It's fun Decorating my Cakes - Cake 3 - Presentation Cake

And here I am with yet an other cake....a Final Cake or Presentation Cake as my Instructor calls it.....Me n my DH (Darling Hubby) are so proud of how this cake turned out.....OMG its so cute ;)
Everyone in my class were like "Wow, thats a cute one"...

My Sweet Peas on the sides of the cake...looking cho cute

Here is the shell border along with some Swirl Flowers.....

Different angel view of my presentation roses... :)

Initially I planned to use White color for the dots...but later changed my mind

n am happy with it....

The Beautiful Rose....

I liked the Ruffled leaves more than the basic or stand-up leaves....

I used to think that making a rose with icing pretty easy coz I made roses with ceramic...

but it wasn't that easy as the icing was falling off all the time....I had to practice a lot...

This Cake is going to My friend Jaya's surprise b'day party........
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAYA GARU

I hope she doesn't see this post until thursday....

Priya

It's fun Decorating my Cakes - Cake 2

Here is my 2nd Cake that I have decorated in my class....this was much like practice than presentation...So, I wudnt dig much into it...

A close up view of the Swirl Flowers....

Another View

Priya

It's fun Decorating my Cakes - Cake 1

Hey all...its been a while that I have posted something on my blog...Am I busy? No I am not...but I am lazy :)
I like decorating anything and everything...When I went to India I learnt Ceramic Work (will post the pictures of my work soon)...Recently I started taking Cake Decorating classes...n I am loving it ;)

So here is the first Cake that I have decorated all by my self :)

I know I need to improve my cake frosting skills........

I used a star tip for this rainbow thingy......

A close up of the border......

I dedicated my very first decorated cake to 2 of Ajay's colleagues as they were going to new projects...

The outcome of my cake was different to the one that we actually had to make....but well I liked what I did n am very happy about it :)

Priya

My First Blog Award

I am very excited to announce the awards that I got from one of my blogger frnds Suhaina of My Singapore Kitchen. She is very generous to pass on these awards that she received to all new food bloggers. She has yummy dishes in her blog...Do check out when you get some time...

I would like to pass these awards to Shilpa of Anita's kitchen.

Happy Blogging!!!

Badam Ladoo

Ingredients:

Blanched Almonds - 2 cups
Sweetened Condensed Milk - 1 can 14 oz (I used fat free)
Butter - 2 or 3 tbsp

Process:


Heat a pan...dry roast almonds for 4 mins...remove from heat and cool...grind n make into a powder.

Take a microwavable glass bowl...add all the ingredients and keep in the microwave for a min...

Remove and mix well...repeat the process until it is thick and can be transferred...

Make sure u put in just for a min and remove to mix.

It took around 7 mins for me to cook in the microwave.

Now grease a plate with butter and pour the mixture on it...let it to cool for some time

Grease your hands with lil butter or use a cooking spray.

Make small ladoos out of this mixture. You might get around 30 ladoos.

You might be thinking what Blanched Almonds are....Here is how you can Blanch your Almonds

• Place Almonds in a bowl
• Pour boiling water to barely cover almonds
• Let the almonds sit for 1 minute and no longer.
• Drain, rinse under cold water and drain again
• Pat dry and slip the skins off. (I didn't have time to peel the skin off

Note: Don't let almonds sit in hot water too long or they will lose their crispness.

Marble Cake

Ingredients:
Self-rising Flour - 1 3/4 cups
Sugar - 1 1/4 cups
Cocoa Powder - 2 tbsp
Vanilla Essence - 2 tsp (optional)
Butter - 1 stick (microwave the butter about a min and keep aside)
Milk - 1/2 cup (preferably whole milk)
Eggs - 2

Process:
Take a large mixing bowl, put in eggs and sugar, mix thoroughly using a hand mixer.

Then add flour and butter little by little to this and mix until everything is mixed thoroughly and add milk and mix well into a smooth paste.

Separate this batter into 2 equal portions and pour 1 portion into an other bowl. In this, add Cocoa Powder and mix well. Add Vanilla essence to the other portion.

Now grease (bottom and sides) an 8" cake pan with a little butter or use cooking spray.

Pour a laddle full of Vanilla batter (don't spread, it will spread by itself), on top of this pour a laddle full of Cocoa batter. Do this alternatively until all the batter is used up.

Make swirls in the batter using a spatula or a knife.

Put it in the oven for 40 mins on 350 degrees.

Note: Pre-heat the oven for about 10 mins on 200 degrees.