This Christmas, give your taste buds a treat with crunchy, peppermint bark chocolate cookies & plum cake
Cakes, puddings and cookies are the key elements of every Christmas feast.
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Cakes, puddings and cookies are the key elements of every Christmas feast. This year, bake some peppermint bark chocolate cookies to add a crunchy twist to your celebrations.
Peppermint Bark Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients: All-purpose flour: 2 cups Unsweetened cocoa powder: 1 cup
Baking soda: 1/2 tsp Baking powder: 1/2 tsp Salt: 1/4 tsp Unsalted, softened butter: 1 cup Brown sugar: 3/4 cup White granulated sugar: 3/4 cup
Method: - Preheat the oven to 350°F - Line a baking sheet with parchment paper - Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder in a bowl and set aside
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- Make the cookie dough: Beat the butter and sugars together for about 2 minutes with an electric mixer at medium speed, until completely mixed and light in colour - Add the egg and the vanilla extract until well mixed, about a minute - Be sure to scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl halfway through - With the mixer on medium speed, add the sifted flour mixture to the bowl slowly
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- Stop once all of the flour is incorporated (do not over-mix) - Fold in the peppermint bark chips using a stiff spatula - Scoop out the dough - Take small spoonful of the dough and roll between your hands to make 1-inch sized balls - Arrange on the baking sheet, spaced a few inches apart - Bake for 10 to 12 minutes - Let cool on the pan for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely
(Courtesy: Grand Mercure Bangalore)
Carrot Cake
Ingredients: Eggs: 6 Sugar: 3 kg Lemon juice and zest: 25 ml Ground Almonds: 0.3 kg Carrots - grated and squeezed: 0.3 kg Corn flour: 0.025 kg Baking powder: 0.1 kg Kirsch: 0.3 l Ginger candied: 0.2 kg Cinnamon: 0.005 kg Apricot glaze: 0.5 kg
Egg white: 0.3 kg Icing sugar: 0.3 kg Lemon juice: 0.1 l
Marzipan carrots Marzipan: 0.3 kg
Method: - Grate carrots and squeeze - Sieve flour, corn flour and baking powder together - Whisk sugar and eggs till its light and fluffy - Fold in flour mixture and rest all ingredient - Put it in the greased mould and bake at 170C for 40 minutes or till done - Make royal icing by whisking egg whites & adding sugar gradually, add lemon juice - Once the cake is done cool it on wire rack - Pour the royal icing and wait for it to set on the cake - Decorate with marzipan carrots
(Courtesy: JW Marriott Jaipur Resort & Spa)
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We’ve rounded up some of the sweetest deals that you can avail this festive season. Take a look at some of the hampers below if you’re searching for the right present to gift a loved one or colleague.
We’ve rounded up some of the sweetest deals that you can avail this festive season. Take a look at some of the hampers below if you’re searching for the right present to gift a loved one or colleague
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The price starts at Rs 150.
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The hampers begin at Rs. 1100 and vary depending on your customised preferences. Hampers can be delivered anywhere across the country within 2-6 days of placing the order.
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For the first time, Foodhall is also offering three traditional Xmas log cakes, available for purchase from the pastry. Must try: Stollen!
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The price starts at Rs 400.
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There’s plum cake, gingerbread cookies as well as a sweet bread to help kick of the festive season. “We have used local produce and spices that have been indigenously sourced from across India to deliver the freshest versions of bakes possible, “mentions Aditi, Chief Baker and owner of The Baker’s Dozen.
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