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  • Orange-Carrot Cake

    Remember the pulp left over from this delicious juice?Take a look:

    Isn’t it gorgeous??
    I decided to turn it into a cake. And what a delicious cake it was. And it called for minimum sugar too.

    To make this cake,I just twisted,my mom’s regular cake recipe,to accomodate the pulp.This recipe was a hand-me-down from one of my mom’s friends and it was the first cake I ever baked.It still is,my go-to recipe,for when I want to quickly whip up a cake for tea.
    Here goes:

    Ingredients :

    3 eggs
    3 cups Self Raising(whole wheat) flour
    1 cup sugar
    3/4th cup oil
    1 and 1/2 cup orange carrot pulp
    1/2 tsp grated ginger
    1 tsp cinammon powder

    Method:

    Beat eggs and powdered sugar together.Add oil to the mix and slowly start adding the AP flour.Simulatenously,also add the fruit pulp.Finally add the ginger and cinammon and mix a final time. Pour into a pre-greased tin and bake at 180 deg C for 20-25 mins,or till the skewer,inserted in the center of the cake,comes out clean.

    This would yield a 9″ square cake.
    If you do try it,do leave a comment and let me know,if it was:)
    Happy Baking !!

    P.S. you can reduce the quantities of sugar.. I had to add this much for the resident sweet tooth!

  • 4 in 4!

    Babushka’s b’day is coming up. In 4 days,she will turn 4!
    The celebrations this year are mostly outsourced and I can’t stop feeling guilty about it.
    She’ll be in school that day and her school has a policy against home-made stuff.. So,I am thinking of ordering a mini donut-tower from dunkin donuts-either that or just cadbury Freddos,that she can hand out at the end of the day.
    As for the birthday party,this year we booked a party hall in an indoor play center. I would have loved to have an outdoor-park party,but the weather here is crazy this time of the year.
    I sent out e-invitations from here and for the two invitations,to be handed out in her Kinder,SD just got a print of the e-invitation and I stuck it on a blank card.

    This has to got to be the simplest,most basic invitation,I ever made.Heck!Its plain even when I compare it to the ones made by a 10-year old me..
    Anyway, the cake has been outsourced too..Outsourcing the cake was the hardest for me.. Babushka and I started planning the cake,right after her third birthday party was over…I am not kidding you…I thought and thought and finally with a heavy heart contacted a local cake decorator.. And I was amazed by her enthusiasm..Looking forward to the final cake… I have been baking more and more to get over the guilt..but,I figured, BAbushka would rather have a happy,relaxed mother v/s one doubling over with sciatica or back ache..tired and grumpy.
    The food again has been ordered at the party place,for the same reason.
    The only thing I need to take care of is the Loot bags.. And I am planning to go all crazy with those! 🙂
    Gosh!I can’t believe my little girl is turning 4!

  • Mad..

    I started to write a post today.. but I am just too mad right now,to finish it.
    Just so mad,I want to scream.. don’t even ask me why..coz I just might scream!! And no its not just one of those hormonal outbursts..or is it?? ohh well,I don’t know…I might as well tell you,why I am angry!
    The thing is I want to get my driver’s licence ASAP.. I have been taking lessons and stuff.. but barely practicing otherwise..but I am feeling confident about driving as time is going by. Now,the earliest available date,is in May second week. According to SD,I should not book for the test,until I am a 100% confident with the car.. now,if I wait till I get a 100% confident,the available dates would be pushed out by another month or so..That will take it to June or even July.. by which time,I will be heavily pregnant..I so don’t want to do that. What’s the worst that could happen if I go in May? I just won’t pass.. but thats all,right? But,hey!Ijust might pass!! I am so so mad!!
    Edited to add: SD read the post and teased me about it..ugh!What do I do with this guy? And when I started crying,he goes,”See I told you,its the hormones!!” Ofcourse he came n hugged me..but I am still MAD!

  • Funk!

    Do you ever have a day,when you feel like,you are in a funk?Like you don’t know whether you are going or coming?? When you don’t remember if you wanted to eat or have already eaten? Well,thats just the kind of day,I am having today.I think I was in a major sleep-deficit. Today,after the Babushka and SD left,I decided to lie down for a little while,before having my morning cuppa and tackling the chores..It must be around 8:15 am then.. And I don’t know when I fell asleep.. when I woke up,it was 12:30pm! Time to pick up Babushka!! I panicked!! And then remembered,I didn’t have to go and pick her up,her friend’s mom was picking her up. But,they were coming straight over for lunch,they would arrive in less than 10 minutes and I hadn’t even started cooking.I quickly washed my face and got to cooking.Thankfully,I was only cooking for the kids-so made a quick stir-fry and chapatis.
    By the time I ate,it was nearly 2:00 but the fuzz refused to clear.. I am just sitting around in a weird funk,wanting to sleep more..wanting to tackle the chores,left pending.. But,I guess,its not happenning today.If I manage cooking..that will be a big deal!!
    Anyway,how has your day been so far?