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Pea Sprout & Fenugreek Sprout Stir Fry

2012-03-13T14:55:00.000+08:00

Few days ago I bought some pea sprouts; anyway I haven’t cooked it before. While searching for a recipe, I found this Sprout Stir Fry recipe from Recipelion & thought of trying it. Anyway I have done some changes to original recipe as of ingredients I had. As an addition I added some fenugreek sprouts & taste was so good.Also I used some rice wine to get the flavour.

Fenugreek sprouts are homemade using 2 tbspn seeds & it took about 2 days to get the sprouts. And I noticed that the bitter taste is lower in fenugreek sprouts than in seeds.

Finally here is my recipe for Pea Sprout Stir fry.

Ingredients

2 cups pea sprouts

2 tbspn fenugreek sprouts

2 tbspn light soy sauce

2 tbspn Rice wine (Optional)

1 tspn corn flour dissolved in 4 tbspn water

1 tbspn cooking oil

2 tspn minced ginger & garlic paste

Method

In a cup, mix soy sauce & rice wine together & keep aside.

Wash & clean the pea sprouts well.

Heat oil in a pan over high heat. Once oil is hot, add ginger garlic paste.

Stir fry for few seconds until get good aroma.

Then add pea sprouts & Fenugreek seed sprouts. Mix well & stir fry for about 1 minute.

Now add the mix of soy sauce & rice wine & mix well.

In medium flame, add the corn flour mix.

Mix well & allow the mix to become thicker. But don’t over cook.

Remove from the flame.

Serve hot.

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Mango & Yoghurt Parfait AND celebrating the 1st Blog Anniversary

2012-03-12T10:50:00.002+08:00

Today my Blog turns into 1 year old. I can’t believe how much I have changed within this year. I have found a lot of friends via this Blog whom all are interested in same subject.

I could explore different cuisine & could learn cooking much better. I could do my daily cooking happily because of the Blog.

These all things are because of all of your comments & encouraging words. Thanks dear friends & hope to see you around my Blog in future too.

My exam date is almost near & I don’t do much cooking this days. Therefore I want to share this easy Mango Parfait recipe with all of you.

Thanks again for being around ‘Food Corner’. Your comments always make me happy & joyful!!

Parfaits are very easy to prepare .This mango parfait is very tasty with the flavor of yoghurt.

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

2 cups vanilla non fat yoghurt

1 cup mango puree

1 cup good quality granola

Method
Add a layer of vanilla yoghurt into the bottom of the glass.
Then add a layer of mango puree on top of this.
Again add a yogurt layer. Repeat this according to the glass height.
Garnish with granola.
Instead of granola, some crushed wafers can be used

Serve & Enjoy!!

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Decorating Challenge #4

2012-03-08T15:02:00.000+08:00

Here we are in Decorating Challenge #4.

From this month onwards, the event will be a monthly event, but it will be posted on every Monday. Therefore there will not be a special roundup post.

As a start,I posted this a little bit earlier. :)

Here are the simple rules to join with the event.

1) Event Duration –Monthly

2) Theme for this month – Anything goes (cakes, cookies, cupcakes, cake pops etc any sweet decorated)

3) Simply link any number of New or achieved posts related with the theme.

4) Give a back link to this event or share the event badge with a link in your blog or events list.

5) Please be generous to visit others & encourage them with nice comments.

6) At the end of the month I will feature the most viewed posts.

7) Contact me via slfoodcorner@yahoo.com if you have any problem to link.

I can't wait until I see your decorations for this month!!!

Decorating Challenge - #3 Valentine's Day Ideas (Roundup)

2012-03-08T14:25:00.007+08:00

Thanks a lot for participating with last month’s event.

Here are the featured posts (most viewed) from last month’s Decorating Challenge.

Box of Chocolates

Made From Scratch Strawberry Cupcakes

Rose Cake Pops

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Below are the all posts linked to the events & hope to see your participation this month too...

Midweek Fiesta #18

2012-03-07T12:18:00.002+08:00

Now we are in Midweek Fiesta #18.Thanks a lot to all who participated last week.

