Easter surprise!

All these wonderful goodies together was a real surprise, I didn't know I was so enthusiastic about Easter but well it turned out so! This basket of goodies contains jujup lollipops, 5 marzipan Easter eggs from 2 different bakeries, one chocolate Easter egg from Country of Origin, yellow angry bird from Candies and a red velvet cupcake from there as well.. And some traditional Baath(Goan cake). Finishing all this is going to be an enjoyable task :)
Happy Easter!

Easy home made pizza!

So pizza is the breakfast choice of the day. I got the pizza base from the bakery, made the tomato sauce at home. I toped it with onions, mushrooms, ham and cheese! Sprinkled some oregano on the top and baked it for about 15 min.

Fruits are a good idea.

Some home experiments that went really well- pink soda pop: a blend of strawberries, lemon, sugar syrup and soda. It was a really refreshing drink..
And pancakes with pear caramel syrup: regular pancake recipe syrup made of pears, sugar, cinnamon, butter and some salt. When I had the first bite of this I didn't expect it to bee so good, but by the time I could think oh yum I had already said it out loud!

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This is the recipe I always use with regular vegetable oil, I replaced that with Fortune Rice Bran oil, i loved the results! the cupcakes were moist and fluffy and so delicious!  Here is the recipe:

Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing




Makes 12 standard sized cupcakes

Ingredients:




For the Vanilla Cupcakes

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• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsweetened plain soy milk
• ½ cup Fortune Rice Bran oil
• 1 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar

For frosting:

• 4 oz butter
• 8-10 oz icing sugar
• 2-3 drops food color
• Sprinkles

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Line cupcake pans.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients- flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, Fortune Rice Bran oil, vanilla, and vinegar. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and whisk until just combined. Do not over mix.
4. Fill the cupcake liners about two-thirds full with batter. Bake cupcakes for 15 to 18 minutes check  that the toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean with a few crumbs clinging to it. Cool the cupcakes completely before frosting.
5. For frosting beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, add food color, decorate with sprinkles!