Oreo cupcakes :D

Prep time - 20 min

Cook time - 22 min 

Serves- 24 cupcakes

Ingredients 

For the cake 

1.Oreo halves- 24 (the cream side up)

2.All purpose flour-2 1/2 cups

3.Baking powder - 1tsp 

4.Unsalted butter- 3/4 cups

5.Confectioners sugar- 1 2/3 cups

6.Salt- 1 tsp 

7.Egg whites - 3 

8.Egg yolk- 1 

9.Vanilla essence- 1 tbsp 

10.Milk- 1 cup 

11.Apple cider vinegar- 1 tsp (add the vinegar to the milk) 

12.Oreo cookies(coarsely chopped)- 15

For the buttercream frosting

1.Icing sugar- 500 g

2.Unsalted butter - 150 g

3.Finely ground oreos - 10 

4.Vanilla essence- 2 tsp 

5.Milk- 4 tbsp

Procedure

1.In a medium sized bowl beat the egg whites till you get soft peaks.Keep aside.

2.In an other bowl cream the butter and sugar till fluffy , about 2 min.

3.Add the egg yolk,then the vanilla.

4.Alternating the flour and milk , add it to the above mixture.

5.Add the salt and baking powder.

6.Now fold in the egg whites into the above mixture and then the chopped oreos.

7.Line the muffin tray with liners and place the oreo halves , cream side up into the the liners.

8. Place the batter into the liners , filling 3/4 of them.

9.In a preheated oven at 170 c bake for 24 min .

10.Cool the cupcakes before you top them up with the oreo buttercream :)

To prepare the buttercream froting

1.Cream the butter till soft 

2.Add the icing sugar , alternating it with milk.

3.Add the vanilla, and then finally add the ground oreos and mix for about 2 min approx.

Decorate the cupcakes like i did as seen below :)

                                                    

                                                   

Chocolate banana swirled muffins :)

Prep time - 40 min 

Serves - 12

Ingredients:

1.Eggs -1

2.White sugar- 1/4 cup

3.Brown sugar- 1/2 cup

4.All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups 

5.Vegetable oil- 1/3 cup

6.Bananas - 3 (mashed)

7.Cocoa powder- 1/4 cup

8.Milk(hot)- 45 ml

9.Baking soda- 1 tsp 

10.Baking powder- 1 tsp 

11.Salt -1/2 tsp

12.Vanilla essence - 1/2tsp 

Procedure:

1.In a bowl mix together the bananas and the sugars till well incorporated .

2.Next , add in the egg, oil ,30 ml of milk and vanilla essence and blend the mixture till you get a smooth texture.

3.Add in the flour, baking soda , powder, and salt. 

4.Take 1/3 of the batter and add the cocoa powder to this mixture .Add the rest of the milk to this mixture and mix properly.

5.In a lightly greased muffin pan , pour the banana batter evenly topping each mould with the chocolate mixture . Swirl so that the chocolate and banana batter mix lightly.

6.In a pre-heated oven at 170 c , bake for exactly 22 min .

7.When a toothpick inserted into the cake

comes out clean , your muffins are ready ! Enjoy :) 

Fudgy oatmeal chocolate bars !

Prep time - 5 min
Cooking time - 20 min
Serves - 8 

Ingredients
1.Unsalted butter- 1/2 cup (melted)
2.Brown sugar - 1 cup
3.Eggs - 1
4.Oats - 1 1/2 cup
5.All purpose flour - 1 cup
6.Vanilla essence - 1 tbsp
7.Dark chocolate chips - 1 cup
8.Sweetened condensed milk - half of 1 tin
9.Salt - a pinch

Procedure
1. Mix the eggs , sugar , melted butter and vanilla together with the help of an electric whisk or a hand whisk.

2. Add the oats and flour alternatively until just combined ( you can do this with the help of a spatula to prevent over mixing of the mixture).

