Monster Bundt Cake#BundtBakers

A super fun and easy Halloween Monster Bundt Cake! All you need is a few ingredients to make this fun Monster Bundt Cake and most important is candy eyeballs which are homemade! I have used my Homemade Chocolate Cake.

For The Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix 
Dry Ingredients
200 Grams All Purpose Flour
20 Grams Corn Flour
400 Grams Caster Sugar
90 Grams Cocoa powder ( Dutch Process)
7 Grams Baking powder
7 Grams Baking soda
3 Grams Salt
Wet Ingredients
3 Small Eggs Or 2 Large
125 ML Vegetable Oil
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Essence
200 ML Warm Coffee
To Make The Butter Milk
225 ML Whole Milk
2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice or White Vinegar
Other Ingredients
For The White Icing /Glaze
3 Cups Icing Sugar
Milk as required
½ Teaspoon Vanilla Essence

Coloring Orange, Purple, Green
For Homemade Candy Eyeballs
White Chocolate
Dark Chocolate
Edible Black Color

Method
For The Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix

Whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. 

Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place for up to 3 months or until ready to use.
When Ready To Bake
Preheat oven to 170°C. Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans or a 10 cup Bundt mold.

Whisk butter milk, oil, eggs, coffee and vanilla in a large bowl until well mixed and slightly frothy.
Add the dry mix and whisk until just barely combined and smooth (do not over mix). This is a liquidy batter. 

Pour cake batter in a well greased Bundt pan. Bake 60 - 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean (baking time depends on the pan size). 

Allow to cool completely then invert onto a plate.

For The White Icing /Glaze

Make the icing in a large bowl. Divide frosting into three/four bowls and add a different color of food coloring to each.
Add color to the glaze by mixing in a few drops of food coloring.

Place each icing in a piping bag and cut a tiny hole in one of the corners. Drizzle frosting over the cake. Repeat with remaining colors.

For Homemade Candy Eyeballs

Melt the white and dark chocolate as required. Pour this into a small piping. Take a plastic sheet, pipe the white dots, when it cools place a dark chocolate dot on top. Let this cool completely. With a tooth pick make a black dot on top of the dark chocolate.
My suggestion the black dot remains wet even after a day of drying, so mix it with the dark chocolate and then make a black dot. When I was placing the eyes on the cake the black color smudges.

 Add eyeballs all over the cake immediately after adding the frosting. 

Serve and Enjoy!
Labels: Bundts, Bundt Bakers, Halloween, Chocolate, Homemade, Cake Mix, Candy Eyes, International Cuisine, American

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all of our lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.
Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.

Our Host for this month is Wendy from A Day in the Life on the Farm, theme is Halloween Bundts, thank you for hosting this event. Check the recipes our talented bakers have baked. 

Pat Y Co: Boo...Chocolate-Coconut and Pumpkin Marble Bundt
Making Miracles: Chocolate Orange Swirled Bundt Cake
Food Lust People Love: Chocolate Spider Web Bundt Cake
Palatable Pastime: Dirt and Worms Bundt Cake
A Day in the Life on the Farm: Mini Pumpkin Bundts
Sneha’s Recipe: Monster Bundt Cake
Culinary Adventures with Camilla: No Bones About It Pumpkin Mini Bundts

Homemade Fresh Peach Nectar#SundayFunday

Peach nectar is just a juice made with the pulp of the peach and it usually has a bit of sugar and lemon juice thrown in for flavor. You can drink peach nectar on its own or add it to other drinks and dishes for extra flavor. It's a deliciously satisfying drink made with fresh peaches!

Ingredients 
7  Fresh Peaches
1 Lemon Juice
10 - 12 Tablespoons Sugar or to taste 
8 Cups Water

Method

Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Clean your peaches and cut an "X" in the bottom of each peach. (Makes for easier peeling later). Place the peaches in the water and cook for 2 minutes. Remove the peaches and put them in a large bowl filled with ice water to stop the cooking process.

When the peaches are cool enough to handle, peel off the skins, cut in half and remove the pit.

Add two peaches at a time into the blender, with a cup of water. Let the blender run on high until you have peach juice. Pour into a fine mesh strainer and with a spatula push out as much liquid as possible. Put the strained juice into a pot for cooking the juice in the next step. Repeat the same process till the remaining peaches are blended.

Add all the blended juice into a large pot, add the lemon juice and sugar if necessary and bring to a boil. Once the juice boils, remove from the heat to let cool.

Once cool, pour into airtight containers (I used mason jars) and store in the refrigerator until ready to use. It can also be frozen or canned for later use.
Labels: Nectar, American, Sunday Funday, Peach, Juices, Healthy, Homemade 

For our event called Sunday Funday, wherein we share recipes our families will love to enjoy on a Sunday. Our host for this week's event is Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla.