There were lots of recipes linked during last week. All the collection can be viewed here.

Here are the Featured posts from last week.

Pancetta and Cheese Scones

Caramel Apple Pie

Oatmeal Cookies

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Here are the simple rules to participate with Midweek Fiesta

1. Simply link one or more of your favorite recent or some old post using the linky tool (not only recipes, but tips, ideas etc too)

2. Link to the original post, not to your blog.

3. Visit at least one Blog from the list & check/comment their work.

4. Give a back link to this post or show the event badge somewhere in your blog or events list.(code is shown is right side)

No much rules,isn't it ? :)

If you host a weekly/monthly event/linky party, please link it with my event calendar- Food Blog Events.

Optional

Follow me here or in Facebook page and leave a comment,I will follow you back. :)

Please note featured posts & some linked recipes will be shared with Food Corner Facebook page with a link to your blog post.(time to time within the week)

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Sri Lankan Sago Dessert with Fruit Flavour

2012-03-06T16:10:00.003+08:00

Sago is with full of starch or carbohydrates, but low in fat, protein or other vitamins. It is good when you are sick as it boosts energy & easy to digest. In Sri Lanka, sago is used as a herbal remedy to treat ailments resulting from body heat. This sago dessert is from Sri Lanka and it is good to have time to time to cool the body.

However in Sri Lankan traditional sago dessert does not include fruit juices. I tried it with fruit juices as an experiment and it was a success.

Here is the recipe

Ingredients( 4-5 servings)

1 cup Sago pearls

2 cups Water

1 cup Thick coconut milk

3 tbspn Sugar or as per taste (I use less sugar)

1 cup Fruit juice/puree of choice (optional)

Method

Heat water in a pan.

Add sago pearls & bring to boil.

Remember to stir continuously to avoid sticking sago at the bottom of the pan.

Once sago is boiled, add thick coconut milk & stir.

Add sugar to taste.

Adjust water if you want it thinner.

Serve hot or chilled.

Above recipe gives a plain sago dessert like this.

However I tried adding fruit flavour to it.

After cooking plain sago, pour it into few bowls & mix with fruit juices. I mixed each portion with mango puree & water melon juice

Adding fruit juice not only gave the flavour, it gave a very colorful dessert too.

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Easy Microwaved Potato Chips

2012-03-05T07:25:00.003+08:00

This is a very easy recipe; however it is not suitable for more servings. Because it will consume time as we have to repeat the procedure in few batches.

Ingredients (1 serving)

1 medium size potato

Pinch of chili powder

Pinch of salt

A drop of oil (optional)

Method

Wash & peel the skin of potato.

Slice into thin slices.

Mix chili & salt with potato slices.

If you use oil, mix it with the potato slices.(optional)

Place them in a microwavable dish.

Microwave in ‘high’ for 2 minutes.

Then turn the slices to other side.

Microwave for another 1 minute in ‘high’. (if chips are not done, change the timing accordingly, however this is the cooking time for me)

Repeat the same procedure if any potato slices are available.

Chips are ready to serve.

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Hot & Spicy Treats #1 - Roundup

2012-03-04T19:55:00.001+08:00

Thanks dear all who linked up with the event. I could see a good number of spicy treats from many cuisines. Here is the roundup with few featured posts according to most viewed by others.

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Sri Lankan Raw Jackfruit Curry (Kiri Kos Maluwa)

2012-03-02T22:15:00.004+08:00

I can say Jackfruit is only second to rice for Sri Lankans. Rice is the staple food. After that we use jackfruit in different way in our food. We have different recipes using jackfruit from its young stage, to mature jackfruit to ripen fruit.

