Baking with Merry

Aparna chose the Black Forest Buns for the February month's We Knead to Bake #25, as a Valentine's day special. Whereas, the Black Forest cake is made with chocolate cake, cherry compote and kirsch and lots of cream; these Black Forest Buns are filled with chocolate sponge cake and cherry compote or jam. These buns were new to me, since I haven't heard of them nor seen it sold in any bakeries.... And so was eager to bake and taste them and viola! it tasted yummy... It's a perfect snack for kids, you could use their favorite jam instead of the cherry compote.  Now, on to Aparna's recipe: Black Forest Buns Ingredients: For the Dough: 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup milk 50 gm butter 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg (at room temperature, optional) 3/4 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp instant yeast 3 to 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour For the Filling: 3/4 cup cherry/ strawberry jam or compote 2 1/2 to 3 cups crumbled...

Well....my favorite month is here!!Yippee!!And I have lots and lots of baking coming up!!In fact, starting with this post, I am hoping to bake something new every week until Christmas!!And so to start off, here is my first recipe for you--Swiss Roll... Ingredients: Recipe Adapted from: Cake by Rachel Allen Castor sugar- 100 gm Eggs - 4 Plain flour - 100 gm Baking powder - 1 tsp Mixed berry jam - 3-4 tbsp Whipped cream - 1 box Icing sugar - for dusting Method: Preheat oven to 180 C. Butter the sides of a Swiss roll tin and line the base with baking paper. Beat the sugar and eggs in a large bowl with the help of an electric beater for several minutes until light, thickened and tripled in size. Sift the flour and baking powder over the mixture. Fold in until just combined. Pour it into the prepared tin and smooth the top with a spatula.  Bake for 10-15 minutes or until just springy to touch in the center. Remove from the oven and leave th...