CCD shot's

Heylo peole!
Today's post is not going to be anything related to fashion or style at all. It's just one of those vague thing's I come across in my daily course of life and happen to totally love and hence blog about it to let my lovely followers know.
Anyway, so my friend kept talking about these mango or chocolate shots (non alcoholic of course) which she had and never in my many visits to CCD have I ever seen or even heard about them. So I decided to check them out today and BAAM they are the like the best and the cutest little things of heaven. It is a small plastic shot sized glass filled with mango or chocolate. Plus they are so cheap. My personal favorite is mango. Here are a few snippets of them

This the mango shot. It has sweet cream and a rich mango pulp and a bit of mango jelly. It is only for Rs 20. 

This is the chocolate shot. The top most layer has a bitter dark chocolate layer followed by a rich deep chocolate sweet cream in the middle and bits of brownie crumble. So yum! Again it for Rs20

 The mango shot is much sweeter than the chocolate one. I would recommend have both that would be just Rs 40 with the additional Rs 10 tax, so that is a total of Rs 50 only. I mean it is totally worth it!
They come with plastic lids on top, so it is easily portable.
So, next time you are around CCD do try it out.

Till then until next time.
Happy reading !
- Varsha

Christmas vanilla cake.

Hungry? I can understand :P.Imagine the pleasure of making and eating it whole :P.
Anyway it really is soo convenient to make.I used the Pilsbury vanilla cake mix for the sponge base cake.The icing is again Pilsbury flavored vanilla icing ready to spread.For the top chocolate design.I just melted a regular dairy milk+butter+water and spread it in a random order all over with a spoon.And here it was!To give it that christmas effect I added some decoration from my xmas tree which are totally indedible :P.You could get mazypans or even ready made edible xmas decorations for cake from any market.

Homemade b'day cake.

This cake is by far the best I have done so far.It was made for my best friend neha on her birthday.It was jointly done by me and my friend.It looks simple but really! took almost half a day to make and design it.



This cake is made right from scratch.The reason why there are 2 colors on it is because we ran out of dark chocolate so we used white on the other half :P.and volla! look how pretty it turned out to be.The silver beads on the partition are edible and are available in any market where you get the cake goodies.These were bought from crowford.The bow and the flowers however are inedible and were solely meant for decoration purposes.

Cake baking? Not so Difficult anymore

So how many times have you been tired and fed up of making a cake from scratch? The endless procedure of beating eggs, straining flour and worrying about the right proportions of baking powder? aahh then you may not have heard of the ready made cake mixes being available in markets.They come in both eggs as well as eggless.The best thing about these cake mixes are after baking the cake remains moist from inside exactly how we get in bakery shops.Home made cakes tend to be dry from inside.

The best and the most easiest available cake mixes available in Indian markets are:

1)Pillsbury:


Also available in strawberry,rich chocolate and vanilla.All you have to do is add 2 eggs+oil+water around 75ml each for oil and water and bake it for around 30 min at 180 degrees.Insert a toothpick and if it comes out clean that means the cake is baked well.Cool the cake for around 30 so that it sets well.Then add any icing as you want.
Pillsbury also gives a wide range of ready to spread creamy icing.


2)Betty crocker:


Betty crocker is another famous moist cake mix slightly expensive than pilsbury.It also has its own variety of brownie mix,fudge mix.The procedure to make this is same as pillsbury.

3)Eggless cake mixs:
For eggless cake mix I would suggest to go for tarla dalals brand.All you need to do is add vegetable oil and warm water according to the proportions mentioned on the box.
It turns out to look like this:


4)Home made icing for cakes:
If you arent a pro at making icing you could start with a very basic process.
1st procedure:
1.Buy 2-3 large bars of any dark chocolate or even regular chocolate like dairy milk,or bournville etc.
2.Take a sausepan and shred the pieces of the bar in it.
3.Add 2 tablespoons of butter and half a cup of warm water.
4.Stir till you get a nice and thick consistency.
5.Turn off the heat and pour the mixture over your cake and spread it evenly.(warning do not pour on a hot cake just out of the oven,it will crack)
6.Take a milky bar and greet all over it to give it a frosty look.

2nd procedure:
1.Buy icing sugar(you will get it in any grocery shop).
2.In a medium size bowl take the sugar and add 50 gms of butter enough to melt the butter.
3.To give it a creamy texture you could also add egg whites.However you could use it as it is mentioned on step 2 and spread evenly on top of cake or between the 2 halves of cake.You could also use this mixture on cookies to get that extra tinch of sweetness.


Hope the tips are useful.Happy baking :)