Eggless Birthday Cupcakes

40 Eggless chocolate Cupcakes with Butter icing for Sharan, on his Birthday to school.

3 Tiered Hello kitty Birthday cake

 

A 3 tier cake, Chocolate-Vanilla-Chocolate layers with butter icing and homemade fondant Kitties, flowers, butterflies and crown, for a Anne's 3rd Birthday (22/07/2012)

A Pic from the party

Baby shower Cake

Its a girl!! A chocolate cake with Butter cream icing and fondant flowers and duck for a Baby Shower. My First Baby shower cake!!

Coffee Cake

A Coffee flavored Cake with chocolate butter cream icing from a Daughter to her Dad on his birthday

A Louis Vuitton bag cake

A Louis Vuitton bag cake. A chocolate Vanilla Marble cake, covered with butter icing and fondant, with a golden heart Amulet from a Husband to his wife

Tiger Cake

A Chocolate Cake with the image of a Tiger(Butter cream icing) for a Wild life crazy boy, Krishnan 

 

 

Kick Buttowski Cake

Chocolate Cake with Butter cream icing, Topped with home-made Marshmallow figure of "Kick buttowski" and his skateboard  - For a big fan of Kick Buttowski on his 9th Birthday on May 5th 2012

 

Puppy Cake

A Vanilla Cake covered with Chocolate Buttercream icing, topped with a sweet little Puppy and puppy paws on the sides made from home made Marshmallows fondant, for a Sweet little Boy Gautham, on his 2nd birthday.

 

Floral Chocolate cake with icing sugar

A Simple Floral Chocolate cake dusted with icing sugar for a little girl's 4th birthday

Eggless Custard Powder Cake

Ingredients

1. All Purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
2. Vanilla flavoured Custard Powder - 3/4 cup [or Cornflour]
3. Baking powder - 2 1/4 tsp
4. Sugar - 3/4 cup
5. Vanilla extract - 1 1/2 tsp[if using cornflour]
6. Butter - 150 gms, room temperature
7. 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

 

Chhota Bheem Cake

This 2 layered Vanilla. chocolate cake with Butter icing was for Gokul, a die hard fan of Chhota Bheem for his 5th birthday, celebrated with his friends.

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Hello Kitty Cake

Hello Kitty cake for Athira who was turning 9.

Is a 2 Tier, Chocolate and strawberry cake, with home made marshmallow fondant for the Chocolate layer and kitty's bow and butter icing for the kitty.

Toy Story Cake

 The Birthday Boy wanted a Toy story cake for his friends in the school

Vanilla Chocolate marble cake(for some reason everyone wants marble cakes these days), with Butter cream icing

 Alien - made using home made marshmallow fondant

Birthday Message using Butter cream transfer method

Mr Potato Head using Home made marshmallow fondant. As Adi was celebrating his  5th birthday, I made the number 5 with fondant and made the red stripes with edible pen, to match Woody's Shirt

Woody, done using butter cream transfer method

Batman Cake

A Batman Cake Aditya on his 5th Birthday.

Vanilla and Chocolate Marble cake with Butter cream icing. Home made marshmallows were used to make the Batman and his logo. Birthday message done with Butter icing

I had been busy with another cake for his school next day and so could not take a picture before the party

Homemade Sambar Masala Powder

Ingredients:

• Corriander - 1 Kg
• Chana Dal - 250 gm
• Methi seeds(Uluva) - 100gm
• Urad Dal - 1 small glass
• Asafoetida(Kayam) -  One block(box) or one tin (You may skip this for the masala and add when you are preparing the Sambar)
• Dry Red Chilly(Vattal Mulaku) - 250 gm(without the stem)
• Curry Leave - some
• Sunflower/Coconut oil - 1 teaspoon (for frying)

Method:

1. Fry the asafoetida in low flame and keep aside (skip this step if you are adding asafoetida when preparing sambar)
2. Fry the chana Dal in the oil until it turns just brown
3. Add Urad Dal and methi seeds to fried chana dal, till the urad dal and methi seeds change colour
4. Add corriander and Red Chilly and fry till the chillies are crisp
5. Add the curry leaves and fry till they are crisp
6. Finally add the asafoetida(if required)
7. Grind this into fine powder after cooling. Do not cool completely, as it is easier to grind when the masala is still a bit warm. (You may also take this to a flour mill to get it ground to fine powder if you are in India)

Source: My Mother-in-law's Recipe

Pikachu cake for a Pokemon fan

A 2 layered vanilla chocolate marble  cake with butter cream icing for the background and Pikachu, and home made Marshmallow fondant for the Pokemon balls and Birthday message

My first attempt to Free hand drawing on a cake. Not very happy with the finishing - the summer was making butter icing difficult to be managed!! Lesson learnt - Should be doing only fondants in summer

Thomas Train Cake for a 7 year Old boy

A Vanilla and chocolate marble cake, with vanilla butter icing for the engine and home made Marshmallow fondant for the face.

This Thomas Train cake was for a 7 year old to take to his school

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Two Cakes For a First Birthday

 

A "Girl themed" number One Shaped Cake for a Girl, with  Butterfly and flowers.

Vanilla and Chocolate Layered Cake with White fondant icing and Vanilla Butter cream border.

Vanilla and chocolate layered cake with Vanilla Buttercream icing, and fondant icing balloons - for a One year old Girl

Sea shells themed Cake with a Mermaid for a Girl on her 5th Birthday

A Mermaid on a Sea Shell cake - Vanilla and chocolate Marble cake with Home-made Marshmallows Fondant icing and rainbow sugar dusts and crystals.  Shells, fish, Plants and starfish are made of Marshmallows

Idea Source  - the cake @ http://www.parteaz.co.uk/kids-birthday-cakes/1326-mermaid-cake.html was requested by the Birthday girl's Mother.