If I talk about me, Jackfruit is my all-time favourite in any type of recipe. After I left Sri Lanka, I couldn’t eat this curry but I could find very young stage fruit (polos) sometimes. I was really & badly missing the taste of this curry. Last month my brother visited me & when my mother asked me what I need, I told some other things, but not about this. Reason is I know it is very difficult to remove seeds & pack. But another day when I talked with her, I just shared that I haven’t tasted this for more than 4 years.(Reason is when we visit Sri Lanka, it is not the season for mature fruit.)She already knows that I like this because in my childhood, I always ate more jackfruit with less rice if she cooked this. (And I didn’t touch any other curries :) )

Finally I received a parcel of raw jackfruit from Sri Lanka with her love. Among all other work & among all others around her telling that this jackfruit may spoil once I receive them; she had prepared the parcel alone. And it is a big portion which we could eat several times keeping in the freezer.(upto 2 weeks)

So here is my favourite raw jackfruit curry (Kiri kos maluwa) & I cooked it reminding how she cooked it. And yes, I had more curry with less rice after a long time.... :)

After I saw the event ‘For u mom’, I wanted to post this recipe. I want to appreciate Nupur’s attempt for organizing an event for us to post a recipe dedicated to mum….

Main Ingredients

About 3 cups raw jackfruit

2-3 green chilis sliced

1 medium sized onion sliced

1 tsp mustard seed

2 sprigs curry leaves

Piece of rampa (pandan leaf)

1/2 tsp turmaric powder

1 tsp raw curry powder

½ tsp fenugreek seeds

About 1 inch piece cinnamon stick

1cup thick coconut milk

1-2 cups think coconut milk

1 tsp of mustard seeds grinded into paste

salt to taste

For seasoning

1-2 tbspn cooking oil

1 sprig curry leaves

1 small onion sliced

1-2 red dry chilies crushed to pieces

Method

Remove seeds from jackfruit. Clean & wash.Cut into thin strips.

Remove the skin of few seeds & cut them into small pieces.

Mix all main ingredients with jackfruit (other than thick coconut milk, mustard seeds paste & ingredients for seasoning)

Add thin coconut milk & mix well.Adjust some water if required.

Cover with a lid & cook in medium heat for about 15 minutes or until jackfruit is well cooked. (Do not open the lid at least until 10 minutes, so that jackfruit will cook evenly,but remember to add enough water to prevent drying it faster)

Once it is cooked, add thick coconut milk & mix well.

Reduce the flame to low, adjust salt & add ground mustard paste. Mix well & allow simmer.

Meanwhile heat another pan & prepare the seasoning.(heat oil & add all ingredients under seasoning.Fry until fragrant)

Mix the seasoning to the curry ,mix well & remove from flame.

Serve hot with rice & curry.

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Because it is my favourite curry, sharing with I am the star

Vegan Diet-Only Plant Based

Hot & Spicy Treats - March (Theme -Festive Food)

2012-03-01T10:28:00.000+08:00

Thanks everybody who participated with the previous event. March is a start of many festivals among different traditions. Even in Sri Lanka, we celebrate our Sinhala & Hindu New Year during the month of April.

Therefore I thought of selecting the theme for this month as ‘Festive Food’.

I hope you will join this time too with Hot & spicy treats related with monthly theme.

Here are the Rules for the event.

1) Event duration 1^st March– 31^st March

2) This month theme –Festive Food. Any hot, sour, spicy treats are accepted (Curry,rice,pickles,snacks etc etc anything festive)

3) Link any no of veg or non veg posts using the link tool provided.

4) A link to this event announcement is mandatory & usage of logo is highly appreciated.

5) Entries should be posted during the event period.Archieved entries can be linked if they are re-posted & updated with a link to this announcement.

Hope to see a good collection of entries from you.

I cant wait until I see your entries!!

Enjoy this event!!

Have a nice day!!

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*Leave me a comment if you become a follower of Food Corner, so I can follow you back.

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Midweek Fiesta #17

2012-02-29T11:01:00.000+08:00

Now we are in Midweek Fiesta #17.Thanks a lot to all who participated last week.

There were lots of recipes linked during last week. All the collection can be viewed here.

Here are the Featured posts from last week.

Cucumber, Strawberry and Tomato Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Pineapple Icecream Cake

Shopping The Food Clearance Rack

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Nepali Cucumber Salad

2012-02-28T15:48:00.000+08:00

I have never tried or tasted any Nepali food before. Anyway the event ‘Flavours of Nepal’ made me curious to search for Nepali cuisine. I found this Cucumber Salad is interesting & tried it. Really it was delicious.

