No Bake Cake Event II - Roundup

Microwave cakes, steamed cakes and cakes set in the refrigerator are all included in this wonderful 'No Bake Cake' Roundup.  Now you have no reason to not bake a cake! 

(I also received a couple of entries which may not be strictly called cakes, but included them anyway.) If I have missed any of your entries please rush me an email. 

So here goes -

 Jhatpat Chocolate Cake, Date and Walnut Cake, Fresh Corn Cake and Apple Pie 

 from Santosh Bangar of Santosh's Kitchen.

Microwave Eggless Chocolate Almond Cake and  Steam Cooked Chocolate Cake 

from Priya of Priya's Easy and Tasty Recipes.

 Eggless Chocolate Mousse and Orange Cheesecake

 from Bergamot of Cooking Escapades.

Steamed Honey sponge cake and No Bake Cheesecake
from Sreelekha Sumesh of Sree's Recipes.
Steamed Eggless Banana Cake and Steamed Chocolate Cake 

from Sangeetha of Sangi's Food World. 

Yummy Eggless Chocolate Cake from Hema of Chef Hema.

No Bake Choco Ribbon Cake from Sonia of Slice n Spice of Life.

Gooey Chocolaty Microwave Cup Cake! from Rachana of Veggi Fare.

Ranginak, Iranian Date and Walnut Sweets from Vanessa of Sweet Artichoke.

Microwave Choco Walnut Cake from Shabitha Karthikeyan of From My Home Kitchen.
Strawberry Cheesecake from Jagruti of Joy of Cooking.

No bake Tiramisu Cheese Cake from Aipi of USMasala.

Microwave Brownie from Akheela of Torviewtoronto.

Steamed Banana Pudding Cake in Chocolate Sauce from Denny of Oh Taste n See.

My entries:

Eggless Microwave Coffee Cake and Eggless Microwave Apple Walnut Cake.

Thanks to all the participants!

'My Favorite Recipe' - Roundup

We do tend to play favorites, specially when it comes to food. Here are the favorite recipes in the month of August, of the following bloggers:

SS of SS Blogs Here loves her simple Fried Fish because it unfailingly turns out exactly the way her Mom makes it!

Aipi of US Masala never thought she could make Paneer Tikka Pizza from scratch and she totally loves the dish and the fact that she actually made it!

Shabita Kartikeyan of From My Home Kitchen enjoys making Collard Greens Stirfry because it is healthy and reminds her of her most favorite Drumstick Leaves!

Les rêves d'une boulangère's Brittany loves the taste and presentation of French Custard and Fruit Tart and it's never failed to please!

Broad Beans ~ Chikkudukaya Tomato Curry With Lima Beans is the most favorite of Curry in Kadai's Kalva because it is delicious, fiber rich and loaded with protien!

The different and delicious taste of Paneer Chilli has always made it a big hit during parties for Rupali Jain of North KI Rasoi Se!

Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes always finds rasam her comforting food, this time she tried Sprouted Chickpeas & Tomato Rasam which tasted very delicious and is her current hot favorite!

Tasty Chapati Poha saves Nivedita of Nivedita's Kitchen from wasting chapatis and i'ts healthy too!

The Mango Kulfi which Suneetha of Suneetha's Kitchen prepared was loved by everybody and it is very easy to make!

Rai aur Tamatarwali Sandwhich is one of the favorites of Sonal of Palate Corner because it brings  all her chidhood memories back! She likes the flavor of tempered mustard seeds on it which is quite unique.

Eggless Blueberry Loaf gave Shobhana her first success with baking and she celebrated one year of Journal of a Budding Cook with warm buttered slices of this treat!

My favorite recipe in the month of August was the Microwave Apple Walnut Cake, because it was my first 'real' experiment with a cake, specially in the microwave.

Announcing 'My Favorite Recipe' Event

We food bloggers blog for a reason. Or several reasons. And we have our own favorite recipes. Which are our favorite for a reason. Or several reasons.

They could be our favorite because they never let us down. Or because they make our loved ones happy. Or we never imagined in our wildest dreams that we would attempt such a difficult recipe, but we did.

Or they are quick and simple recipes which we can always depend on during those busy days. 

Or they remind us of a memorable day or person. Oh, there could be so many reasons!

'My Favorite Recipe' event brings together our favourite recipes of the month. To participate, you need to :

Pick one (and only one) favorite recipe of all the recipes that you posted in your food blog in the month of August.
Link this announcement in your post.
Send your entry to apy.mail@gmail.com with the subject 'My Favorite Recipe' with the following details :

• Name 
• Blog Name
• Recipe
• Recipe URL
• Reason why it is the most favorite (one sentence) 
• Picture of the dish

The entry should be sent between Aug 31 and Sep 10, 2010. As mentioned earlier, please send only ONE entry per blog. The recipes need not be original.

Looking forward to your favorite recipe posted in the month of August!

No Bake Cake Event II

Hello All,

I'm back with the second edition of the No Bake Cake Event.

Whenever you looked at a scrumptious cake did it ever occur to you that if you had an oven you could also bake a delicious cake for your loved ones? The No Bake Cake event shows you that you do not really need an oven to bake a great cake. There are several no bake cake recipes floating on the internet that will help you whip up a wonderful cake.

