Carrot cake

This is one of my DH's favorite ever....I use to make him to impress.....I think u can also give a try...


Ingredients -1

2 cups - all purpose flour
2 cups - sugar
4 Nos - eggs
1 1/2 cups - vegetable oil
2 tsp - vanilla extract
2 tsp - baking soda
2 tsp - baking powder
1/2 - teaspoon salt
2 tsp - ground cinnamon
3 cups - grated carrots

Instructions:

Step 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Step 2. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
Step 3. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. See to that the cinnamon spread equally.
Step 4. Then add Vanilla,egg and mix them for few minutes, then add carrots followed by vegetable oil . Make sure Carrots and oil are equally distributed everywhere..
Step 5. Pour into prepared pan.
Step 6. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Notes:

If u want to add nuts u can put pecans or walnut

Hot Cross Bun

We all Learn this nursery rhyme when we are in kindergarden
Hot Cross Bun
Hot Cross Bun
One a Penny Two a Penny
Hot Cross Bun
If U don't have daughter give it to ur son.
But this hot cross bun can share with any one. Hope u will enjoy.


Ingredients-1

1 cup -Milk
¼ cup -Margarine or butter
¼ cup -Granulated sugar
2 pack -Active dry yeast
2¼ cup -All purpose flour
¼ cup -Raisins
1 tsp -Grated orange peel

Ingredients-2

1 tsp -Milk
2 tsp -Margarine or butter

Ingredients-3

2 tsp -Confectioner's sugar
1 tsp -Water (approx)
3 pint -Grated lemon peel

Instructions

Step1. In a Small Saucepan Combine 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup butter/margarine and heat over low heat until slightly warmed, not so hot.
step2. In work Bowl of food processor of in a medium mixing bowl combine sugar and yeast, add flour and gradually pour in warm milk mixture. Process or beat slightly with electric mixure or u can wisk with egg beater, until thoroughtly combined.
step3. Dough will be sticky. stir in raisin and in orange peel.
step4. Shape dough in to 12 equal ball, about 2 ounce each,
step5, arrange in a baking sheet,leaving 2 inch space inbetween.

step6. And allow to rise until buns are doubled in volume for 1 hour.

step7. Ina a small container, melt 2tsp butter/margarine, add 1tsp milk and stir to combine.(from table-2)
step8. Brush Mixture evenly oven each buns, then using a sharp knife, cut a cross inthe top of each .
step9. Preheat the oven to 350degree and bake it for about 15-20 mintues.
step10. Let the Bun cool down completely.
step11. In a small bowl, combine confectioner's sugar, water and if desired lemin peel, drizzle icing evely over each bun in the shape of a cross.

step12. Delicious hotcross bun is ready.

Notes

Milk can be either whole mix or skim milk or 2%.