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Vanilla cupcakes - Pretty rose cupcakes with butter vanilla icing

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   You will need the following items: Self Raising flour 250 g Margarine or butter softened 250 g Caster sugar 250 g Eggs 4 Milk 1/4 cup Lemon juice and Vanilla essence 1  tsp each Salt 3 pinches Baking powder 1 tsp Let’s make them: Set the oven to 180 C . Cream the batter Beat butter and sugar together until creamy, using an electric hand mixer (3 mins) Add eggs, one at a time. Make sure you beat well after each addition Add vanilla essence,  lemon juice, salt and beat for two rounds Sieve flour Mix baking powder to flour and sieve onto the cake batter, holding the sieve well above it, allowing the air to escape Do not use the electric mixer at this point.  Fold the flour gently with a wooden spoon until everything turns into a creamy batter Add milk and mix well Fill the cupcake cases Fill the paper cupcake cases 3/4  with the batter, leaving space for cakes to rise Place the cases in the cupcake tray Bake in the oven Pop the tray in to t...

Easy Chocolate Cupcake recipe - with delicious chocolate butter icing

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These super spongy chocolate cupcakes, topped with creamy chocolate butter icing are a pure delight to serve around for a bunch of lively kids! With lots of oohs and aahs, they will gobble them up with such joy! Happy baking friends! Get ready with the following ingredients : Self-raising flour 300 g Stork spread/Butter/ Magerine 300 g Caster sugar 300 g Eggs 5 medium Lemon juice 1 tsp Salt 3 pinches ( a must) Baking powder 1 tsp Cocoa powder 4 tbsp heaps  Milk  1/4 cup Let’s make it: Set the oven to 180 C Cream the batter  Beat butter and sugar together until creamy,  using an electric hand mixer (3 mins beating is sufficient) Add eggs, one at a time. Beat well after each addition Add vanilla essence,  lemon juice, salt and beat for two rounds Sieve Flour Mix baking powder,  flour and cocoa powder and sieve onto the batter, holding the sieve well above it, allowing the air to escape Fold the flour gently with a wooden spoon until everything turns i...

Creamy Chicken Curry - Delicious chicken with yoghurt and coconut milk

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Even a beginner can try this silky chicken curry without messing it up. I must confess that the smooth and rich texture in the gravy is all due to a couple of tablespoons of yoghurts and coconut milk added in the cooking process. Give a try and you will come to love it! You will need the following ingredients to make this dish: Chicken thighs or legs cut into medium size pieces 300 g Tomato puree 3 tbsp Onion (medium) 2 Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp Green chilli 2 slit Garam masala 1/4 tsp Turmeric ,Cumin powder, Chilli powder and salt 1/4 tsp each  Plain yoghurt 2 tbsp  Maggie coconut milk powder 2 tbsp Lemon juice of 1/2 a lemon How to make : Shallow fry Grate onions Heat 2 – 3 tbsp of oil in a wide pan and fry the grated onions until golden brown Add ginger-garlic paste. (grate both for more flavour and aroma) Add slit green chillies and salt. Add chicken pieces and stir fry gathering everything together. Toss and turn Now, squeeze half the lemon on chick...