Citrus Peach Sangria by Food Lust People Love
Fresh Peach Iced Tea by Our Good Life
Fuzzy Melba by A Day in the Life on the Farm
Georgia Peach Cocktail by Amy's Cooking Adventures
Grilled Peach Cocktail of Heavenly Wisdom by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
Homemade Fresh Peach Nectar by Sneha’s Recipe
Maple Roasted Peaches by Mayuri’s Jikoni
Peach Glazed Chicken Breasts by Making Miracles
Peach Scones by Palatable Pastime

Sourdough Discard Pancakes#BreadBakers

Our breakfast is a most important meal of the day, where we, have a scrumptious and delicious one. There are many choices for breakfast like pancakes, idli, dosa, upma, poha, crepes, chillas etc. But this is my new found liking , a fluffy sourdough pancake made with sourdough discard, a another way to use the discard and make something deliciously good for breakfast. 

These pancakes are so easy to make you preferment the dough and keep it aside in your kitchen counter, next day morning add rest of the ingredients and your ready to make breakfast.
The pre-ferment, means, the pancakes will get a lot of developed taste.

Makes 10 Pancakes
Ingredients
For The Pre-ferment
250 Grams All Purpose Flour
30 Grams Sugar
250 Grams Sourdough Starter Discard -** My Notes
500 Ml Buttermilk

For The Batter - To Be Added In the Morning
2 Eggs
50 Grams Unsalted Butter - melted - I used salted
¾ Teaspoon Sea Salt - ** My Notes
1 Teaspoon Level Baking Soda - ** My Notes

Method 
For The Pre-ferment

The night before mix in all the given ingredients and cling wrap the bowl. Leave covered at room temperature overnight.

For The Batter - To Be Added In the Morning

In a medium mixing bowl add eggs , melted butter, mix until combined. Tip in the pre-ferment, mix in the baking soda, salt and mix it well. The batter should bubble up.

To Make The Pancakes

Heat a small or medium pan on medium flame.
Melt about a teaspoon of butter and distribute evenly on the pan. Pour a ladle full of batter on the pan ( Do not spread) and let it cook until the top is full of holes and it's slightly cooked. 

Flip the pancake and let it cook until the other side is golden brown. Continue until all of the batter has been turned into pancakes.

Place the pancake on a serving plate, place a small cube of butter on top. 

Do this every time you place a pancake over each other.

They are all ready and looking deliciously good!!

Enjoy these pancakes with some fresh fruit or with maple syrup!

These are light, fluffy, deliciously well-fermented and enriched flavor pancakes, you will love them!!

My Notes

** I have used salted butter hence reduced the salt to ½ teaspoon.
** The sourdough discard was semi active, hence the batter was double and bubbly in the morning, so I, used only ¾ teaspoon level baking soda.
If you don’t have buttermilk you can use regular or plant based milk and mix it with 2 tablespoons of white vinegar. Leave on the counter for 5 to 10 minutes after mixing and you have a buttermilk.
If you want to make the pancakes vegan you can use either vegetable oil or a plant-based butter and omit the eggs.

Labels: Breakfast, Dessert, American, Pancake, Sourdough, Sourdough Discard, Healthy, Bread Bakers, International Cuisine

#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.  We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.
This month’s event is Breakfast Bread hosted by Zesty South Indian Kitchen

                                           

And don’t forget to check out all the amazing Breakfast Breads baked by our talented bakers ~ Bread Baker's Event for June 2021 . 

• Breakfast Garbage Bread Making Miracles
• Danish Crisps A Messy Kitchen
• English Muffins Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Flax Meal Breakfast Bread Ambrosia
Fresh Cherry Chocolate Sourdough Bread Zesty South Indian Kitchen
• Multigrain Blueberry Bread What Smells So Good?
• Montreal-Style Bagels Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Rhubarb Strawberry Spiced Sourdough Bread Cook with Renu
• Sausage Stuffed Sourdough Crescent Rolls Food Lust People Love
• Spicy Masala Veggie Paratha Magical Ingredients
• Sourdough Angel BiscuitsPalatable Pastime
• Sourdough Crepes A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Sourdough Discard Pancakes Sneha’s Recipe

Cheesy Potato Chips Skillet Pie#SundayFunday

There is no better classic combo than potato and cheese. This cheesy potato chip pie is so easy to make, just whisk all the ingredients in a bowl to make a smooth sauce, arrange the potato chips in the base of skillet and just pour all the prepared sauce, garnish and it's ready to bake. No cooking or cutting and chopping.

This pairing is a real crowd pleaser and kids delight no matter whatever form it's made. This recipe uses plain potato chips and 2 types of cheese. I have used cheddar and provolone cheese, you can substitute provolone with mozzarella cheese. Since it is made in a cast iron skillet it requires not plating.

