A BEAUTIFUL RED VELVET SURPRISE!

Hey readers?

So I have been working on a few new recipes that I will post as soon as I have made enough batches to know that they are fool-proof! But i gotta tell ya, yesterday I made my first beautiful red velvet cake and i must say I am AMAZINGLY impressed by myself! Now am gonna post the recipe I used (with credits to Martha Stewart of course :-) )! I followed her recipe to the word but i had to change a few things seeing as I didn't have some ingredients.

So my ingredients will be a little bit different including the cream cheese frosting, so here you go! When you make it please let me know in the comment section below, what it is I can do different!

DIETING FOOD LOVERS: RED VELVET CAKE!

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups Self-raising flour
• 1 cup buttermilk 
• 2 large eggs
• 3-4 tablespoons margarine (you can use unsalted butter)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 
• cream cheese frosting

METHOD

1. pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius ( ). Put the baking tin at the top of the oven and leave there.
2. soften the margarine or butter in a cup and add to bowl.
3. cream both margarine or butter and sugar in a bowl until well incorporated.
4. add the eggs one at a time until the batter is smooth and creamy.
5. add the vanilla and red food color.
6. in a separate bowl whisk together the cocoa powder, flour and salt until well incorporated.
7. add the flour to the mixture in three batches and careful to add the buttermilk in two additions.
8. In another separate bowl, mix the baking soda and vinegar. the mixture will foam.
9. Mix for about 10-15 seconds.
10. Remove the baking tin from the oven, and pour the batter in the tin let it bake for 20-30 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean or with moist crumbs.
11. Let the cake cool for about 30 minutes and spread cream cheese frosting.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

For the cream cheese frosting I went to the shops and I found that it is too expensive. So I trolled the internet for a good recipe so as to make my own. And I did, you can find it here...:)

Ingredients

• 250ml Yoghurt Cream Cheese
• Powdered or confectioners sugar (I used icing sugar and it worked just fine)
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine

METHOD

1. Mix the cream cheese and butter or margarine until mixture is fluffy
2. slowly add the sugar and mix until well incorporated. Ensure no lumps are in the mixture.
3. Refridgerate until ready to use.

ENJOY!

Please write in me on the comment section below and tell me how the recipe works!

Yours,

Food Lover...:)

NUTTY YOGHURT AND CARROT BREAD

Good morning foodies,

How have you been? Well I have been great, busy thinking up healthier recipes for the usual yummy treats we love so much! Well that is a beautifully hard trick seeing as most yummy treats include lots of butter, lots of sugar and lots of eggs (3 and above). So today I will give a good recipe for Nutty Yoghurt and Carrot Bread, which I believe, is a good way to make a healthy treat that kids will love as well as enjoy making with you. I must say that this is a modified recipe I found here but it involves a lot of sugar as well as oil. Below is my very first healthy recipe, NUTTY YOGHURT AND CARROT BREAD.

NUTTY YOGHURT AND CARROT BREAD

Ingredients

1 cup coarsely grated carrot (from about 1 large carrot)

1 cup ground nuts or cashews

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 tbsp sugar

2 large eggs

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1/2 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt (or normal plain yoghurt)

METHOD

YOGHURT-ZUCCHINI BREAD WITH WALNUTS (CREDITS, PIKA CHAKULA)

•          Preheat the oven to 325°. Butter and flour a 9-by-4 1/2-inch metal loaf pan. Spread the nuts in a plate and toast them for about 8 minutes, until they are fragrant (you can do this with a pan on low heat).

•          Transfer the toasted nuts to a cutting board and coarsely chop them, then freeze for 5 minutes to cool. 

•          In a large bowl, whisk the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl, mix the sugar with the eggs, vegetable oil and fat-free yogurt.

•          Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients along with the grated carrots and toasted nuts and stir until the batter is evenly moistened.

•          Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes, until the loaf is risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

•          Let the loaf cool on a rack for 30 minutes before unmolding and serving.

Please send me pictures on the comment box below and if you have any questions feel free to ask. Will be sending more recipes your way

Love always,

Food Lover.

THE BEGINNING...

Hi everyone!

So I take this opportunity to Welcome myself to the blogging world...:) yes i toot my own horn!
I decided to do this because i recently lost a large amount of weight (54 pounds to be exact) and
I have been struggling a lot to keep the weight off. My love for food is unparalleled. I love to read on cool recipes by people who love food, change them a bit and later enjoy the food i make from them!

This is my problem there is not a whole lot of healthy recipes out there, or maybe I just cannot find these healthier kind of recipes! so I decided i will write about my food escapades and all the unhealthy recipes I try and later share my healthier alternative to the ingredients of the recipes!

Thing to note is that I am not a qualified nutritionist or trained chef, am just a young girl who Loves to cook food and eat it too! so i hope you will enjoy my blog as i search for healthier ways to LOVE food!

Adios for now...:)

Your truly,

Food Lover.