Easy Christmas Layered Dessert

The blessed time of the year is here come my wish for all my friends and readers...
Come take merry Christmas At the heart of all are nice Deign to folks around Future year spent in happiness May God fill our souls with love May the Holy Spirit fill his role . A little Jesus born today Rock you all the luck bells.....Merry Christmas to all.I am sharing a very easy dessert recipe that can be made just in minutes with a few prior preparation.I am sure you all will love this layered dessert and your friends and family too will relish. SO what are you waiting for rock the party floor.

Easy Christmas Layered Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 medium size coffee nut cake
• 2 cup vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 1/2 tsp lemon rind
• 1 small block of chocolate
• 1 tbsp orange juice
• few orange pulp
  
  Cooking Directions

1. In a big bowl mix vanilla ice cream and whipped cream and lemon jest. You can add a spoonful of honey or custard sugar if you want it to be more sweet. But I want keep the sugar low so I go just like that. Keep in the refrigerate it for an hour. Take warm coffee cake out from your micro. Make sure it is warm and not hot. Crumble the cake into bite size pieces. You cake take individual portion bowl or make it on a large bowl. Then over the cake layer give a layer of chilled ice cream. Sprinkle orange juice above it. Garnish with few small pieces of chocolate and orange pulp. Serve immediately. Your easy and exotic too tempting dessert is ready to serve.

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Orange Chocolate Cake

Truly speaking I am not good when it comes to baking. My kitchen counter become messy and sometimes my Mom start shouting when she find I grew few years older  coz my hair is all white by all those flour dust (haha). I am not a cake artist so the final product is also not picture perfect but one thing is for sure  the effort I put to make this orange chocolate cake is worth .......it came out delicious. I put lots of love when I mix and bake the cake. I am sure anything with this one ingredient takes your dish in such heights which no one else can compare. I am sure you will like this Christmas celebration cake of mine.


Orange Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 31/2 cup cake flour
• 1tsp coco powder
• 1 cup milk
• 6 egg yolk
• 2 tsp orange extract
• 4 tbsp orange juice
• 1/2 cup grated candied orange peel
  For Chocolate Topping
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp orange extract ( optional)

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven 180 degrees C.
2. Sift all the dry ingredients - cake flour, coco powder. Mix well. Set aside.
3. In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar well.Add one egg at a time and beat well after each addition.Add the milk and orange extract and combine well again.Add orange juice and candied peel and give it a stir. Add the sifted dry ingredients gradually little by little and combine well.
4. Pour the prepared cake mix into the greased cake tin and bake at 180 degree C for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the pan comes out clean.
5. Cool the cake for 20 minutes before removing it out of the pan. Cool completely before pouring frosting on top of the cake.
6. Chocolate Topping
7. I use double boiler to melt the chocolate. Pour a few inches of water into a large saucepan and place a small pan on it so that base sits in the water. Put the dark chocolate in the smaller pan and bring the water to a low boil.Once the chocolate starts to melt, add in butter, milk and sugar and keep stirring until everything combines well.The mixture will start to froth up and thicken at one point, that's when you switch off the flame.Then add the orange extract . Mix well. Let it cool for 15-20 minutes.
8. Once both cake and the chocolate topping cool down. Now place the cake on a serving plate. Spread the chocolate topping well on the top of the cake. Now garnish with orange wedges and cadbury gems.
9. Delicious Orange Chocolate Cake for Christmas is ready. Relish and have fun.
   
   
   
   
   
   Wish all my friends and loved ones world over  Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.

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Lime Cake for Christmas

You all know by now that I am not a person who excels in baking. Soups, salad and various other easy quick dish and Indian dishes are my forte but when its Christmas there is something magical about baking. So this year I went to my baking expert aunt, asked her to help me out to make a delicious cake but which will be super easy. She suggested me to make lime cake, this is easy for her but not for me..(haha)... it took lot of patience but worth the effort. I make this cake in her house under her supervision which I must admit one of the best cake I ever made till date. I hope you will like this lime cake too!
Ingredients:

All purpose flour  11/2 cup
Baking powder  ¼ tsp
Baking soda  ¼ tsp
Salt ½ tsp
Sugar 1  cup or to taste
Eggs   2
Lime zest ¼ cup 
Lime  juice ¼ cup
Unsalted butter softened   ½ cup
Whole milk   ½ cup
Vanilla extract  1tsp
Lime syrup:
Sugar  ¼ cup
Lime juice ¼ cup

Lime Butter Cream Frosting 
Unsalted butter  softened  ½ cup
Lime zest 1 tsp
Vanilla extract  1tsp
Salt 1/8 tsp
Lime juice 3 tbsp
Milk 2 tbsp
Powdered Sugar to taste

