Hello and salam my dear friends!! Today I am going to share with u a Guest Post by my sweetest lovely friend Rafeeda. She is currently blogging on The Big Sweet Tooth. It is one of the lovely friendships I have received through blogging. She recently went to Saudia for Umrah. Its one of her blogs that truly impressed me, when I started blogging.. as she mostly shares few words related to our religion too in her most posts. I recently asked her to guest post for me and to her greatness she agreed :) And now, she has done this guest post for me!! Thanx Rafeeda!! Am soo happy to have this recipe on my blog :)
Lets see what Rafeeda has to say to us <3
It
is always a pleasure to be writing guest posts to my fellow bloggers. In fact,
I love the idea of guest posting as it improves virtual relationships between
bloggers and makes it a place for some friendly competition and co-existence. I
would like to thank Haffa for considering me to be a part of her little lovely
blog!
Starting
with an introduction, my name is Rafeeda and I blog at “The Big Sweet Tooth”. A
working mother of two little girls, a Keralite Indian by heart but UAE-ian by
growth, I take to cooking as a perfect stress buster from my otherwise packed
life schedule. True to my name, I love sweets of all kind and could indulge in
them without much control, however am forced to control my intake to ensure
that I do not add more onto what I already have!
Even
though Haffa’s blog is quite young, I love the variety of recipes that she has
on her blog. I am a big fan of Pakistani food and love to eat them whenever we
are out. I have already bookmarked some recipes to try when I get the chance
to, like Sooji Ka
Halwa
and Chapli
Kebabs.
I sincerely wish Haffa many many more months and years of successful blogging
ahead…
After quite a thought, I decided to share this awesome cake that I had prepared as a “thank you” gesture to my elder daughter, Rasha’s friend’s mom, who used to take care of the kids in the absence of my umma. Since I wanted to make something that she would have never tasted before, I went for this cake, which is so caramelly in taste because of the dulche de leche (DDL). DDL is nothing but milk caramel which is used in cooking especially in South American countries. Had I not been blogging, I would have never got introduced to this delicious ingredient which can take your dessert to the next level. I have already made Mexican Flan, Banoffee Pie and DDL Icecream with this wonderful product. I sent half the cake for her, bought a few slices for my colleagues who absolutely loved it and the rest little piece was eaten up by the kids, my B and HD – not even sparing a single piece for me!!! Hmm… Off to the recipe…
Dulche De Leche Bundt Cake
Makes 1 small bundt cake
Recipe adapted from here
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup dulche de leche (DDL)
2 large eggs at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
Method:
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Grease and flour a small bundt
pan. Keep aside.
Mix the flour, baking powder, soda and salt in a bowl. In another
bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar till creamy and fluffy. Add in the DDL
and beat till combined. Beat in the egg one by one till well mixed. Add in the
vanilla and mix again. Add the flour and buttermilk in two additions and beat
just till combined.
Pour into the bundt pan. Bake for 50-55 minutes till done. Allow
to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Flip onto a cooling rack and cool
completely. Dust with icing sugar and serve!!!
Notes:
1. I added a little less than 1/2 cup brown sugar and the cake was
mildly sweet. If you want it more sweet, then add the brown sugar, 1/2 cup
tightly packed.
2. For buttermilk, pour 1/2 tbsp vinegar into 1/2 cup of milk and
leave it undisturbed for 15 minutes. Your buttermilk is ready!
3. Don’t worry if you cannot find DDL in your local supermarket!
You can make it using your pressure cooker, by referring here.
Thank
you so much Haffa for your invite to be on your page. Hope you and your readers
like the post. Wish all of you a great time ahead…
Thanks a lot Rafeeda for such a nice intro and a new and scrumptious recipe and of course for being a part of my blog :)
For some more deliciouss recipes, move on to Rafeeda's Blog; The Big Sweet Tooth .
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Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)
Lovely guest post dear...Delicious cake and Perfectly made too :)
ReplyDeleteTrulyy mouth drooling n perfectly made by rafeeda :)
DeleteMoist and soft,perfectly done!
ReplyDeleteThanxx Sonyy
Deletecake looks so soft n good .nice guest post haffa n rafee
ReplyDeletethanx Sathya fr taking out time to comment :)
DeleteCake looks so great well done raffy and thanks haffa for sharing with us :-*
ReplyDeletethanxxx Monu :*
Deleteso glad to know that u loved the post haffa... happy to be on ur space... :)
ReplyDeleteAnd m happy too to have u as my sweetest guest <3 :)
DeleteLovely post dear and the came out perfect
ReplyDeleteNo doubt <3
DeleteLovely guest post.
ReplyDeleteThanku Gheza :)
DeleteLovely guest post...delicious cake....
ReplyDeleteThanku Resna :)
DeleteLovely guest post dear.. Cake looks super delish...
ReplyDeleteThanx Gloria
Deletesuperb yummy cake...
ReplyDeleteTrue ruxana
Deletelooks so delicious . happy to follow u . also view my space http://prachisvegkitchen.blogspot.in/
ReplyDeletesure dear :) n thanku
DeleteCake looks so good! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThanxx Beulah
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