Serves One
5" Cast Iron Skillet
Ingredients
½ Cup Fresh Cream/Cooking Cream
½ Cup Plain Thick Yogurt
½ Cup Mayonnaise -With Egg ** See My Notes
1 Egg
Plain Potato Chips - as required - I used Lay's
½ Cup Shredded Cheddar cheese
½ Cup Shredded Provolone Cheese or Mozzarella
½ Teaspoon Paprika powder
½ Teaspoon Fresh Dill
¼ Teaspoon Thyme
Salt and Pepper to taste
Chopped Scallion/Green Onions for garnish
Butter - as required to grease the skillet
Sour Cream to serve
Method
Preheat oven to 170˚C. Grease a 5-inch pie pan/cast iron pan.
Mix both the grated cheddar and provolone cheese and keep aside.

In a very large bowl whisk together cream, yogurt, egg, mayonnaise and spices.

Arrange the potato chips to fit the base of skillet. 

Pour the creamy sauce oven the chips, lifting the chips gently with a spoon so that sauce seeps to the base of the skillet.

Spread all the cheese on top. 

Sprinkle scallion green on top.

Bake for 25 minutes or until cheese on top is beginning to brown. Allow to cool for 5 to 10 minutes.

Serve with sour cream and En..joyy!!

This serves one as a complete meal and it’s a rich comfort food. This was for my hubby and he enjoyed it!!
My Notes
If you do not have mayonnaise then add 2 tablespoons melted butter.

Labels: Main Course, American, Cheese, Potato Chips, Baked, Yogurt, Egg, Mayonnaise, Sunday Funday, Pie, Skillet, Kids  delight, Party pleasers, Single Serving

For our event called Sunday Funday, wherein we share recipes our families will love to enjoy on a Sunday. I thank our host for this week's event  Rebekah Rose Hills of Making Miracles.

Sunday Funday Theme "Chips" 

• Butterfinger Potato Chip Cookies by Palatable Pastime
• Cheesy Potato Chips Skillet Pie by Sneha's Recipe
• Doritos Taco Salad by Making Miracles
• Kachri Bateta by Mayuri’s Jikoni
• Parmesan-Garlic Pita Chips by Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Parmesan Potato Chips by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Potato Chip-Crusted Abalone by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Potato Chip Crusted Cod by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Salt-and-Vinegar Chip Crusted Cod Fingers by Food Lust People Love

Avocado Bundt Cake With Strawberry Glaze#BundtBakers

Avocado in cakes might sound a little strange but this was a wonderful cake! Avocado does not interfere with the cake flavors, it actually adds a subtle flavor.

Strawberry Glaze is so easy frosting and it’s paired perfect for this bundt. This Avocado Bundt Cake is soft, moist and so delicious!

For December's Bundt Bakers, our Host Rebekah Rose Hills  of Making Miracles asked us to bake up a cake that utilizes the colors red and green. 

Cup Measurement - 250 ML Cup
Ingredients 
1½ Cups All Purpose flour
1½ Teaspoon Baking powder
½ Teaspoon Baking soda
¼ Teaspoon Salt
¾ Cup Caster Sugar
2 Large Eggs
1 Ripe Avocado  -  used Hass 
¾ Cup Vegetable oil
¾ Cup Milk
For the Strawberry Glaze
2 - 3 Tablespoons Strawberries Crush
1 Teaspoon Lemon juice
1 Cup Icing Sugar

Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C..

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and set aside.

Mash the avocado very well in a small blender jar along with 1/3 cup milk. Set this aside.
Beat the sugar and eggs, until light and fluffy. Continue to beat on lower speed pouring a little oil at a time till all the oil is well combined. Now add the avocado mash.
Alternating, beat in dry ingredients and the remaining milk on low speed. Starting and ending with dry ingredients.

Pour the batter into the greased bundt pan.

Bake for 40 - 45 minutes. Do a toothpick test to make sure it comes out clean.

Cool completely before frosting.

Combine the ingredients for the glaze in a bowl. Mix until well combined and it's pouring consistency.  

Pour this over the cooled cake.

 Slice & Enjoy!!

Labels :American,  Avocado, Bundts,  Bundt Bakers, Dessert, Strawberry

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all of our lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers can be found on our home page.

December 2020 - Bundt Bakers -Red & Green  Bundts and our host is
Rebekah Rose Hills  

• Avocado Bundt Cake With Strawberry Glaze by Sneha's Recipe
• Christmas Bundt Cake with Almond and Orange by Patyco Candybar
• Christmas Marble Bundt Cake by Making Miracles
• Christmas Wreath Bundt by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Kentucky Butter Cake by Sweet Sensations
• Matcha Mochi Bundt Cake by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Pistachio Rose and Tutti Fruity Bundt Cake by Magical Ingredients
• Red Velvet Cream Cheese Bund by Palatable Pastime
• Sour Cream Vanilla Bundt by Food Lust People Love