Garnish 
Strawberry jam 1 tbsp
Chopped almond 1 tbsp
Lime zest  1 tsp

Procedure:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a loaf pan (8 ½ by 41/4 –inch) and line the bottom by parchment paper or with waxed paper to fit the bottom only. Take flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Mix well. Keep aside. In another bowl take butter and sugar and with a stand mixture beat until fluffy for about 4 to 5 minutes. Turn the speed down to medium and then add the eggs one at a time, after adding each egg mixed for about one minute. After that add lime zest and mix well. In another bowl whisk the vanilla extract, lime juice and milk. Now come the tricky part alternatively add the flour and the wet ingredients to the large mixing bowl starting and ending up with flour mixture. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean from the cake. Remove and let cake slightly cool in a pan on a rack. After about few minutes remove the cake from the pan and put it on the rack. It should be still warm, but not hot. Now, simply whisk the sugar and the lime juice together, and slowly spoon this lime syrup on top, so it soaks into the cake. You can skip the lime butter frosting and relish the cake like this but to give this cake a more festive look I make the lime butter frosting. For that beat butter, lime zest, vanilla extract and salt at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add the powdered sugar and the lime juice and 1tbsp of milk beating at a low speed until blended and smooth. You can add more milk to get desired consistency. Now spread evenly over the cake you can also put some in a piping bag and make a design and to add more color top with strawberry jam and sprinkle some lime zest and chopped almond. Your delicious lime cake is ready to relish.

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Crispy Fish With Spinach Butter Rice And Orange Sauce (Christmas Special)

I know everyone of you are busy with your last minute Christmas preparation and I am also waiting for a rocking day but this year I plan a non –hassle Christmas dinner. A very delicious, eye appealing dish and a total meal and easy to cook so that you have lot of time to spend with your friends and family. I hope you will like crispy fish with spinach butter rice and orange sauce a simple yet elegant festive dinner plan.
Ingredients:

For Crispy Fish
Fish fillets  4 pieces 
Black pepper to taste
Salt                   to taste
Mustard sauce  1 tea spoon
Lemon juice      1 table spoon
Ginger garlic paste  1/2 teaspoon
Oil              to deep fry
For Batter:
All purpose flour   2 teaspoon
Corn flour                 2 teaspoon
Salt                           to taste
For Spinach 
Spinach    1/2 bowl blanched and roughly chopped
Garlic       2 clove chopped
Butter or diet butter  1/2  teaspoon
Mozzarella cheese  1 cube
Salt  and pepper to taste
For Butter Rice
Cooked long grain rice  2 small  bowl 
Butter or diet butter   1 heaping spoon
Red green and yellow bell pepper  1/4  cup finely diced
Salt and pepper  to taste
For Orange Sauce
Butter  1/2  teaspoon
All purpose flour   1  teaspoon
Orange juice           1/2  to 1 cup
Sugar                       a pinch 
Salt and pepper     to taste

Procedure:
Don’t get panic seeing the long list of ingredients but truly speaking friend if you go through the procedure then it is just some prior preparation and then a delicious dish can be presented within half an hour and  your guest book will be filled with overwhelming appreciations.
Now I will start with Orange sauce
Place a fry pan on medium flame and then let the butter melt in it, add one teaspoon of flour stir for half a minute then add the orange juice. Stir for few minutes adjust seasoning. Let it thicken and then put off the flame.
For Spinach
Put a pan on flame let the butter melt in it then add the chopped garlic stir and then add the balanced spinach in it. Stir for 2minutes adjust the seasoning. Then add the grated mozzarella cheese in it let the cheese melt it will give a chewy texture to the spinach. Put off the flame your spinach is ready.
For Butter Rice
Put another pan on flame let butter melt in it add the bell pepper in it. Stir for a minute then add the cooked rice (I use the good quality of basmati rice) then add salt and pepper. Mix well and you are done with the butter rice.
These steps you can prepare in the day time if you are making dish for dinner, just you should have to on your microwave to warm them up when you dish out.
For Crispy Fish
Marinate the fish fillets with salt, pepper, mustard sauce, ginger garlic paste and lemon juice for half an hour. Now take a bowl take flour and corn flour in it and now pour soda water in it (this will make your fried fish really crisp), I am not giving any measurement of it just make sure that the consistency of the batter should not be too thick or thin but the medium consistency to coat well then deep fry those fish fillets. Drain out the excess oil.
Your whole dish is complete now come the presentation part that’s up to you, you can use your creative to make it appealing but if you ask me I take small bowl place a layer of butter rice and then spread the spinach above it then another layer of rice and then press well. Now in the serving plate I just turn the bowl upside down and pour the orange in the base of the plate and place the crispy fried fish above the rice tomb.
Serve with some green salad and a delectable dessert. A rocking hit Christmas dish, I hope you will like it.

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving,
May your world be filled with warmth and good cheer this Holy season, and throughout the year! Wish your Christmas be filled with peace and love.
 Merry Xmas!

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