Eggless Black Forest Cake

Every time I see the snap of Black Forest Cake, I am so tempted to try it at home. But thinking about the richness of the cake and the calories, I just stay away from it. I have started taking cookery classes and one lady who came to get the details of the classes wanted me to teach Black Forest Cake. So it was the perfect time to try the cake and test the recipe. Immediately I started collecting all the ingredients required and made it the next day. I made an 8" chocolate cake, layered it with whipped cream and cherries, and frosted the cake with whipped cream and decorated it with cream and cherries.  I made the cake as two layers but if you want it, you can slice the cake into 3 or 4 slices and layer them with whipped cream and cherries. For the soaking syrup I used the syrup that came in the tin with the cherries. As whipped cream frosting is used, it is better to refrigerate the cake once it is prepared. And after the cream was set, I sliced it up. I was so excited. And it turned out awesome...The cream, cherries and chocolate cake mingle together to create a divine dessert...If you want to know what I am talking about, you need to try this cake. The cake just melted in the mouth..

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Malai Kofta Curry

For this month's South Vs North Challenge, started by Divya, Nupur of Northern team challenged the Southern team with a delicious and rich gravy. Malayi Kofta curry is a rich creamy gravy served along with soft paneer koftas. This is a restaurant style gravy which goes very well with tandoori roti, naan and other flat breads. The paneer koftas are actually deep fried, but it is completely your choice. You can either deep fry them or shallow fry or bake or cook them in paniyaram pans. However you cook the koftas, the final gravy turns out delicious. I recently purchased a grill plate for making rotis. To go with the gravy I made some rotis made on the grill plate. The combination was quite fantastic. 

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