Baking with Merry

Back from my holidays and I was looking for a recipe to kick-start my baking. Found this simple and easy teatime Cardamom cake, that I had saved from Sheeba  Jacob's  Foodhogger . A perfect cake with hot tea or coffee!!! Just make sure to use fresh cardamom and nutmeg for a flavorful cake...... Ingredients: Recipe Source: Hogger & Co All purpose flour - 2 cups Cardamom, crushed - 1/2 tsp Nutmeg, crushed - 1/2 tsp Salt - 1/4 tsp Baking powder - 2 tsp Sugar - 1 cup Butter, softened - 1/4 cup Eggs - 4 Vanilla essence - 1 tsp Milk - 1 cup Method: Preheat oven to 180 C. Remove the shells of fresh nutmeg and cardamom and crush them into powders. Combine the flour with the crushed powders, salt and baking powder. Keep aside. Combine the softened butter and sugar together in a big bowl. Add eggs and blend together. Add the flour into the butter-sugar mixture and combine. Then add the milk and vanilla essence and beat well until smooth...

As usual... I am always late in wishing my readers..... Anyways...... Wishing all my lovely readers "A Very Happy New Year" ...... Hope everybody had a blast!!! And any resolutions??? Unlike last year, I decided to stay away from making any resolutions this year.... Because resolutions are never fulfilled!!!  What better way to celebrate the New Year than with a colorful cake. And for that, I baked the Funfetti Cake, which is so colorful, kiddish, yet yummy!! I had planned to bake this cake last month for my son's birthday but somehow it didn't happen!!! Like they say certain things are destined to happen at the right time and maybe this was the right time!!! Ingredients: Recipe Source: Sally's Baking Addiction   All purpose flour - 1 2/3 cup Baking powder - 1/2 tsp Baking soda - 1/4 tsp Salt - 1/2 tsp Granulated sugar - 3/4 cup Light brown sugar - 1/4 cup Unsalted butter, melted - 1/2 cup Egg - 1 large Yogurt - 1/4 cup Milk - 3/4 c...