Red Velvet
Cup Cakes
Healthy Fryer
Cooking Time: 20-25 minutes
Temperature: 140° C
Preparation Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
⅓ cups (150g) flour (maida).
½ tsp baking soda.
½ tsp baking powder.
¼ tsp salt.
1 cup castor sugar.
¼ cup butter, room temperature.
1 tsp vanilla essence.
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted.
1 tsp raspberry red food colouring.
1 cup buttermilk (¼ cup ¾ cup milk).
For garnishing:
1 cup whipping cream.
1 tbsp icing sugar.
½ tsp vanilla essence.
How to cook
Step 1
Line 5-6 muffin cups with paper liners.
Step 2
In a medium sized bowl, sieve together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Step 3
In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light. Add vanilla essence.
Step 4
Sift in the cocoa powder, add in red food colouring and mix everything until well combined on low
speed.
Step 5
Gradually add half of the flour mixture followed by half of the buttermilk. Mix well. Add half of the
remaining buttermilk. Add the last of the flour. Mix just until no streaks of dry ingredients remain to
get a soft dropping batter. Do not over mix. Divide batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.
Step 6
Pre-heat Healthy Fryer for 5 minutes at 140° C. Arrange in fry basket and close it properly. Keep
the fryer at 140° C for 20-25 minutes. Keep until a toothpick inserted into the centre of a cup cake
comes out clean. Turn cup cakes out onto a wire rack to cool before frosting.
Step 7
In a large bowl, beat whipping cream with essence and icing sugar till stiff peaks appears. Spread
or pipe onto cooled cup cakes.
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Christmas
Fruit Cake
Healthy Fryer
Cooking Time: 30-35 minutes
Temperature: 140° C
Preparation Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
For batter (dry ingredients):
½ cup powdered brown sugar.
1 cup maida.
1 tsp baking powder.
¼ tsp baking soda.
½ tsp cinnamon powder.
¼ tsp star anise powder.
2-3 tsp cloves powder; all sieved together.
Wet ingredientsL
¼ cup mashed potato.
⅓ cup condensed milk.
⅓ cup refined oil.
⅓ cup + 1 tbsp soaked fruit juice.
For soaked fruits:
1 cup dry fruits and fruit peels chopped
(proportion written below).
1½ cup apple juice.
Dry fruits:
15g raisin.
50g tutti fruity .
15g chopped dates.
20g glazed cherries.
15g chopped cashews.
2 oranges for orange peel.
How to cook
Step 1
Soak dry fruits in 1½ cup apple juice for 3-4 days. Filter to remove the liquid from the
fruits. Save the liquid for batter.
Step 2
Measure all the ingredients carefully. Sift all dry ingredients together through a sieve.
Step 3
Now add wet ingredients into dry ingredients mixture and mix well.
Step 4
Add soaked and drained fruits and fold in the batter. Transfer the batter in a 5-6” tin
greased and dusted with flour. Decorate the sliced almonds and cherries to garnish.
Step 5
Pre-heat Healthy Fryer for 5 minutes at 140° C. Arrange in fry basket and close it
properly. Keep the fryer at 140° C for 30-35 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
Serve.
½ tsp cinnamon powder.
3-4 pinches nutmeg powder.
½ tsp star anise powder.
For garnishing:
7-8 almonds blanched and sliced into two pieces.
4-5 glazed cherries sliced into 2 pieces.
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