Recipe source:http://jugalbandi.info/2010/02/mustard-trilogy-3-nepali-cucumber-salad/

Ingredients

1 Medium size cucumber

1 tbspn sesame seeds

½ tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp mustard seeds

2 green chili cut lengthwise

½ tspn fenugreek seeds

A pinch of turmeric powder

A pinch of chili powder

1-2 tbspn cooking oil

Salt to taste

Method

Wash & slice cucumber lengthwise.Squeeze to remove excess water.Keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan & add all ingredients other than cucumber & lime juice.

Once aromatic, toss the dressing over cucumber.

Add 1 tsp lemon juice.

Mix well & serve.

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Linking with Gimme GREEN event

Sambal Eggs

2012-02-28T12:40:00.002+08:00

Sambal egg is one of my favourite Malay dish when I eat from outside. Once I tried to cook this but I couldn’t get the correct appearance & taste. Last week I saw a linked post to my ongoing event Hot & Spicy treats from Daily-Cuppa blog. By seen the recipe, I wanted to try it again & it came out nicely.

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients (for 2 servings)

2 hardboiled eggs

Ingredients to blend together

2-3 tbspn red chili flakes (or dried chili)

1 medium size onions sliced
2-3 garlic cloves sliced

1 tsp. belachan (shrimp paste)

1 tsp. salt (or to taste)

Other ingredients

1 tsp. tamarind pulp, dissolve in 1/4 cup hot water.
1 Tbls. Sugar

2-3 Tbs. oil to fry

Method

Blend all ingredients (under blending ingredients) together & keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan & fry the eggs until golden brown. Remove & keep aside.

Then add blended ingredients to the heated oil.

Fry for about 5-6 minutes until oily appearance comes out.

Stir well over low flame and add tamarind juice and sugar. Cook for another few minutes until the mixture becomes thick.

Pour this mix over the fried eggs.

Serve hot.

This goes to my ongoing event -Hot & Spicy Treats

Linked to event -Egg Recipes

Sri Lankan Pancakes (Coconut Stuffed Pancakes)

2012-02-26T14:27:00.004+08:00

This is a sweet from Sri Lanka which is more suitable for tea time.
Pancakes are stuffed with a mixture of coconut & sugar. Also it doesnt take much time to prepare this.

Ingredients (for about 7-8 pan cakes)

For Pancakes

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg – beaten

¼ tsp baking powder
Pinch of turmeric (optional)
salt to taste
1/2 cup coconut cream(milk)

For Filling:

1/2 cup grated coconut.

About 3 tbspn of brown sugar (or to taste)

1 green cardamom crushed.

Salt & Pepper to taste(optional)

Method:

Sift flour & baking powder together.

Add beaten egg & whisk well.Gradually add milk and make a batter.

Adjust salt & add a pinch of turmeric.

Whisk well & keep the batter aside for about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the filling.

Dissolve sugar in 2-3 tbspn water. Bring this sugar water mixture to boil in a pan in medium heat.

Then add the grated coconut & cardomom & mix well. Adjust salt & pepper (optional)

Keep aside to cool.

Making the Pancakes:

Before making the pancake, strain the batter to avoid any lumps. This will give smooth pancakes.

Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat for about 1 minute & coat it with a drop of cooking oil.

Once it is hot, spoon some batter on it & swirl the pan to distribute it evenly & to make a round shape.

Cook until lightly brown.

Remove to a plate.

Immediately spread about a spoon of filling onto cooked pan cake.

Then roll it.

Repeat with the remaining batter.

Serve hot & enjoy!!

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My first ever try of Baking & Decorating a Birthday Cake

2012-02-23T10:49:00.001+08:00

Ok, I want to say I am just a beginner for cakes & cupcakes and I started to learn baking & decorating few months ago. Anyway I didn’t get any chance to bake a cake for anybody.

