Winner Announcement Of Recap Event :-)

As you all know that Merry Tummy turned 1 year this march and therefore I conducted an event at my blog called as One year Recap Event. I will like to thank each one of you for those lovely and encouraging comments. I read each comment and all of them are very special and motivating for me.  Choosing the winners was very difficult task for me thus, Mr. Husband helped me out and we have chosen 3 winner. So the winners are:

Priya from Yummy Foods. She has won Sanjeev Kapoor Snacks and Starters. She said-I love your eggless chocolate almond cake, it is very simple and easy to make and I love chocolate cake. I like many recipes which you have posted, I really stuck with which one to choose. The black forest cake is so perfect and mouth watering and you have explained really well. My list will keep growing, so I will stop with this for now.

Nilu of Kitchen Sernity. She will get Sanjeev Kapoor Vegetarian Cooking Around The World. She said- Congrats for your successful completion of a year.. After a complete tour of your blog and seeing the wonderful recipes you have shared with us. I feel it is very difficult to decide which to choose from.. I have even bookmarked a couple of recipes to try soon.. Be it your Lauki Kofta Ki Dahivali Curry or your French Crepes Cake Layered With Blueberry Sauce And Topped With Mango Mousse.. or your step by step garlic rolls.. All have left me craving to have some right now.. But if given a chance, the first recipe I would like to try would be your Spinach corn Bhaji as it is very healthy and full of nutrition.  Looking forward to more of your amazing recipes :-)

And last but by no means the least - Preety from Preety’s Kitchen. She has been the victor of Sanjeev Kapoor Simple Home Baking.  She said- First of all hearty congratulations on turning one , great milestone and wish you many more anniversaries celebrations in future with more giveaways offcourse..;)..I am so surprised in one year only it seems like you have more than 200 recipes on your blog...Cheers for that..Browsed your blog and i am liking all your recipes (that i have seen so far)..but if you want me to pick one favourite recipe then it will be Rajma Tikkis.Why:- i love recipes who have less ingredients, are less complicated , are healthy , crowd pleaser and can be make/prepared ahead of time..And your recipe meets all the requirements. Actually i never thought of making patties with rajma before.

The event was totally successful and I enjoyed reading back my own recipes and living the year again. One year was interesting and so good with all your love and comments. Thanks once again.

Chocolate Cake With Chocolate Frosting

One more chocolate cake recipe is here, but this time with Chocolate Frosting.I kept this cake quite simple, i just pour the chocolate frosting on the cake and decorated it with almond flakes. Any time I wanted to eat a cake my mom would make this quick frosting. This frosting is very liquid in nature and best when served hot. Love this quick frosting.

Ingredients:

For Cake-
1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour

1/2 cup sugar

3 tbsp honey

3/4 cup Milk

1/2 tsp Salt

1 stick melted butter

tsp Baking Soda

tsp Baking powder

tbsp Cocoa powder

1 tsp Vanilla essence

1 tbsp Lemon Juice

For Frosting-

150 grams dark chocolate

1/8 cup honey

3 tbsp butter

1/2 cup milk

Method:

For Cake:

1. Take bowl and put together honey,melted butter, milk, and sugar. Keep mixing till sugar dissolves.
2. Sieve together all purpose flour,salt, baking powder, cocoa powder and baking soda.
3. Slowly combine milk mixture with flour mixture. Mix till batter is smooth. Then mix in vanilla essence.
4. Lastly add lemon juice to it and give it a quick mix.
5. Bake it for 25-30 minutes at 180C or till when toothpick inserted it comes out clean.
6. For frosting boil milk till you see bubbles appear at the sides. 

For Frosting:

1. Take chopped chocolate in a bowl and pour the hot milk on the chocolate. You will see chocolate melting away, keep mixing.
2. On a very slow flame keep mixing the above mixture till chocolate is melted. Add honey and butter, mix till it is glossy and butter has melted away.
3. Just pour the above frosting on the cake and decorate with almond flakes. 

Eggless Chocolate Almond Cake-No Condensed Milk And No Curd

Eggless cake is not very easy to make. I have seen many recipes for eggless cake with curd or condensed milk, but I always use the below recipe for eggless cakes and it turns out to be fine. All of us learn something from our experiences, thus my this recipe is for the best teacher in the world -"Experience". With many trials and observations I could finally rely on this recipe. This recipe will make cake crust crispy, just like brownies. Do make this one.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour

3/4 sugar

¼ honey

3/4 cup Milk

1/2 tsp Salt

1 stick melted butter

tsp Baking Soda

tsp Baking powder

tbsp Cocoa powder

1 tsp Vanilla essence

1 tbsp Lemon Juice

1/8 cup almond flakes (optional)

Method:

Take bowl and put together honey,melted butter, milk, and sugar. Keep mixing till sugar dissolves.

Sieve together all purpose flour,salt, baking powder, cocoa powder and baking soda.

Slowly combine milk mixture with flour mixture. Mix till batter is smooth. Then mix in almond flakes and vanilla essence.

Lastly add lemon juice to it and give it a quick mix.

Bake it for 25-30 minutes at 180C or till when toothpick inserted it comes out clean.

Notes-Any other type of nut can also be added. 

-Just increase the amount of maida and omit cocoa flour to make vanilla cake.