Add the egg replacer, condensed milk and vanilla to the beaten butter and sugar mixture and beat again till smooth. Add this to the mixed flour and mix well.

Add the soda water and mix well. Preheat the oven to 180 degree C.

Lastly add the dry fuits and mix well; sprinkle some dry fruits and chocolate crumbs on top of the batter. Grease a baking tray with butter/oil and pour the mix in to the tray.

Bake for 35 minutes or until the cake is done - check by inserting a knife, if it comes out clean then your cake is done! Once done, cool on a wire rack, slice and enjoy! RELATED RECIPES Eggless brownie No Bake Biscuit Custard Pudding Cake Sweet potato cucumber cheesecake served with black pepper ice cream Olive oil pomenta cake with beetroot basil compote Gluay Guan (Thai Banana Cake) Ingredients: 1 & 1/2 cups - all purpose flour/maida 3 tbsp corn flour 100 gms butter 4 tbsp sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda/sodium bi carb 1/2 cup condensed milk 1/3 cup soda water 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 chopped dry fruits 2 tsp - chocolate crumbs Egg replacer: 2 tbsp - water 1/2 tsp - baking powder 2 tsp - oil (less)

Hint: To skimp on calories instead of using 4 whole eggs you can use 8 egg whites. RELATED RECIPES Stuffed cheesy eggplants Eggless dry fruits cake Eggless brownie Khamang kakdi Spicy Guava Salad Ingredients: 4 - egg, boiled 1 tbsp - fat free mayonnaise 1 tbsp - cheese spread Salt and pepper to taste (less)

Chop the fruit and add to the gelatine mixture. When it is cooled put in a mould and set it in the freezer.

Take it out of the freezer just before serving. RELATED RECIPES Mango salad Eggless dry fruits cake Khamang kakdi Spicy Guava Salad Jackfruit halwa Ingredients: 1 small tin - pineapple, chopped 1 tin - peaches, chopped 5 - oranges 5 - bananas 1/4 cup - water (cold) 1 1/3 cups - water (boiling) 1 tbsp - gelatine 2 tbsps - lemon juice 1 1\2 tbsps - sugar (less)

Take them out after 10 mins (7 mins +3 mins standing time) Now take out the bowl, add cream and microwave it for 8 minutes at high, stir in between once. Now take it out and add all the dry fruits and again microwave for 10 mins at 60% temperature ie 540.

Let it be there for standing time. Delicious Gajar Halwa is ready for serving.

You can decorate it with silver vark. RELATED RECIPES Sri Lankan dry pumpkin curry Hyderbadi Mirchi Ka Salan Kapsa rice Microwave beetroot halwa Kaju kothimbir vadi Ingredients: 300 g - cream (malai) 1 kg - red carrots, grated 125 g - sugar 2 - green cardamoms 1 - black cardamom 50 g - raisins 20 - almonds (broken) 20 - cashew nuts (broken) 20 - pistachio (broken) (less)

Spread coconut onto another large plate. Slide pieces of fruit onto the skewer and design your own kabob by putting as much or as little of whatever fruit you want! Do this until the stick is almost covered from end to end.

Hold your kabob at the ends and roll it in the yogurt, so the fruit gets covered. Then roll it in the coconut.

Repeat these steps with another skewer. RELATED RECIPES Lemonade Mango salad Eggless dry fruits cake Jackfruit halwa Tea fruit punch Ingredients: 1 - apple 1 - banana 1/3 c.

- red seedless grapes 1/3 c. - green seedless grapes 2/3 cup - pineapple chunks 1 cup - nonfat yogurt 1/4 c.

- dried coconut, shredded Utensils: knife (You'll need help from your adult assistant.) 2 - wooden skewer sticks large plate (less)

I also added Agave and about 1/4 cup of soy milk since i did not have enough condensed milk. Sieve baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and all purpose flour.

Add all purpose flour mixture to the condensed milk mixture. Add vanilla essence and mix well.