As my niece visited me last month & as she celebrated her birthday with us, I purposely planned to bake & decorate her cake at home. Anyway it was not very neat & tidy as we buy a cake from outside. Also it consumed some time & I found few mistakes I did. Basically I am not satisfied with the appearance of the cake. It is not very neat as I wanted.

Before going to the cake, here are the mistakes I did.

I am not an expert & this is my 1^st time of baking a cake for some other’s Birthday. But I didn’t prepare ahead. So I found that I didn’t have enough time to do the finishes nicely.

Not only the cake, I had to prepare lunch & some other food for the party. But I started everything in the same day.

Anyway, by spending 5-6 hours continuously, I could come up with this cake & some other food for the party including baking the cake.

Our theme for the Birthday party was ‘Pink & Yellow’. Therefore I decided to decorate the cake using both colours.

Here is how I did,

For the cake

I baked a small size simple butter cake(top part). Recipe can be found here.

The bottom part is a Cake dummy. The reason for not baking a big cake is that we didn’t have guests other than family members. So this is my plan to not to waste or not to have left over cakes.

Decorating the cake

I used buttercream icing.

First I wrapped the cake dummy with a plastic wrap in order to prevent patches from food colouring or icing.

I treated the dummy as a real cake & applied the first layer of Pink icing. Kept it in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile I covered the Baked Butter cake (which is already cooled on the wire rack) with yellow buttercream icing. After applying the icing, I transferred it into the fridge & took the dummy out.

I kept the dummy on the cake board which I am going to use.

Then using a spatula, I tried to make the icing layer thinner & neat. I used a cup of hot water & put the spatula in it before using for the decoration. This made it easier to apply icing evenly.

Then I took the butter cake out from the fridge and kept on top of the dummy.

Continued with decorating.

I used the star tip for almost all the decoration & it was simple.

However I was running out of time & I had to finish it.Sprinkled some colourful sprinkles on top of the cake.

I could see some mistakes on the cake, but had to finish it.

Finally I found that I haven’t plan for writing any wishes or words on the cake. But according to my choice I couldn’t find a place on the cake to write any word. Instead I used a Ribbon bow on the dummy part of the cake.

Anyway we had a good time with our niece. She celebrated her 2^nd Birthday with her Aunt’s cake.

It was a garden party & I forced my brother & sister in law to dress matching with the colours ‘Pink & Yellow’. :)

And finally,

Here is the Photo of the Day!!! :)

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Midweek Fiesta #16

2012-02-22T09:53:00.001+08:00

Now we are in Midweek Fiesta #16.Thanks a lot to all who participated last week.

There were lots of recipes linked during last week. All the collection can be viewed here.

Here are the Featured posts from last week.

Leftover Oatmeal Bread

Cultured Ketchup

Paneer Ka Chilla

Yogurt Chicken Masala

Strawberry Coconut Rice Pudding

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Cardomom & Coconut Pulao Rice

2012-02-19T17:37:00.001+08:00

This rice is tasty specially because of shredded coconut & this is very easy to prepare.

Ingredients (serves 2)

2 cups basmati or long grained rice

Cooking Oil

1 large onion, sliced

1 sprig of curry leaves

1 cinnamon stick

2-3 green cardamom pods

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

Handful of cashew

Handful of Raisins

Salt to taste

2-3 tbspn shredded/grated coconut

Method

Wash rice & allow to drain water.

Heat about 3 tbspn oil in a pan.Fry sliced onion until golden brown & transfer to a paper towel to drain oil. Same way fry curry leaves.

After removing onion & curry leaves; add cinnamon stick, cardamom & cumin seeds. Fry them. Then add washed rice together with cashew & raisins.

Mix well & cook for about 1 minute or until rice is well coated with oil.

Now add required water & salt & bring rice to boil. In this stage, you can transfer rice to rice cooker.

Meanwhile, toast shredded coconut in a pan until golden brown.

Once the rice is done, mix fried onion, curry leaves & toasted coconut.

Serve hot.

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Midweek Fiesta #15

2012-02-15T07:54:00.000+08:00

Wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day!! If you like to join with the Valentine's Linky party,Please check here...

Now we are in Midweek Fiesta #15.Thanks a lot to all who participated last week.

