Baking with Merry

I had a container full of caramel left in the fridge from my previous caramel cake . I didn't  know  what to do with and didn't want to repeat the same caramel cake over again...That's when I saw the recipe for chocolate caramel cake on Nigella Lawson 's site. And,  voila  here goes my version of the Chocolate Caramel Cake!!I have tweaked the original recipe here and there.... Ingredients: Recipe Source: Nigella Lawson Instant Coffee - 2 tsp Cocoa - 2 tbsp Boiling water - 2 tbsp Butter, softened - 175 gms Caster sugar - 175 gms Eggs - 2, medium Caramel syrup - 200 gms Self-raising flour - 200 gms Milk - 4 tbsp Method: Preheat the oven to 180C. Butter a cake tin. Mix the coffee and cocoa in a cup, add the hot water and mix to a paste. Put the butter, sugar, eggs, syrup, flour, milk and cocoa paste into a bowl and beat until smooth.  Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Bake for 35-4...

This time, I am deeply smitten with the vacation bug, and I still haven't recovered from it yet. A trip to The Capital was the main highlight of this year's vacation and we especially my kids thoroughly enjoyed it. It was their many firsts--first looong trip in the train (48 hrs), first trip to the North, first long trip with their grandparents and so on.....So you could imagine their excitement!! Meanwhile, many special days like the Mother's day and Father's Day have come and gone, but I was never in a mood to at least make an effort to bake something for those special days.....Anyways, let me hope this Caramel Cake would compensate for all those lazy bygone days..... Once again, when I have to make a come back, I normally depend on the Fondbites, Bake Along Recipes and this time too, didn't alter that routine!! No more blabbing, off to the recipe for the Caramel Cake (Fondbites, Bake Along # 18). Ingredients: For the Cake Unsalted butt...