Strawberry Short cake(Egg less) and Strawberry Juice

Today i am going to share with you guys something special and it is nothing but "Strawberry Short cakes" ..Last post itself i told, i am going to learn the  art of  baking .ya my first experiment was this strawberry shortcake.It's a very simple one but the challenging part for me in this recipe was baking..You may think "Is it that difficult?" but i don't know whenever I tried baking some cakes or muffins one or the other problem will occur..so i gave up. But my fellow bloggers really inspired me and of course my husband too .

I got this recipe from Martha Stewart's cook book. It has a good collection of wonderful recipes. I felt this recipe is so easy and very good choice for a begginer like me. So I thought of doing this (also, I wanted to surprise my husband :)). ya really he loved the cake.

Here I am sharing one more recipe; that is a simple juice: Strawberry Juice. It was a Strawberry day for us..Anyway we really enjoyed having the cake and juice ..hope u guys will also try it.Enjoy the great art of cooking..

Preparation time : 30 minutes

Cost of the item: 1.59 usd/bag

Ingredients

Strawberry:10 nos

Sugar: 2 tbsp

All Purpose Flour: 21/2 cup

Butter: 1/2 cup

sugar : 1/2 cup

Baking Pwder: 2 tsp

Salt: 1 tsp

milk: 1 cup

Whip cream : enough

Preparation

Step1: Sweetening the Strawberries

• Cut each starwberries into 8 pieces. Toss in a bowl with the sugar. Keep it for 20 minutes or until it syrupy. 

Step2: Preheat the oven to 425F

Step3:Preparing the cake mixture

• Mix Sugar, Flour, butter, baking powder and salt.Using a mixer mix all together until the mixture resembles the coarsemeal. Add the milk and pulse it four or five times. be careful do not over mix the dough

Step4: Getting ready for baking

• Place a baking paper(wax paper) in a baking pan. Transfer the dough into the pan. With a hand-spoon just pat the dough and make a rectangle shape
• Cut the dough into 6 or 8 pieces using a knife(dust with flour).

Step5: Baking

• Bake it for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Step6:Preparing the cake.

• Place one biscuit in a serving plate. Layer with sweetend strawberries and whip cream and the other biscuit.

The delicious cake is ready to eat.It's a very sweet one.the whipcream and the strawberry will give a nice unique taste .Enjoy

Cook's tip

• Do not add more milk then the dough will be more sticky and it won't come out in good shape.
• Sweetend strwberries,if u keep it more time it will be more good.

Strawberry juice

Having this juice is really good for health and its very rich in vitamin c

Ingredients

Strawberry: 5 nos

Water: 1 cup

Sugar: 3 tbsp

Lemon juice: 1 tsp

Ice : 4-5 cubes(I like ice-cubes)

Preparation

In a blender add the Strawberry pieces,water,sugar and lemon juice blend well. add the ice cubes.Transfer this juice into a juice cup.The delicious juice is ready to have.enjoy the drink.

Cook's tip

• If u sweetend the strawberries it will give more taste to the juice.
• If u like, u can add some vanilla extract..
• Do not add excess water.

Banana Ice cream and Tropical Juice

Today I am going to share with you something good for this hot spring season. Nowadays The weather is getting hot day by day,it is hard to go out especially in the afternoon because of this weather, it is too hot outside even in this springseason!!!. But one good thing is that we can go out for a walk or shopping in the evening because the sunlight is there till 8:30 PM.(Usually we walk with our little one in the afternoon for 30min - 1 hour.)  

After a long winter season this kind of sudden changes on weather affects our body. Consumption of water really helps to sustain in this hot weather. Especially for babies and kids give more water in any form (plain water or fruit juices etc).Today's recipe is something best for this spring time. I know that everyone likes Ice-cream and Juice;especially if we are tired after a long walk or crazy shopping and want to relax for a while,this juice and icecream are best choice for you. If you can  prepare this at home sure u and ur family members can enjoy this tasty homemade dessert and juice

Ok, Let me share the recipe for these two items:

First is the banana icecream. i got this recipe idea from chef Lakshmi.One of the main ingredient of Ice-cream is icecream powder.But here I am not using the powder.I can guarantee it taste really good. if you are a banana fan sure it's good treat for you.

Ingredients
Banana 3 nos
Lime juice 1tsp
Condensed milk 3/4 portion of a can
Whip cream 3/4 cup
Chocolate pieces 1/4 cup
Strawberry: for decoration(optional)
Preparation

• Step1 Make a nice paste of banana.add the lime juice while making the paste.It avoids the discoloration of banana.
• Step 2 Pour the banana paste into a mixing bowl.add the condensed milk into it.mix well.
• Step3 Add the whipcream into the mix .mix all together using a spoon
• Step4 Add the chocolate pieces into it.close the  bowl .freeze it for 8 hrs.

The delicious home made banana icecream is ready to have...
Next item is Tropical Juice

Ingredients 
Pineapple 3 slices
Banana 1 no
Grated Coconut 1/4 cup
Mango 1/2portion of a medium sized one
Sugar to taste
Ice cube: 4 cubes
Water 1/2 cup
Preparation

• In a blender add the pineapple slices,sliced banana,grated coconut,mango pieces, ice-cubes, sugar and .blend well. The delicious juice is ready to have.

Cook's tip

• Here i used the cavendish bananas.The robusta banana also good for this ice cream preparation.
• If u like u can extract the coconut milk from the grated coconut and use that

Sending this to Srivali's ThandaMela

Pineapple Juice/kaitha chakka Juice

After that long boring days of winter, the new season is coming..the wonderful spring..It is the most beautiful season, especially because we can go out and enjoy the outside world..You may think why i am telling winter is a bad season..I do not like to go out even for shopping in the cold weather and the snow. If kids are there with us its too difficult, have to cover them up with 2-3 layers of dress etc then also sometimes they are getting cold flue etc..But I surely can say that everyone enjoys first snow...

Now its time to welcome spring; lots of activities for  kids ,,,they can meet their friends in the park. We all can go for lots of outing..weekend trips with friends.. and will be able to jogging in the park (In Winter, fitness center is only place to go for workout). In the fresh air, walking through the maple trees... The bad side is the hot weather during summer...So we need to drink a lot of water especially good juice or cold drinks..Juice or  smoothie, nobody likes to prepare at home because its time consuming..i think home made fresh juice is good as always because we can control the sugar level and also we can use the fresh fruits. Imagine the pineapple juice...it is one of our favorite..good for health especially cooling down the body and it is good for digestion as well.So i thought i can share this very simple pineapple juice recipe..

Cost of the item: 3.99 usd/count

Preparation time : 10 minutes
Ingredients:
 Pineapple : 1 no
 Water : 2 cups
 Ice cubes: 1 cup
 Sugar:1/4 cup to 1/2 cup(according to ur taste)
 Lime Juice: 7-8 drops
Preparation:

1. Peel off the skin and remove the core from the pineapple..If you need more details about how to cut the whole pineapple just visit here
2. Cut them into medium chunks...
3. Using a blender add the pineapple chunks, water, ice-cubes, sugar and  lemon juice (and a pinch of salt too)..blend well...
4.  Strain the juice if you want. If you blend it nicely no need to strain it.

The delicious refreshing drink is ready to have....
 Tips

• Do not  try to blend all the pineapple chunks at a time..do it in batches
• Add the other ingredients accordingly..
• According to the sweetness change the amount of sugar

I am sending this to Summer Soothers I: ‘Juices, Shakes, Smoothies hosted by cookcurryncook