CAKE POPS RECIPE

I was really busy these days, so didn't  posted many  recipes these days. But from today onwards will try to post recipes daily. Also this is my last Christmas recipe for this year. Yesterday was my younger daughter jasra's birthday. So, prepared these yummy cake pops and a beautiful birthday cake for her. She loved them a lot.

         Making cake pops are really fun and  pretty easy to make. If you have any flavored left over cake or cake crumbs then you can make them with in minutes. You can also use storebought cake and butter cream. I made them with some left over vanilla muffins and chocolate cake crumbs.

Ingredients :

Any flavored cake : 300 grams

butter cream : 100 grams or as needed

Melted Dark chocolate or white chocolate : 200 grams or as needed

Sugar sprinkles for decoration

Method :

First take cake in a bowl and break them into pieces and make it crumbly with hands

Now add butter cream and and mix with your hands.

Now take a small portion and roll into a smooth ball and freeze them for 1 hour.

Now melt chocolate in double boiler 

Now take skewers or pop sticks lightly dip them in melted chocolate and insert in chilled cake balls then immediately dip them in melted chocolate 

Now sprinkle some sugar balls and insert in thermacoal sheets or upside down colander, refrigerate for 10 minutes and serve.

Butter cream recipe :

Take 25 grams of soft butter in a bowl beat it for a while and add 100 grams of icing sugar gradually and beat it add 1 to 2 tea spoons of milk in between and beat until light and fluffy.

Take any cake

Crumble it with your hands

Take your butter cream frosting

Add to crumbled cake

Mix it well with your hands,so that you can feel the right consistency

Now roll them into smooth balls

Freeze for 1 hour

Melt chocolate in a double boiler on low flame

Take skewer

Dip in melted chocolate

Insert skewer in chilled cake balls

Dip them in melted chocolate

Insert them in thermacoal sheets, I dipped some cake pops in melted white chocolate

Sprinkle sugar balls and refrigerate for a while and serve

HOMEMADE TUTTI FRUTTI RECIPE/CANDIED PAPAYA RECIPE

Hi, today I'm going to share another interesting recipe, that is homemade tutti frutti recipe. I never know  that we can make tutti frutti at home!!!! But when I saw this recipe in YouTube I was really surprised!!!! We can easily make tutti frutti at home!!!!! Then I immediately asked my cousin to bring a raw papaya from market, but my bad luck it was little ripe. But I tried with that papaya, result was good,but tutti frutti turned softer. No worries, I used that whole batch of tutti frutti in my dil pasand recipe.  Recently my sis in law bought raw papaya, I was so happy and again made tutti frutti for my blog.

       Tutti frutti is also called candied papaya made with raw papaya. It is used in many baking goodies such as muffins, dil pasand, cakes etc., since this is month of Christmas,  this is main ingredient in many Christmas cakes. I'm also going to share more Christmas recipes by using this tutti frutti. Making tutti frutti at home is so simple. But process is long. Result will be awesome. They tastes same as storebought ones.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Recipe source : nisha madhulika. Com

 Ingredients :

Raw papaya : 1 (500 to 600 grams)

sugar : 350 grams

Vanilla essence : 1 tea spoon

food colors : few drops (I used red, green and yellow)

Method :

First take raw papaya Peel the skin, cut into wedges then take out the white layer. 

Now chop them into small pieces, boil 4 to 5 cups of water in a pan add chopped papaya and boil on low flame for 3 minutes by covering the lid and remove from fire. 

Let it sit for 4 to 5 minutes,then drain the water.

Now in a pan add sugar and 250 ml of water stir until sugar melts.

Now add blanched papaya pieces, cook until sugar reaches to one string consistency by stirring occasionally.

Now let it cool completely. Add vanilla essence and mix it well.

Divide this into 3 equal portions, add food colors and mix well. 

Now let them soak for 12 to 24 hours.

After 12 to 24 hours strain tutti frutti in a strainer and place them in a plate or net rack. Let them dry under fan for 12 hours or until they become dry.

That's it your homemade tutti frutti is ready.

Note :

Always use raw papaya which is white in color inside. Otherwise Tutti frutti may get soft.

My papaya was little bit ripe so I just balanced for 1 minute.

Take raw papaya

Peel it

Cut the white part

Chop them into small pieces

Boil water in a pan

Let it boil from 3 minute on low flame

Switch off the flame

Let it sit for few minutes

Drain the water

Take sugar and water in pan, let it boil

Add balanced papaya

Stir it

Cook until it reaches to 1 string consistency and remove from fire

Add vanilla essence ans mix well

Divide them into 3 bowls

Add food colors and mix well and soak for 12 to 24 hours

Now strain it

Take them into a plate and spread it

Let them dry 

Homemade tutti frutti is ready!!!!!

HOMEMADE GUMMY CANDY/JUJUBES CANDY RECIPE

I enjoy making homemade candies and chocolates a lot. I have already shared few chocolate recipes in my blog. Here is the another addition of candy recipe. Making jujubes/gummy candies are so simple. First  I thought making these gummy candies are very tough. But I was wrong. It takes only 10 to 15 minutes to cook. But It takes hours to set. But result will be awesome.

       I wanted to try jujubes from long time and once I tried with China grass instead of gelatin. But they turned as soft pudding. But this time tried with gelatin and liquid glucose. They came out very well as shop bought gummy candies. My daughters were surprised by seeing these gummy candies in my hand!!!!!!

     If you don't have candy molds you can use any plastic container to set these candies.you can use any food color and flavors as per your taste.I used red,green and violet food colors and for flavors I used vanilla, orange and pineapple essence.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Recipe source : my srilankan recipes

Other similar recipes :

homemade marshmallow recipe

homemade bounty bars recipe

Ingredients :

Sugar : 200 grams 

gelatin : 25 grams

liquid glucose : 100 grams

lemon juice : 2 tea spoons

Food colors : as per your choice

Flavors : as per your choice

Hot water : 100 ml

Water : 100 ml

Sugar : 1/2 cup or as needed

Method :

First grease oil to your molds and keep a side.

Now take 100 ml of hot water add gelatin and mix it well and keep a side for 10 minutes and mix it gently until well dissolves

Now take sugar and 100 ml of water in a sauce pan cook on medium  until Sugar syrup reaches to hard ball stage when you drop in cold water.

Now add dissolved gelatin, liquid glucose and lemon juice stir it gently,  when you lift spatula you will notice thick strings at this stage remove from fire and divide into 3 parts then add colors and flavors mix it well and pour them into greased molds

Let them set for 7 to 8 hours in room temperature

Now gently demold candies and roll them in sugar and let them set for overnight and store in air tight container and serve. :-)

Grease oil to candy molds

Add gelatin to hot water

Mix it and leave for 10 minutes

Take sugar and water in a sauce posted

Let boil to hard ball stage

To check consistency drop few drops of sugar syrup in cold water

When it should form like a ball

Now dissolve gelatin well

Add gelatin to sugar syrup

Add liquid glucose

Add lemon juice mix gently on low flame

When you lift spatula you can see thick strings now remove from fire

Divide into 3 parts

Add colors and flavors

Mix them well

Pour them into molds and set for 7 to 8 hours

After 7 to 8 hours demold them gently

Roll them in sugar

Let them set for overnight

Yummy gummy candies are ready to eat!!!!