My Me-Time

This 20th, I was relatively free and was getting bored; also HBO, Living Foodz & Epic were also of no help so a wild and (and very close-to-my-heart-feeling) ran across me: Prepare some delicacy for My Better Half J

I decided to surprise her with PineApple cake with Vanila icecream.
And in no time, I was up and running; gathering/buying items for PineApple cake (In fact, round the year you can find dollops of vanilla ice cream in our fridge, so buying ice cream wasn’t a requirement).

So, for Novices or Adventurous-Souls-Who-Wanna-Impress-Their-Wife with their culinary skills; here’s a brief of items requirement:

ð  Baking Powder: ½ Tea Spoon
ð  Baking Soda: ¼ Tea Spoon
ð  Curd: 2 TeaSpoon    

Why Curd?? We are vegetarians so, for a cake: curd does the same thing as Egg, i.e. giving richness, or in layman terms you can say for acting like an “Adhesive”.

ð  Maida: 2 Cups
ð  Clarified butter: ½ Cup
ð  Custard Powder: ½ Cup
ð  Milk: 2 Cups
ð  Boora/Powdered Sugar: 1 Cup; I would say “Swad-Anusaar” ;)
ð  PineApple essence: 4 drops


And most important item: microwave ;)

  • Making:

1)      Take milk, and mix boora/powdered sugar in it.
2)       Now, with help of “Sieve” or “Channi”; slowly add mixture of Maida & Custard powder to concoction of milk and sugar.
3)      Now, add drops of essence + curd + baking soda + baking powder + clarified butter
4)      Also, side by side, brush the micro-wave utensil with butter

Why??? So that cake doesn’t gets stuck with the utensil J

5)      With help of hand-held mixer; mix the concoction once again + giving a texture/richness to the cake.

Tip: Don’t use grinder/mixer for more than 10 seconds.

I would say, this only takes 10 minutes, and 99% of your work (I would term it as Hard-Work) is done.

v  Take the microwave utensil, which you had already brushed with butter -> pour the concoction/mixture in it -> leave it for 20-25 seconds so that it gets grounded to the utensil -> add some cherries/tutti-fruity on top

v  Start the “Microwave” with “Microwave” mode -> and leave the concoction for “2” minutes.

v  Take out the “Semi-Liquid” cake and add some tutti-fruity again

Why??? In semi liquid stage, your tutti-fruity won’t go deep inside the cake; and will be “Good Presentation”

v  Again place the utensil in “Microwave” mode for “3” minutes; and take out the utensil.

v  Keep this at room-temperature for 5 minutes, and then place it in fridge.

  • Serving:

After dicing the cake in small pieces:

v  Place 2 pieces in bowl -> Add 2 tea-spoon “Rose” syrup on both the pieces of cake -> Place a dollop of ice cream on top of that -> and then place a “Cherry” on it.

Tan-Tana…

Your ultimate-delicacy-for-impressing-your-girl (in my case: wife) is ready J

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