3.Spread 3/4 of the above mixture into a pan , smoothing it with a spatula to form a crust.

4.In a microwave safe bowl , heat the chocolate and the condensed milk for 45 sec on high and mix till both the ingredients and well incorporated.

5. Now pour the above mixture onto the oat mixture in the pan smoothing it evenly.

6.Spread the remaining oat mixture onto the chocolate mixture (it need not cover the whole chocolate layer) and bake in a preheated oven at 350 c for 25 min.

7.Set pan aside and allow the bars to cool for an hour before serving.

Chewy double chocolate chip cookies

Prep time - 10 min 

Cooking time - 8 min 

Serves - 20 big cookies 

Ingredients 

1.Salted butter - 1 cup 

2.All purpose flour - 3 cups 

3.Sugar - 1 1/2 cups

4.Eggs- 2

5.Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup

6.Chocolate chips (or) chocolate chunks - 2 cups 

7.Baking soda - 1 tsp 

8. Vanilla essence - 2 tsp 

9.Espresso- 3 tbsp 

Procedure 

1.Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl.

2.Add the eggs one by one and mix until they just get incorporated.

3.Add the cocoa powder and espresso.

4.Add in the vanilla and baking soda and mix well.

5.Now add the flour cup by cup making sure that the flour got mixed well after each addition (you may use more flour if the batter is too sticky).

6.Lastly, add the chocolate chips and mix with a spatula until they are evenly distributed.

7.Now chill the dough for 15 min in the refrigerator .

8.With the help of an ice cream scoop , place equal amounts of dough in a pan lined with parchment paper.

9.Bake them for 10 min in a pre heated oven at 170 c .

10.Heat some marshmallows and make a marshmallow filling for the cookies like i did as seen below and enjoy !

carrot cupcakes !

Prep time - 40 min
Makes 20 cupcakes 

Ingredients
1.Carrots (finely grated) - 1 1/2 cups
2.Eggs - 2
3.Sugar - 3/4 cups plus 2 tbsp
4.Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp
5.All purpose flour - 1 cup
6.Vegetable oil - 2/3 cup
7.Salt - 1/4 tsp
8.Baking soda- 1 tsp
9.Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Procedure 
1.Beat the eggs till fluffy .
2.Add the oil and mix for half a minute.

3.Next add in the grated carrots.

4.Add the sugar and beat the mixture well.

5.In a large bowl sift the flour, salt , cinnamon powder , baking soda and baking powder and add this to the above mixture.

6.Pour the batter into cupcake moulds and bake in a preheated oven at 170 c for 20 min.
7.Cool the cupcakes before frosting them and enjoy!

 8. Pipe your cupcake with the frosting of your choice and decorate them with hundreds and thousands like i did !

Red velvet vanilla swirled marble cake !

Serves - 6
Prep time- 40 min

Ingredients
1.Eggs - 2
2.Unsalted butter -100 g
3.Confectioners sugar- 120 g
4.All purpose flour - 100 g
5.Buttermilk - 50 ml
6.Cocoa powder- 1 tbsp
7.Red food colouring - 1 tsp
8.Baking powder- 1/2 tsp

Procedure 
1.In a large bowl whisk the eggs and sugar together.

2.Add the butter and blend the mixture till smooth.

3.Add 40ml of buttermilk and all purpose flour in an alternating fashion , starting and ending with the flour.

4.Add the baking powder and blend the mixture on high speed for 2 min.
5.In a separate bowl take two large scoops of batter and add the cocoa powder and red food colouring and the remaining buttermilk and mix until smooth.

6.Now in a greased bread loaf pan place the red batter and the plain batter in an alternating fashion and swirl in a zig zag manner until to get the "marbled effect" and bake it in a preheated oven at 160 c for 22 min .

7.When you insert a toothpick and if it comes out clean , your cake is ready !


                                                   

 

                                              

 

You can do a rainbow swirled marble cake by mixing equal amounts(1 large scoop) of batter with different colours like i have done below