanilla extract - 1 1/2 tsp[if using cornflour]
Butter - 150 gms, room temperature
Milk - 1 cup

Method

Put all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Use a wooden spoon and mix well.
Add the milk and the butter and beat with the spoon until you get a smooth batter.
Pour the batter into a greased cake pan and bake at 180C for about 45 minutes - 60 minutes or till the cake is done and a skewer poked into the cake comes out clean.

** I baked 24 cupcakes with the above recipe

Source: http://www.divyascookbook.com/2010/12/eggless-custard-powder-snack-cake.html