Spinach Cheese Muffins

If you are trying to lose weight than these protein pack savoury muffins are ideal meals after workout or can serve as hunger pangs at anytime through out the day. Easy to Carry n loaded with protein & vitamins. These muffins have spinach, carrot, cashew, almond and cheese.
I have adapted this recipe from gayathri kumar' s Blog-gayathriscookspot.com
Recipe of Spinach Cheese Muffins:
Ingredients:
Unsalted Butter- 6 Tbsp
Salt- 1/4 tsp
Carrot- 1/4 cup (grated)
Mozzarella Cheese- 1 cup (grated)
Spinach - 1 cup (Finally Chopped)
Chilli Powder- 1/4 tsp
Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp
Cashew - 2 Tbsp (crushed)
Milk- 1 cup
Curd - 1/4 cup
Flour/ Maida - 1 1/2 cup
Baking Powder - 2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Almond - 2Tbsp (Finally chopped)
Green chillies- 2 (Finally chopped)
Procedure:
Preheat the Oven at 175 degree.
Place cupcake liners in muffin tray.
Heat milk & butter together than remove it from flame.
Allow butter to melt. Cool the mixture and than add curd and whisk it.
In another bowl, mix flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, chilli powder and pepper powder.
Add carrot, crushed & dusted cashew, chopped almond, spinach in butter mixture and mix.
Add cheese to the butter mixture. Than add flour mixture into the butter mixture and whisk gently.
Bake it for 35 to 40 minutes until top turns golden color.
Remove it from oven and serve hot with mint chutney.
Spinach Cheese Muffins




Basic Baking Tips

Baking is incredible fun if you know the few basics. Many beginners can be intimidated by baking, which involves ratios, recipes, and sometimes funny-sounding techniques. Don't be scared off!! Just follow these tips and enjoy the wonderful experience of flawless baking.

Basic Baking Tips


Lemon cupcake with Grapes Jelly

If life gives you lemon make lemon cupcakes. Yes, lemon cupcakes are my favorite and love making it.
This time I have experimented it with grapes.
Lemon cupcakes infused and topped with grapes jelly. These cupcakes have a bright, exuberant flavor aided by a good dose of lemon and a smattering of grapes.


Recipe:
Ingredients: 
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cup cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4 large eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp lemon zest
2 tbsp lemon juice
Grapes Compote Filling:
2 cups black Grapes
1/3 cup granulated sugar
For frosting:
1/2 cup grapes jelly/ grapes jam
Procedures:
1. Combine all ingredients for the cupcakes in a large bowl and beat with the mixer until smooth.
2. Spoon the batter into the cups & Bake for 20 minutes.
3. Remove pans from the oven and let it cool completely.
For the filling:
Cook 1/3 cup water, 1 cup of the grapes and granulated sugar over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Once the grapes begin to burst, add the remaining 1 cup grapes and cook on medium heat, 8 to 10 minutes. The filling is done when it coats the back of a metal spoon.
Core the cupcakes using an apple corer. Fill each cupcake core with the grapes compote filling and top with grapes jelly or jam

Lemon Cupcake with Grapes Jelly filling
Try these cupcakes and make your kitty party/birthday party more special

Healthy Baking Substitutes

Making the favorite cake healthier and loaded with less calories is super simple with these healthy substitutions to use while baking. These substitute are low-calorie ingredients and still create delicious and healthy treats. So all you weight watchers just try these ingredients and enjoy yummy yet healthy treats.
Healthy Substitute of Baking 


Choco Muffins

I just loves freshly made muffins and these quick and simple chocolate muffins are best for evening snacks. This classic muffin are perfectly soft and rich in chocolate flavor. 
This recipe makes 12 regular sized muffins and will take about 55 mins to prepare and bake.
Ingredients:
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/4 cup unsalted butter
5 large egg
2/3 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup cake flour
3/4 Tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp cocoa powder
Procedure:
  1. Preheat the oven and place 12 paper baking cups in a muffin pans
  2. In double boiler melt butter and chocolate together.
  3. Beat egg and sugar in a large bowl.
  4. Fold the flour baking powder and salt in egg mixture.
  5. Stir this mixture in the melted chocolate and butter.
  6. Spoon the mixture into cups and bake for 20 minutes. 
  7. Muffins will be soft and gooey in texture and appearance.


Choco Muffins

Choco Muffins
Try this recipe in this weekend and have it with your loved ones.

Eggless Baking Tip

 Eggless baking always considered difficult as a whole egg adds an important amount of moisture, fat, structure, and leavening to baked goods like cookies and cakes. Banana is considered a good option for eggless baking but there are many options for replacing egg other than bananas in cakes. Flax seeds, tofu, Mashed Banana, applesauce, vineger + baking soda, soy yogurt, commercial egg replacer are the good substituteof egg in baking. 

Options to substitute eggs