Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Cupcakes anyone?


It might seem silly to people that I share my recipes but what the f@#$. Its not like baking is this huge secret and people cant figure it out for themselves!

So the most popular Mango Cupcake!

Ingredients
Vanilla Cupcakes
Flour 110 gms
Sugar 110 gms
Butter 110 gms
Eggs 2
Baking powder 1 tsp
Milk 2-3 tsp
Vanilla extract

Mango Filling
Fresh diced mango 1
Sugar to taste

Mango Cream
Whipped cream 1 cup
Fresh Mango pulp 1/2 cup

Mango pulp
Fresh diced mango 1
Sugar to taste

Method
Cupcakes
Beat together the sugar and butter and add vanilla. Add the eggs one by one till fully incorporated. Sift together the flour and baking powder and whip into the wet ingredients.
Fill batter into a piping bag.

Mango Filling
Chop mangoes into small dice and cook in a pan with sugar to taste till softened. Cool and fill into a piping bag

Now the tricky part. Into a cupcake paper cup pipe a little of the batter right at the bottom. Then pipe a little of the mango filling in the centre. Now take the batter and pipe around the mango filling and cover the mango filling till the top of the paper cup. 

Bake in a 180C oven for 20 mins till the cupcake is firm to the touch and slightly golden.

Let them cool on a wire rack
 
Mango pulp
Chop mangoes into small dice and cook in a pan with sugar to taste till softened. Cool down. Add to a blender and blend till completely smooth.

Reserve a couple of teaspoons of the same.

Mango cream
Fold together whipped cream and the mango pulp till completely mixed. Do it very delicately and make sure the mango pulp is cold.

Assembling it!
Take some of the mango pulp and brush the top of the cupcakes with it. Pipe the mango cream on top in any design you like! Add sprinkles if you want and enjoy!!

Pork delights in South Bombay

Three little piggies

So pork is by far my favourite meat and my very Bong husband and friends agree with me. But the problem is getting hold of good quality pork meat and last Sunday was a classic case of wanting to make it but don't know where to get the damn meat! My very efficient husband made a quick trip to Marine lines and got me the best quality pork I have found in Bombay and so I thought I would share this little jewel of information with all fellow pork lovers.

For great meat I usually visit:

Francoise Maison at Kemps Corner opp Shamilar Hotel
Rochas Farm Products, BEST marg behind the Taj Mahal Hotel, Colaba
Meat Market at Dr.CW Street, Charni road (Map attached)