Bachalorette Party cake

I just baked a cake for my friend's bachalorette party, It was a fun cake and was themed to be like a bed, with a guy sleeping on top. :) .. Here are a few pictures.. 

Vegetable Pies

Today I baked two vegetable pies for lunch, they were simply filling and tasty too. This recipe is very easy and takes very less effort , prepared in a jiffy.
All you need for this recipe is

Unsweetened Pie dough - I bought mine at Trader Joe's
Frozen / fresh mixed vegetables - I got the buttered frozen vegetables from TJ's as well
pepper - to taste
salted butter - 2 tbsp
flour - 2 tbsp
milk - 1 cup
Medium cheddar cheese - grated

1) The pie dough takes around 2 hours to thaw, so keep your pie dough out of the refrigerator much before you plan to cook.
2) Line your pie tins with pie dough and bake in the oven at 400F for 15 - 20 mins. I baked mine for 20 mins and they were nice and golden but not brown.
3) To make the white sauce, take a heavy bottomed non-stick pan and melt the butter, add in the flour stir to avoid making the sauce very lumpy. Add in the milk and keeping stirring until the sauce thickens out.
4) To the thawed vegetables add the white sauce , mix in oregano seasoning, salt and pepper to your taste.
5) Now pour in the vegetable sauce mix into the prepared and lined pie tins. Grate cheddar cheese on top and bake in the oven for 10-15 mins.

Vegetable Pie - good on a cold rainy day

and Enjoy........ :)

My happy husband eating away :)

                    

Hellooo World !!!

Its been a while now, I have been wanting to write and I am glad I finally did it today. I will tell you a little bit about myself, I am Priyanka, live in Hillsboro, Oregon just graduated looking for a job and meanwhile reading, cooking and enjoying everything life has to offer.

The one thing that keeps me going these days is cooking, just about anything. So I decided to start this blog and share the recipes and some of my thoughts. Through my cooking I also slowly hope to discover the science behind cooking :) .. Well I hope you enjoying making these wonderful recipes, as I have loved and enjoyed making them.

My first recipe for today is something sweet and something spicy which goes well with your evening tea /coffee - "The Chai Masala Tea Cake"

For making this cake you will need the following Ingredients:

For the stuffing:

1 tbsp unsalted butter

1 tbsp flour

3/4 cup chopped walnuts

3 tbsp brown sugar

2 - 3 tsp Chai Masala

* Mix all the ingredients together to make a course mixture which will be used as a stuffing and topping for the cake.

For the Batter

Flour - 1.25 cups ( 1 + 1/4 cups)

Salt - 1/8 th tsp

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Baking Powder -1 tsp

Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp

Vanilla Essence - 1 tbsp

Eggs - 2 

Yogurt - 3/4 cup

Unsalted Butter - 7 to 8 tbsp

* Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt to avoid forming any lumps.

* In a mixing bowl cream together butter (softened) and sugar.

* Add the eggs one by one into the mixture. Make sure the eggs are blended well into the batter.

* Now in small batches add the sifted flour mixture and yoghurt to the mixture of eggs, sugar and butter.

* Add slowly to avoid forming lumps.

* Once the batter is prepared, take a medium/small baking loaf pan, grease with butter and dust with flour.

*Pour half the batter into the loaf pan, on this add 3/4 of the topping mix prepared earlier. The remaining topping will be added to the crust of the cake.

* Now add the remaining batter and coat with the topping.

* In the oven bake for 40-45 mins on 350F.

Enjoy with a hot cup of tea or coffee !!!

Recipe adopted from showmethecurry.com recipes.