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Carrot Cupcakes

 Carrot   Cupcakes Everyone seems to love Carrot Cake,  what I also like about them is how wonderfully moist they are and how flavorful they taste. I love this Carrot Cupcake recipe because it's so easy to make. No mixer is required. The time consuming part is the grating of the fresh carrots. I have included applesauce in the cupcake batter which, along with the oil, makes these cupcakes so moist. But, if you like, you could use an equal amount of grated apple or even crushed pineapple. You can also add 1/2 cup (120 ml) of currants or raisins to the batter. Carrot Cakes became popular with the health food craze of the 1970s. There are many theories on the origin of this cake, some say it descended from the English's baked carrot puddings or European steamed carrot puddings. Others say it may have come from German carrot breads. Carrots were used in European sweet cakes since the Middle Ages when other sweeteners were hard to find or just too expensive. In fact, carr...
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Gingerbread house

Gingerbread house 

 A gingerbread house is a novelty confectionery shaped like a building that is made of cookie dough, cut and baked into appropriate components like walls and roofing. The usual material is crisp ginger biscuit made of gingerbread – the ginger nut. Another type of model-making with gingerbread uses a boiled dough that can be moulded like clay to form edible statuettes or other decorations. These houses, covered with a variety of candies and icing, are popular Christmas decorations.



ROYAL ICING IS NOTHING BUT CEMENT TO BUILD HOME :) : )



Helpful Tips

  • Allow the baked gingerbread to cool thoroughly before assembling.
  • Make royal icing ahead of time and keep covered with plastic wrap touching the surface of the icing at all times to prevent it from drying out.
  • Adjust the consistency of the icing by adding more egg whites if the icing is too dry or more powdered sugar if it is too wet. It should be thick and stiff.

Trouble-Shooting

Icing is too stiff. Add a bit of water, one teaspoon at a time, mixing thoroughly until the icing loosens up a bit. You don't want it too loose, otherwise it takes a very long time to dry.

Icing is too loose. Add a bit more powdered sugar.

House doesn't look picture-perfect. Don't worry; you'll be able to fill gaps and cover errors later with more icing and decorations. A fool-proof assembly method, if you're not going to eat the gingerbread, is to use a glue gun. And remember, perfection is overrated.




Storage

  • Moisture is a decorated cookie's worst enemy: display the house in a cool dry place.
  • Cover at night to seal out moisture and dust; lightly drape a clean trash bag over the house and base.
  • Gingerbread houses can last up to a year, if you choose not to eat them. 



Lets cook with step-by-step pictures.

Now lets see how to cook:

Gingerbread house 









Prep time
10 min
Cook time
1 hr
Total time
1 hr 10 min
Best cake to engage kids by telling them to decor with their favorite chocolates.

Author: Shalini
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients:

FOR GINGER BREAD:

  • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 3 cups
  • Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
  • Ground Ginger - 2 tsp
  • Ground cinnamon - 2 tsp
  • Salt - 1/4 tsp
  • Unsalted butter - 6 tblsp
  • Brown Sugar - 3/4 cup
  • Honey - 1/2 cup
  • Egg - 1

FOR ROYAL ICING:

  • Egg White - 1
  • Powder sugar / Confectioners Sugar / Icing Sugar - 3 cups
  • Water - 1 tblsp

FRO DECORATION:

  • Jellies
  • M&M's/ Gems 
  • Sprinkles

Instructions

  • Start by making cookie dough. Take butter, sugar in a bowl and cream well.
  • Add egg and Honey/ molasses and mix well.
  • Add in flour, spice powders, salt, baking soda and fold into a soft dough.
  • Divide the dough into two portions. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours.
  • Cut out templates as per the picture.
  • Roll the dough into thin sheets and cut out cookies as per template.
  • Place it in a parchment lined pan and bake for 15 to 18 mins. Remove and cool completely.
  • Now whip egg white and powder sugar/ icing sugar till thick and fluffy. Add in water and whip till pipeable.
  • Decorate the house as per image and decorate it.
Pictorial:  
Take all items
 
Add slightly melted butter into a bowl

Add brown sugar

Mix both 

Break egg

Add honey 

Then baking soda, salt, cinnamon powder and ginger powder 

Give all mix

Mix mix mix 

then add flour

mix slightly 


It forms a sticky dough 

Place them in cling foil 

Make two parts and cover with foil and keep in fridge

Follow the templet from here and cut them  or you can google them for better templet 

Take out from fridge 

Roll them out little thick 

Place them on dough and cut along with it 



Place them on parchment lined baking tray and bake them for 15min in 150 degree 

After baking cool them to room temperature 


FOR ROYAL ICING:
Now add egg white into bowl 

Whip them well using electric beater / whisk 

for 10min beat and add powder sugar

Beat them again until it becomes stiff 

Fill them into piping bag or ziplock cover 

Now take all baked cookies

To the base corner apply icing sugar like cement 

Start building the house







For decor also you need this icing sugar and stick the cookies on it better call kids to decor they will really enjoy doing this

Complete the house 

Vaala!! enjoy the house with your kids !!



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