Me and my World

I have this need to finish the day, everyday with a sweet. My wild sweet tooth, gets me to bake something or the other every weekend. You know why a cake, because it is sweet; and why weekend? Ah that's when I plan for the rest of the 6 days in the week :) Now why walnut? A honest mistake to eat nuts everyday steered me towards Costco instead of the local grocery; yes you guessed it right, a big bag of walnuts! Coming back to the cake, I made a version of this a weeks ago without chocolate. It was a huge success, shared with friends. But what I in't like about it was the colorless sponge with the walnuts staring on top. So I decided to bake a chocolate version! An the feedback I got is deliciousness!! This is one cake you can eat in any version, plain sponge or chocolate cake. Go ahead and make this, everyone around will be pleased. Ingredients: 3/4 cup  Sugar 1 cup Yogurt (I used home-made curd, super good) 1 1/4 tsp Baking powder 1/2 tsp Baking soda 1...

Out of eggs and butter, but wanted to bake. I have this amazing, tested, egg-less brownie recipe that uses butter. Generally I would substitute butter with yogurt or vegetable oil, but today I tried something different. Coconut Oil. Coconut Oil has been hailed for its nutritional benefits. And we have lot of coconut oil based recipes in our household. Amazing flavor. Here is the recipe - Ingredients: All-purpose Flour - 2 cups Sugar - 2 cups (I used brown sugar. Molasses in the brown sugar intensifies the goodness of the chocolate) Cocoa Powder (unsweetened) - 1/2 cup Baking powder - 1 Tsp Salt - 1 Tsp Water (lukewarm) - 1 Cup Coconut Oil (melted) - 1 Cup (can use vegetable oil, or butter milk 1:1) Vanila extract - 1 Tsp You will find the process very easy. *Set and pre-heat oven to 350F. *Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. *Mix each wet ingredient to the dry ingredient, one at a time. *Layer aluminium foil in a 9x13 baking pan. *Pour the mixture in the p...