So if you have never made a cake before, this is a good time to start. And if you have, it's time to make another one! What are you waiting for? Just google 'No bake cake', 'Microwave cake',  'Pressure cooker cake' or 'Gelatin Cake', find a suitable recipe, don your aprons and get going!!

A look at the rules :

1. From now through September 15, post a recipe for a cake cooked in a pressure cooker or microwave or even set in the refrigerator. Please don't send recipes that require the cake to be baked in an oven.
2. Eggs and gelatin are allowed.
3. Link this announcement in your post.
4. Archived recipes will be accepted only if reposted as current between now and 15th Sep 2010, with a link to this announcement.
5. Any number of entries are welcome.
6. Use of logo will be appreciated..

Please send your entries by 15th September 2010 to apy.mail@gmail.com with 'No Bake Cake' as the subject, with the following details:

• Your name
• Blog name
• Blog URL
• Recipe Name
• Recipe URL
• Picture of the dish

Non Bloggers are also welcome to participate. Please send the following details :

• Your Name
• Location (optional)
• Recipe Name
• Recipe
• Picture of the dish

Looking forward to a lot of delicious no bake cake recipes. Happy no baking!!

No Bake Cake Event- Roundup

Finally, I got down to posting the roundup. I was supposed to do this last month, but I was so busy with my India trip, the travel back home, the jet lag, the jet lagged 17 month old, unpacking, a couple of quick trips and what not!
So here's the roundup. I did not get too many entries, not sure whether it was because it was not an easy event, or because not many people where aware of it, but to those who did send me their entries, I would like to thank you all and apologize for the late roundup. If I have missed any of your entries, please do let me know and I will post it immediately.. er.. as soon as I can :).


Here are the entries :

Eggless Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Icing n Praline

By Aps

Chocolate ~ Vanilla cheesecake
By Nayna

Steamed Eggless Banana Cake (Vegan)

By Harini-Jaya

No Bake Eggless Honey Sponge Cake

By Ramya

Coffee n Biscuit Pudding Cake 

By Mallika 

Cake.. pudding or what?

by Kanchan

                             

2 Minutes Microwave Coffee Cake

By Divya

Adukku Cake/ Layered Sponge Cake
by Niloufer Riyaz

Chocolate Cake 
by Sayali

Non Blogger Entry :

My aunt Jyothi Prabhu sent this entry :

Chocolate Walnut Cake (Eggless).

She used Neeta Mehta's recipe. And this link for the sauce. When she sent me this picture, it looked cool and so I decided to try it out.

My entry to the event -

Microwave Chocolate cake
Adapted from Neeta Mehta, referred by Jyothi Prabhu.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

1/2 tin (of a 14 oz tin) condensed milk
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter (75 grams)
11/2 tbsp powderd sugar
100 gms maida
1/4 cup cocoa
3/4 tsp baking pwdr
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp  vanilla essence
3-4 tbsp chopped walnuts (I used cashew nuts).

Method:

Cream butter and sugar. Add condensed milk, milk and vanilla and beat for a couple of minutes.
Sift maida, baking soda, baking powder. Add to the above mixture little by little and beat well. Add nuts and mix well.

Grease a microwave safe deep bowl. Pour batter and microwave for 5 minutes (only). Leave undisturbed for another 10 minutes.

Let the cake cool down completely. Invert onto a plate and pour chocolate sauce and nuts on top.

Chocolate sauce (modified to my taste) :

Melt 2 oz semi sweet baking chocolate on a saucepan by heating over low heat. Add 1 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp water, 4 tbsp sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla and stir continuously. Remove from heat.


Just before serving, I heated the piece of cake in the microwave for a few seconds, poured hot chocolate sauce on top and decorated with some nuts. Reminded me of the 'Some like it Hot' cake I used to have with my friends in a place called Cherry Square in M'lore. Yummy times those were!

No Bake Cake Event

Update :
Hi, I've been very busy visiting relatives, meeting old friends, cousin's wedding, last minute shopping, last minute packing; haven't had time to post the roundup. I will be leaving to SFO soon, so will be posting only after that. I have extended the event and the last date is 30th May. So please keep sending your entries.

I'm in India right now, having a great time in M'lore and Goa. I miss my oven though. I haven't tried baking cakes in the pressure cooker or microwave. Would love some great recipes. Hence the event.

The rules are simple.

• A tried and tested recipe for a cake cooked in a pressure cooker or microwave or even set in the refrigerator. Please don't send recipes that require the cake to be baked in an oven.
• No recipes with gelatin please. Eggs are allowed.
• If you have already posted a recipe, you don't need to do a repost. Just send the right link. Also, please link this announcement in your post.
• Any number of entries are welcome.
• Non-bloggers can send their recipes along with a picture, and it will be posted in the round-up.
• Please send your entries by 15th May 2010. 30th May 2010.

Send your entries to apymallya@gmail.com with 'No Bake Cake' in the subject line.
Send the following details :

• Your Name
• Blog Name
• Blog Url
• Post Url
• Picture

 Hope to receive your entries. Happy No Baking!!