There were lots of recipes linked during last week. All the collection can be viewed here.

Here are the Featured posts from last week.

Lemon Pie Cookie Bites

Camouflage Cupcake Sandwiches

Mini Cheesecakes

Guilt Free Raspberry Cheesecake Bars

Mini Nutella-Frangelico Cheesecake Bites

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Here are the simple rules to participate with Midweek Fiesta

1. Simply link one or more of your favorite recent or some old post using the linky tool (not only recipes, but tips, ideas etc too)
2. Link to the original post, not to your blog.
3. Visit at least one Blog from the list & check/comment their work.
4. Appreciate using of my logo & a link to this post.
5. Follow me here or in Facebook page. :)
6. Please note featured posts & some linked recipes will be shared with Food Corner Facebook page with a link to your blog post.(time to time within the week)
7.If you have a facebook page,pl share a link or a recent post with Food Corner Facebook page ,I would love to join with your page.

Be sure to follow back any of follower you gained from Midweek Fiesta. :)

If you host a weekly/monthly event/linky party, please link it with my event calendar- Food Blog Events.

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Have a nice day!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

2012-02-14T10:23:00.000+08:00

Happy Valentine's day to all of you!!

Here is my collection of hearts!! How about you??

Mango Mousse

Bento with Love

Mini Cake Bites

Heart Shaped Buttercake

Mini Heart Cakes

Chocolate Cupcakes

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Here are the linked entries so far....

Chocolate Cupcakes

2012-02-13T14:07:00.008+08:00

I prepared these cupcakes for my hubby’s Birthday. At first I didn’t want to publish the recipe as I posted few cake recipes recently. Anyway because it is almost Valentine’s Day & these are matching with the theme, I finally decided to post the recipe.

Earlier I had a plan to bake a cake for his birthday, but I couldn’t find much free time as my exam date is almost near. These cupcakes didn’t get much of my time & the method I used to decorate is so simple & interesting.

Here is the recipe for basic chocolate cupcakes.

Ingredients (6 nos)
75 g Butter in room temperature
75g sugar
75g flour sieved
1 eggs in room temperature
1 tbspn cocoa powder
1 tsp Baking powder
½ tsp vanilla essence

Method
Preheat oven for 350F.Line the baking pan with cupcake liners.
In a bowl combine flour, cocoa powder & baking powder, swift them & keep aside.
Beat butter & sugar together in low speed for 2 minutes. Then gradually add egg for this mixture and mix in high speed for about 2 minutes until the batter become smooth.
Then add vanilla essence,
Also gradually add flour while beating.
Once it becomes a smooth batter, fill the cupcake liners with batter. Fill upto ¾ of the cup.
Bake for about 20 to 25 mins or until a tooth pick inserted to cake comes out clean.

Decorating

I used stencil method to decorate these cupcakes. Major reason is I want to control sugar consumption & I found this method while browsing.

The other reason is this method is quick & easy .Also no much utensils to clean :)

First I cut heart shapes using a paper.(A cookie cutter was helpful to draw it faster)
Then kept all hearts on top of cupcakes.

Sift some icing sugar on them.

Remove the stencil carefully.

Yes, they were decorated!!
And more excitingly, he enjoyed the taste of them as the cupcakes were not very sweet after decorating.

Goes to event Decorating Challenge-Valentine's Day Ideas

Linking with,
Theme Baker's Sunday

Monday events linked here

Wednesday Events
Lets cook for Valentine's (Chocolate/Hearts)
Cakes,cookies & Desserts

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Mini Heart Shaped Cakes

2012-02-12T00:48:00.007+08:00

I loved making these cakes. I selected heart shape as it is almost Valentines Day. The method was so simple.

Here is my recipe:

Ingredients

1 cake recipe (I used a simple butter cake)

Strawberry Jam

1 cup Buttercream icing

Special equipment

Small heart shaped cookie cutters

Method

First pre heat the oven & make the cake according to the recipe. I prepared a butter cake & shared the recipe here.

After the cake is done, allow to cool it completely for about 20 minutes. Then wrap with a plastic wrap & freeze for about 1 hr. This will make it easier to cut the cake.

