hinahunya: Honey Wings :)

hinahunya: Honey Wings :): Honey wings is one of the easiest and yummy starters one could have :) INGREDIENTS:  8 chicken wings 1/2 cup honey 3 teaspoon so...

Honey Wings :)

Honey wings is one of the easiest and yummy starters one could have :)

INGREDIENTS:

•  8 chicken wings
• 1/2 cup honey
• 3 teaspoon soya sauce
• salt to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

METHOD:

• Take a bowl and add honey, soya sauce, salt , black pepper in it and stir it well.
• Marinate the wings in the honey sauce for 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven at 200 C for 30 minutes.
• Line an oven tray with butter paper and place the wings on it. Add the left sauce on it.
• Cook it in the oven for 35-40 minutes till golden brown.
• Sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
• Serve hot with barbeque sauce.
• Enjoy sticky honey wings with sesame seeds :)

Sticky Honey wings served  :)

Enjoy :)

strawberry dipped in chocolate with choco cupcake:)

the strawberry special :D

closer view :P

enjoy :):)

dark chocolate muffins with edible paper customization :D

forget the frosting, try simply edible paper decorations :)

Chocolate Muffins

After a long baking experiments, this one was a real bliss <3
This recipe is one of the easiest ones as it doesn't requires vigorous beating or mixing.


The recipe now :D


INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 and 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder (mine was Hershey's)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• chocolate sprinkles 1/2 cup

METHOD:

• Preheat the oven at 190 C.
• In a large bowl add flour, brown sugar and cocoa powder. Remove lumps if any.
• Now add in baking soda. baking powder and salt. Mix all the ingredients well with a spoon.
• Add in the chocolate chips.
• Take another bowl and add in the eggs. Whisk it.
• Pour the 3/4 cup of milk, vanilla extract and melted butter to the eggs. Whisk all the ingredients well. (beating with the electric beater is not required)
• Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients with the help of spatula. Do not over mix the batter.
• Place muffin liners in your muffin tray.

the muffin trays with muffin liners, my recipe notebook and scooper :P

• Fill the liners with chocolate batter up to 2/3 of it.

filling up the liners :D

the filling in progress :D

done :)

• Add pinch of chocolate sprinkles on each liner.

ready to be baked :)

• Bake it in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

the baked chocolate muffins :) <3 

 the closer view :)

yum and moist :) 

Enjoy :)

Coconut Cupcakes

The cupcakes I made specially for Eid Ul Azha :). It was my first cupcake frosting trial though it wasn't very perfect,but it was good enough.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/4 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1/4 cup apple sauce (for the recipe follow the link here)
• 3/4 cup coconut milk
• 1 and 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup coconut flakes

PROCEDURE:

• Cream together margarine and sugar with a beater.
• Add vanilla extract, vinegar apple sauce and coconut milk and beat all the ingredients well.
• Take the flour in a separate bowl and add into it salt, baking powder and the coconut flakes.Whisk all the dry ingredients well.
• Now add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix them well. Don't overmix it.
• Bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes. Makes about 12.

FROSTING:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 and 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoon coconut milk 

Beat the butter and add slowly the sugar to it. keep beating the butter and sugar till creamy and frothy. Mix into it the coconut milk

Frost the cupcakes with the icing when they have cooled down at room temperature. Sprinkle colored coconut flakes on the icing :) 

Serve with tea or coffee :). enjoy :)

The muffin tray with muffin liners :D

The kitchen mess while baking :-/

Here we are with coconut cupcake batter in the muffin liners :)

In the oven to bake :)

Oven hot cupcakes :)

Cupcakes ready to frost :)

Here we are with the frosted coconut cupcakes with colored coconut sprinkles :)

ready for tea party :D 

Enjoy :)

Vanilla Cupcakes

The very simple baking experiment with good and yummy results:) 

So this is my shopping for the recipe:P the paper cups, flour, vanilla essence, baking powder and the muffin baking tray:D (Super Victoria store) :P :D


Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 125 gm butter
• 2cups plain flour
• 1 cup castor sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Procedure:

• Before starting with the ingredients switch on your oven at 170 C to let it be preheated.
• Beat the eggs, butter by an electric beater ( use a blender if you don't have one) till creamy and frothy. Add into it the castor sugar and salt and mix it well.
• Now pour your mixture into a large bowl and sift into it 2 cups of flour in small batches and whisk it with a wooden spatula.