Pour in a greased pan and bake for about half hour. Cool the cake and then cut it horizontally.

Mix/beat cream and sugar well to get peak consistency (like butter). Place one layer of cake and spread the cream.

Place the second layer (you can also keep cut fruits like cherry or pineapple on the cream.) Now cover the cake with rest of the cream mixture and decorate with cherry or tutti fruity or chocolate shavings.

Note: We can also use ice cream instead of the cream to make an ice cream cake. RELATED RECIPES Eggless banana walnut bread Eggless dry fruits cake Eggless brownie No Bake Biscuit Custard Pudding Cake Sweet potato cucumber cheesecake served with black pepper ice cream Ingredients: 1 cup - all purpose flour/maida 1/4 cup - condensed milk 1/4-1/2 cup - soy milk (according to consistency) 1/4 cup - butter Powdered sugar about 3tbsp to mix with cream 1/2 tsp - agave, optional 3 to 4 tbsp - cocoa powder (according to your taste) 1/2 tsp - baking powder 1/4 tsp - baking soda 1/2 tsp - vanilla essence Whipped cream for filling Grated chocolate, to sprinkle on sides and top Tutti fruity, to sprinkle on sides and top (less)

Mix in the sugar. Mix the custard power in half a cup of lukewarm milk and mix it to the condensed milk.

Stir continuously so that no lumps are formed and the custard does not stick at the bottom. Cook till the custard thickens.

Cool to room temperature. Coat the chopped fruits in the sugar syrup and then coat with sesame seeds.

To serve: Place a portion of the prepared custard sauce in individual bowls. Top with a portion of the sesame coated fruits and decorate with mint leaves.

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This is then chilled in refrigerator. Choice of fruits is chopped up and mixed with custard along with chopped nuts and dried fruits.

Serve fruits custard immediately or chill until required. Makes: around 3 Fruit Custard.

Ingredients: Milk 2 Cups 1 1/2 – 2 tbsps Apple 1 Mango 1 Small Banana 1 Small Dates 4 Almonds 8 Honey to taste leaf for garnish Method of preparation: Microwave almonds in half a cup of water for a minute. Squeeze the almonds to remove the skin.

Finely chop the dates. Wash and chop the apple into small pieces.

Peel and chop the mango into big chunks discarding the pit. Peel and chop the banana into small chunks.

Mix all the chopped ingredients together. Dissolve the corn flour in quarter cup of the room temperature milk and keep aside.

Heat remaining milk in a sauce pot and bring it to boil. Keeping stirring while pouring the corn flour dissolved milk.

Let the milk boil for couple of minutes for milk to thicken. Once milk is little thick, stir in desired honey and remove from heat.

Cool to room temperature and refrigerate the custard for few hours. In a serving bowl, add the chopped fruits and dried fruits and nuts.

Layer the fruits with few tablespoons of the chilled custard. Garnish with more fruits and nuts and more honey and a mint leaf.

Serve fruit custard immediately. Notes: Make sure to use fruits that hold together when added to the custard.

Suggestions: Adjust the amount of corn flour for consistency of the custard. Slice the almonds if desired.

Store the custard in refrigerator for good couple of days. Make sure to mix the banana just before serving.

Variations: Add seasonal fruits or your choice of fruits to the custard. Use store bought custard powder (having flavors and color) for a variation.

Other Names: Fruits Custard, Simple Custard with Fresh Fruits (less)

How to serve: Take a tall ornate glass. First put 2 heaped tbsp of raspberry jelly.

Top it with a big scoop of strawberry ice-cream, put a tsp of strawberry crush on the ice-cream. On it put some mixed fruits.

Add a big scoop of kesar pista ice-cream. Top it with 2 heaped tbsp of orange jelly.

Crown the jelly, with a big scoop of vanilla ice-cream. Pour a tbsp of chocolate sauce on the vanilla ice-cream.

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