How to Make a Chocolate Cake

Ingredients :- 

• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 6 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 
• 1 cup water
• 2 eggs

How To Make It :- 

In a Bowl Mix all the ingredients one by one and stir well.

Pour the mixture into an 8-inch greased and floured round pan. 

Bake at 350 degrees F. (175 C.) for 30 minutes.

Let the cake cool for 5 minutes.

And Its Ready To Serve.

How To Make Fruit Cake

Ingredients :-

• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons ground allspice
• 2 tablespoons ground nutmeg
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup brandy
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
• 1 1/2 cups dried mixed fruit
• 1 1/2 cups butter, melted
• 1 3/4 cups brandy

How To Make It :- 

Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Grease and flour a tube pan.

In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, soda, spices, eggs, lemon rind, vanilla, 1/2 cup brandy, fruit, nuts, and melted butter or margarine. Mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake for 1 hour, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Wrap cooled cake in foil. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons brandy over the cake everyday for 2 weeks.

How To Make Gajar Halwa

Ingredient :- 

• 8 to 9 medium tender juicy carrots.
• 4 cups milk
• 4 tbsp ghee
• 10 to 12 tbsp sugar
• 20-25 whole cashews
• 5 to 6 green cardamom
• a pinch of saffron strands
• handful of golden raisins

How To Make :- 

Rinse, peel and grate the carrots.

In a deep thick bottomed pan combine milk and grated carrots.

on a low to medium flame, bring the whole mixture to a boil and then simmer.

while the mixture is simmering on a low flame, keep on stirring in between.

the grated carrots will cook in the milk and the milk will start to reduce and evaporate.

when the milk has 75% reduced, add the ghee, sugar and powdered cardamom to the mixture.

stir well and continue to simmer and cook on a low flame.

do keep on stirring the gajar halwa in between.

towards the end, add the cashews, crushed saffron and raisins and simmer till all the milk is evaporated. 

switch off the burner.

serve gajar halwa hot, warm or you can also serve it cold.