• Add 2 teaspoons of baking powder and mix it well.
• Add 1/2 cup of milk and mix the batter till creamy and smooth.
• Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence to the mixture.
• Take a tablespoon and fill 3/4th of the paper cups. avoid overfilling of the cups.

• Place your muffin tray with the filled paper cups into the preheated oven and bake it for 30-35 minutes.

(Don't mind the nasty price tag :P)

(if you don't have muffin baking tray, bake them directly on your oven tray)

• The best way to check whether your cup cakes are baked properly or not, is just poke the center of the cake with a tooth pick. If it comes out smooth without any crumbs it is perfectly baked. but yes don't forget to cook till it develops golden color.
• Makes about 35 mini cup cakes.

 (many of the cup cakes were eaten as it came out of the oven :P so these don't count to be 35 :D )

• Serve with and enjoy with tea or coffee :)

Mocha Brownies :)

This is among the most awaited recipe which I'm finally posting on my blog:)

This was my first attempt of baking brownies:)


Ingredients:

• 250gm unsalted butter
• 250gm dark,unsweetened cooking chocolate, chopped (just see to it that the local variety of cooking chocolate already has sugar added, so before getting diabetes amend the sugar quantity accordingly:P)
• 3/4 cup castor sugar (table sugar ground finely at home or better get confectioner's sugar available in market)
• 1 Tablespoon dry instant coffee
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cup plain flour

Procedure:

• Take a shallow square cake pan and cover its base with butter paper and grease it.
• Melt chocolate and butterin pan over low heat, stir until smooth.
• Remove from heat and stir in sugar and combined coffee and water (mocha instant coffee dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water)
• Add into it eggs 1 at a time.
• Stir in sifted flour with constant mixing. Take care to prevent formation of lumps of flour into the mixture.
• Keep mixing with a wooden spatula till smooth mixture is formed.
• Pour the mixture into prepared pan.
• Preheat oven at 200 C for at least 45 minutes.
• Bake in the brownies for about 35 minutes or until firm. (best way to check whether brownies cooked or not is to poke the brownie mixture with a knife. If the knife comes out without any mixture particles, it indicates proper cooking)
• After being baked, cool the pan. Carefully detach the paper from the pan and dish out the brownie cake:D
• Cut to squares and dust it with sifted icing sugar before serving:)

TIPS:

• Do not try at higher temperatures you will burn the base of the brownies:P
• Keep checking your pan after few minutes.
• If its your first baking attempt do not panic (most importantly:P) if something goes out of the way as practice makes perfect brownies :)

Enjoy home made Mocha brownies with tea:)

Baked Pasta :)

Ingredients:

• Pasta 1/2 pack
• milk 1/2 liter
• flour 4 Tablespoon (maida :P)
• 4 cheese slices
• salt 1/4 teaspoon
• capsicum 2 medium sized cut in squares
• red onion 1 medium sized cut in squares
• Carrot 1 cut in small cubes
• spring onion 2 roughly chopped
• sugar 1/4 teaspoon
• black pepper 1/2 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Boil pasta and strain it. Pour on tap water to prevent from clinging.
• Take non stick pan and saute 4 tablespoons of flour in it for 5 minutes.
• Boil milk and add the cooked flour to milk slowly. As the milk thickens, add salt, black pepper and sugar in it.
• Pour 2 tablespoons of oil and saute the vegetables in it. Now add  the cut vegetables i.e. capsicum, carrots, red onions and spring onions to the milk.Mix well.
• add the boiled pasta and mix all the vegetables and pasta well.
• Take an oven safe glass dish. Add the pasta and vegetables cooked in milk to the dish. Spread cheese over it.
• Preheat oven at 150 C for half an hour.
• Cook the pasta in oven for 2-12 minutes (just let the cheese melt and get mixed with the pasta and veges)
• Take it from oven and serve with chili garlic sauce:)