After 1 hr, take the cake out & remove the wrap.

Using a cookie cutter cut it into small heart shaped pieces. Take one piece & slice horizontally forming two layers. Then apply strawberry jam into one slice & top with other. Continue this with other mini cakes too.

(While cutting to heart shapes, some of the parts have to be discarded. I used those discarded parts in cake pops)

Now heart shaped cakes are ready & need to decorate.

I used buttercream icing for decorating them.Flowers are Royal Icing Drop Flowers

Link with Decorating Challenge-Valentine's day Ideas ,event in my blog

Shared with Valentines Special

Shared with Valentines day event
Shared with Lets cook for Valentines(Chocolate/Hearts)

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Shared with Sweet Luv

Sharing with these events Sweet Moments ,Cakes Cookies & Desserts , Holi Hai

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Bento # 9 - Bento with Love

2012-02-11T07:39:00.006+08:00

I prepared this Bento for my Hubby’s Birthday. Last February 8 was his Birthday & I cooked Milk Rice for breakfast which is a ceremonial dish in Sri Lanka. Milk Rice is more similar to rice onigiri. Therefore I used heart shaped cookie cutters to cut Milk rice. Carrot & cheese slices also shaped using a smaller cookie cutter.

In this Bento I have used,

Heart shaped Milk rice pieces-(Check here for Milk Rice recipe)

Grapes

Carrot slices

Cheese slices

Sharing with Bento Blog Network
Thematic Thursday
Shared with Lets cook for Valentines(Chocolate/Hearts)

Shared with Cooking Concepts-Dish for Loved Ones

Linking with most of the linky parties shared here

Sharing with the event 'Just for Fun' as the main dish of this Bento Box is Milk Rice which includes only Rice,salt & coconut milk as ingredients.

Valentines Fest-Served with Love

Midweek Fiesta #14

2012-02-08T10:58:00.000+08:00

Here we are in Midweek Fiesta #14.Thanks a lot to all who participated last week.

There were lots of recipes linked during last week. All the collection can be viewed here.

Here are the Featured posts from last week.

Pink Ruffle Chocolate Cake

Elmo Cupcakes

Carrot Cup Cakes

Tchiakovsky\'s Lemon Sunshine Cookie Cake

Chickpea Arugula Salad with Warm Blackberry Balsamic

Please grab the badge below if you have been featured.

Here are the simple rules to participate with Midweek Fiesta

Decorating Challenge - #2 Royal Icing (Roundup)

2012-02-07T17:09:00.001+08:00

I am back to work after 2 weeks holidays.I couldn't post the roundup of last month's Decorating Challenge event & now it is time for it.

I am really happy with this event & I want to thank all of you for the support.

Here are the most viewed posts from last Month’s event.

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Here are the featured posts ( most viewed )

Fall Cookies

Mehndi Inspired Chocolate Cookies

Sweet Romance Valentines

Snowflake Cookies

Here are the all posts linked up for the last month challenge,& Don’t forget to join on this month too….This month theme is ‘Valentine's Day Ideas’.Check here & link your posts related with the theme!!

Have a Nice Day!!

Decorating Challenge # 3 - Valentine's Day Ideas

2012-02-01T07:57:00.004+08:00

Here we are in Decorating Challenge #3. I selected the theme as ‘Valentines Day Ideas’ which suits for this month.

Here are the simple rules to join with the event.

1) Event Duration –February 1st to February 29th 2012

2) Theme for this month – Valentine's Day Ideas

3) Simply link any number of New or archieved posts related with the theme

(cakes,cupcakes, cookies,Cake pops, Tutorial,tips etc related to Decorating with any Icing or other decorating stuff )

4) Using of event badge or a back link to this post is appreciated.

5) Please be generous to visit others & encourage them with true nice comments.

6) At the end of the month I will select the most viewed posts as ‘Featured Posts’.

7) Contact me via slfoodcorner@yahoo.com if you have any problem to link, once the linky tool is provided.

I can't wait until I see your decorations for this month !!!