Spicy Corn Cakes

I'm not kind of a snacky person but my hubby he loves to have some when he is back home in the eve.I generally look out a quick ones so that I won't end up at the stove whole eve.

Coming to this cakes they are crispy from out side and soft from inside.

This recipe includes egg but I replaced it with yogurt for my convenience. 

The vinegar dip was too good. I tried ketchup, chili Sauce and etc... But this dip was ultimate.It goes with any kind of snack.  

** This recipes makes 12 corn cakes **

Ingredients

1 cup fresh corn kernels

1 medium onion finely chopped 

1/2 cup mint chopped finely 

1 Garlic clove minced

1/2 tsp cumin coriander powder

1/2 tsp red pepper

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp sugar

1/2 cup maida

1/2 cup corn flour 

1/ cup yogurt

1/2 tsp salt (varies acc. to taste)

1/4 cup oil  

*1/2 cup flour for rolling corn balls

In a bowl add all the ingredients one by one leaving yogurt to the last (I used yogurt to mix ingredients).Mix them well.

Take a litlle mixture and roll out a ball with it. Dip the ball in corn flour and make a flat cake like shown in the above image.

 Repeat the same with the remaining mixture. 

Heat a pan with 1tbs oil & place the cakes in a pan. Just add little by little oil as needed to the cakes and fry them both the sides.

*** You can even deep fry them if wanted. I opted to pan fry them so it's up to you :)

For vinegar dip

1/2 cup white wine vinegar 

1/4 cup brown sugar 

11/2 tsp red chili's

11/2 tsp salt

Heat a pan with all the above ingredients. Bring them to boil & allow them to cook for 10 to 15 mins. Then remove the syrup form heat & allow it to cool. Garnish with coriander & it's ready to serve.

Out Come I never expected the combo to be that good. I just couldn't resist licking my finger. 

Vanilla cupcakes with Strawberry frosting

September is a special month for me.. My hubby's birthday is coming & I want to bake a perfect cake for him.Last year I baked a eggless cake and that came out well. Thank god.

I have tried many eggless cakes but most of them are just flops.I was looking for fool proof recipe & came along this with help of my cousin. The recipe was posted in food network & I followed all the steps as mentioned in it.

This is a simple vanilla cupcake recipe yields about 10 cupcakes. The recipe didn't ask for baking soda but I just couldn't hold with out adding as they say old habits won't go so easily :)

I'm not a fan of frosting still tried this strawberry frosting recipe from food network.I'm kind of worried about all the calories in them :)

Go thru my recipe and have a virtual treat of them.

Ingredients

For Cake

11/2 cups of all purpose flour

11/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt 

2/3 cup sugar 

2 Large eggs @ room temperature 

3/4 cup unsalted butter melted

1/2 cup milk ( Used 2% fat milk)

2 tsp vanilla extract

For Frosting 

1/2 cup butter @ room temp  

4 cups Icing sugar

1/4 cup milk ( Used 2% fat milk)

2 tbs strawberries jam

 

Preheat oven @ 350 degrees F.

Dry Ingredients

Sift all purpose flour & mix baking powder,baking soda,all purpose flour & salt together in a bowl. 

Wet Ingredients

In another bowl beat eggs & sugar together till the sugar has dissolved.Then add melted butter & Vanilla one after another to the same bowl & keep mixing it with a hand mixer.

Mix the dry & wet ingredients along with milk.Once the batter is ready set the muffin tin with cupcake sheets and divide the batter equally in them.

Place cakes in oven and bake them @ 350 degrees F for 20mins or till the stick comes out clean. ( I used a tooth pik)

Once they are done cool them on a rack.  

Frosting

In a bowl take butter & mix it smooth. Then add sugar to the bowl along with milk and strawberry jam.

Mix it till it comes out smooth & creamy.

 

*** I used hand mixer so it wasn't so perfect. Use a electric mixer for better results. 

Frost once the cakes cool down. They are soft & puffy.

Note: 

1. The sugar in the cake was just enough sweet. So if you love sweet you can the sugar in cake. 

2. Replace butter with olive oil Or use half butter & half olive oil.