Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Wilton gumpaste & Fondant final cake ( course 3 )


Wilton Gum Paste & Fondant (Course 3 ) Final Cake



I completed my Gum paste and Fondant class today .This is a pineapple cake covered with butter cream icing and pink fondant decorated with Gum paste flowers & leaves.On the side its eyelet border and on bottom its ruffle border.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Mint Lassi



Ingredients:

Yogurt - 2 cups
Mint leaves - 1/4 cup
Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
Roasted cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Ice cubes - 5-6
water - 1 cup

Preparation:
  • In a Blender  process all ingredients until smoothdon’t over bend as it will become frothy.
  • Pour it over ice cubes and garnish with roasted cumin powder and mint leaves and enjoy your Mint lassi.


Friday, May 18, 2012

Cold Coffee with Ice Cream


Ingredients:

Milk - 1 Cup
 Instant coffee powder -1 tbsp
Sugar - 3tbsp
Ice Cubes - 2 cups

Preparation:
  • Blend the coffee, sugar and milk together for about 30 seconds until the sugar and coffee are mixed well with milk. Add ice and blend at a high speed for a minute until coffee becomes frothy.
  • Serve the cold coffee with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and shaved chocolate turning the cold coffee into the dessert.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Gulab Jamun



Ingredients:

Gulab jamun mix
Milk - 1/2 cup (approx)

water - 4 cups
Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Cashew nuts(optional) - 20
Oil/butter/Ghee -- for deep fry 

Preparation:
  • Heat water add sugar and stir it continuously for 5-10 mins.Add cardamom powder to the syrup.
  • Take a large bowl , for every 1 cup of jamun mix add 1/3 cup of water/milk.
  • Mix gently and make dough with out lumps ,keep it aside for 5 mins.
  • Apply 2-3 drops of oil to hands and start making small round balls out of the dough.
  • Insert cashew nuts while making the round balls.
  • Heat oil / butter, deep fry the jamuns on medium heat till they turn golden brown.Keep them on the paper towel for a min.
  • Insert the jamun balls in the warm syrup.
  • Allow syrup to be absorbed,then its ready to serve.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Wilton Advanced gum paste flowers (Course 4)


Gerbera Daisy made of gum paste


                     Blossom made of gum paste

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Quinoa Dosa


Ingredients:

Quinoa -- 1 cup
Brown Rice -- 1/2 cup
Urad dal -- 1/2 Cup
Salt to taste
Green chillies -- 2
Chopped onion -- 1/2 (optional)
Cilantro to garnish (optional)
Oil -- 2-3 tbsp

Preparation:
  • Soak urad dal and brown rice for 4hrs & quinoa for an hour.
  • Grind the soaked dal,brown rice,quinoa,green chillies and salt into fine paste.
  • Heat dosa pan,add oil pour the batter in round shape like dosa.
  • Sprinkle chopped onions & chopped cilantro on top, cook for a min.
  • Wait till golden brown in color and its ready to serve.
  • Serve hot quinoa dosa with red bell pepper chutney, peanut chutney or coconut chutney.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Wilton Flowers and Cake design ( Course 2 ) Final cake


I completed my flowers and cake design class today .This is an orange cake covered with butter cream icing and decorated with royal icing flowers.On the side its basket weave,on bottom its shell border and on top its reverse shell border.


All the flowers  Roses , daisies, daffodils,violets,Apple blossom, primrose are made of royal icing , Butterflies are also made of royal icing and painted with luster dust.

Wilton Gum paste & Fondant Flowers (Course 3)


Roses are my all time favorite flowers ,Can you believe these are edible ?
These pretty pink roses are made of gum paste.Its quite easy to make but should handle carefully when they are dry.

  Calla lily is one of the easiest flower to make ,it is made of gum paste.


Here are the flowers which i made in Wilton course 3 ,all the flowers and leaves are made of gum paste.Orange flower is a mum and white flower is Carnation.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Mint Lemonade


Ingredients:
 Lemon juice - 6tsp
sugar - 8 tsp
Fresh mint leaves -1/4 cup
Salt to taste
Grounded black pepper -1/2 tsp
cold water - 4 cups 
Mint leaves to garnish
Ice cubes - 6-8

Preparation:
  • In a Blender add mint leaves, lemon juice, sugar, salt and black pepper and blend together.
  • Mix the mixture with water and pour the Mint Lemonade over ice cubes.
  • Garnish with mint leaves and enjoy chilled Mint Lemonade on hot summer day.