Apple Muffin - Eggless butter/oil less almost fat free

I have recently bought a silicone muffin tray and so do you need any more reason to bake a muffin ??? Due to my baking adventures I added on like 3 -4 kgs and have been always feeling fat . But still I realised I cannot stop myself from baking. 

So suddenly thought why not I bake something which is of low fat. I initially thought of making carrot muffins since Carrot cake was already featured in my blog , carrot gently paved the way for apple to appear once in my blog. 

I felt the cake was too moisty the next day otherwise it was damn good and got a thumpsup from Hari. 

Dry Ingrdients :

1. Whole wheat flour - 1 cup( maida would have tasted much better)
2. Baking powder - 1 1/2 tspn.
3. Apple - 2 nos.
4. Sugar - 2 tbsp.( I like the muffins to be less sweet and since applesauce also sweet i just added 2 tbsp)
5. Salt - 1/2 tsp.
6. Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp.
7. Nutmeg powder - 1/2 tsp.

Wet Ingredients :

1. Apple sauce - 1/4 cup
2. Milk - 1/2 cup

Method :

1. Mix all the dry ingredients including apple and keep it aside.
2. Now mix the wet ingredients and stir in the dry mixture slowly until well blended.
3. Bake it in a muffin tray at 180 degree celsius and your fatless muffins are ready.

I am sending this to sharmi's Lets munch tea time snacks event and Akila's Dish Name Starts With : A Event.

Dates Cake

As you all know , baking has been my recent passion which helped me to put on like 3 kgs in a month . Ok, wouldnt definitely put the blame completely on this goodies but I should also have tried to burn out those extra calories. Yes, I have become a lazy bum in this last one month as if I was hyper active before. I was baking atleast once in 2 days and mostly chocolate cakes to the extent that I have already starteed hating it now. But I dont want to stop baking and tried this one , trust me this is the most simplest and deadliest cake in the world I should say.

I have seen this in Aayi's recipes and immediately wanted to put my hands on it just because it demanded very less ingredients. I made it thrice in 2 days .. can you believe it?..Good that not many of my folks heard about it and now its become my signature dessert ..hee hee ...Thanks a lot shilpa ..

Ingredients : ( Its become by heart now)

1. Maida - 1 cup
2. Sugar - 3/4 cup
3. dates - 18 nos.
4. Refined sunflower oil - 1/2 cup
5. Milk - 3/4 cup
6. Baking Powder - 1 tsp.( If baking soda is used cake is really dense) .

Method :

1. Soak dates in warm milk overnight and remove the seeds and grind it smooth .
2. Add sugar to the above mixture and run the mixie for sometime. To this add oil and give a couple of runs.
3. Sieve maida and baking soda thrice.
4. In a big bowl, to the dates and sugar mixture, add seived dry ingredients tbsn. by tbsp. mixing it slowly after each spoon.( I used hand mixer and mixed it at low speed).
5. Bake it at 180 degree for about 25 mins. 

The most yummiest cake is done . 

carrot Cake

As you all know, this blog mainly concenterates on healthy wealthy, easy peasy recipes and there is no room for frosting cakes. So, googled and googled and finally landed on a recipe which hardly had any procedures for the novice baker like me. So what,I am  attempting to bake for the second time and I have learnt enough   after roasting the perfect chocolate cake at the very first time( please anybody once again announce an event for mishaps with a prize , no boundary limits though.. I have so many entries for that event waiting with  full of confidence to win the prize ) .  I just love baking ( hardly baked more than thrice ), but most of the cakes demand either a sack of butter or frosting which I definitely cant afford to. But this one is simple , quick and extremely healthy but u need to add eggs though.

Losing weight is easy but maintaining that is extremely difficult that too for a food lover like me. So balancing betwen your tongue and mind and brain in food is really tough . This cake is definitely one guilt free indulgence , it doesnt require frosting , it tastes so good by itself .

Recipe goes

Ingredients :

All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup ( I added 1 cup and I found it was very sweet for the carrot cake )
Eggs - 2 nos.
Cooking Oil - 1/2 cup ( I used sunflower refined oil )
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp.
Baking powder - 3/4 tsp.
Cinnamon powder - 3/4 tsp.
Nutmeg Powder - 1/4 tsp.
Salt - 1/2 tsp.
Carrot - 11/2 Cups.

Method :

1. Sift flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder thrice and keep it aside.
2. Beat eggs well and then add sugar gradually and beat until light . Now add oil and beat for another minute.
3. Stir in the sifted flour and finally add carrot and stir until mixed properly.
4. Grease a baking tin and bake at 180 C for about 30 mins.Please dont open and prick before even 15 mins as I did( I dint stop with one , pricked 3 -4 times in  5 mins only stopped pricking it when my cake goes down a bit) , then your cake will tend to go down  as it lets cool air circulates. Let it bake for about 20 mins then insert a tooth pick to see if it comes out clean . 
5. Let in cool in tin for about 15 mins and then remove it from pan and cool it completely on wire rack. 

Cake was too good but not without any flaws . But for the second time it was quite good. 

Verdict : Cake was too good . But if it is for the kids, I would advise you to avoid those cinnamon and nutmeg powder only not to hear comments like masala cake . I understand now that most of the children dont like this masala taste in cakes.