Chocolate Chip Brownie Bars

So I have been craving for chocolate cup cake and brownies since last week, and here is the recipe for Chocolate Chip Brownies Bars.

 

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
• One 6.5-ounce box brownie mix
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil

Directions 

 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 13-by-9-inch baking pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil with a 2-inch overhang. Spray with nonstick cooking spray.

In a large bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar at medium-high speed with a mixer until fluffy. Add 2 eggs, beating until well blended. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, beating until the mixture forms a soft dough. Stir in the chocolate morsels.

In another large bowl, combine the brownie mix, oil, 1/4 cup water and remaining 2 eggs, beating until well blended.

Spread the the cookie dough in prepared pan. Pour the brownie mixture over the dough. Using a knife, swirl the mixtures together. Bake until the edges start to pull away from sides of the pan, 40 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours. Cut into bars.

 And here is another picture for my craving...stay tuned for the recipe..

 

With love RaBella

Stir-Fried beef with cashew nuts

Hey guys,okay now its time to turn back to MEAT we all know meat is delicious and mouth watering "to some of us who love good meat" when cooked in a good way, so today got a recipe for a fried beef and the good part is it only takes 10 minutes to make it  and it has CASHEW NUTS so kwa wale wapenda CASHEW NUTS and people who dont have the time to stay in the kitchen this is the dish to prepare all we need is the following





Ingredients for the beef:
 2tbsp sunflower oil
1/2kg of Rump steak cut into desired shapes (preffarably thin strips)
1tbsp of black pepper
2 fresh chillies finely chopped without seeds (optional if you like chillies)
bunch of spring onions cut into fine shapes
100g of cashew nuts

For the sauce:
3 tbsp of soy sauce
2 tbsp of rice wine
1 tbsp of  brown sugar
1 tbsp of the five spice powder (beef masala)

PREPARATION:

• Heat the oil in a preheated cooking pan untill smoking, add the steak strips the crushed black pepper,chillies and spring onions and cook fom 3 to 4 minutes tossing the cooking to cook evenly.
• Mix all the ingredients for the sauce togethr in a bowl and pour into the cooking pan, cook for 3 minutes tossing the ingredients untill everything is heated through
• Add the cashew nuts and toss to combine.
• Serves immediately

this fried beef can be served with eithe rice,noodles, or even Ugali for some of us who prefer it.

Lots of love, RaBella

Home made ( Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken)

So today we tried to cook Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken. The results were good  as you can see in the picture above. We used the ( Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken recipe) as seen below. The chicken tasted like Heaven and delicious. The best part is that it took us 30mis to make the dish, not 6hrs as shown on the recipe. You should try this dish as we are waiting for your feedback.

Stay tuned  for more recipes...with Love RaBella

Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken

Well today we take a look at "KUKU" kwa wale wapenda kuku tushazoea kuku wa kuchoma,kukaanga sijui,supu and all that,today lets try and make this brown sugar chicken ts simple to make the tricky part is the time ya kupika 6-8hrs really??sisi na manjaa yetu tutaweza kweli kungoja mda wote huo?? but come to think of it na mwezi huu wa Ramadhan inakuwa poa sana coz utakuwa unaipika wakati unatayarisha vengine vya kuliwa as Iftar ok lets see the ingredients

1 large chicken — cut into pieces
1 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup vinegar
1/4 cup 7-Up®
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon pepper
Place chicken in the cooking pan that ul use and then pour the rest of the ingredients on the chicken..the chicken was to be ccoked for 6-8hrs in a low heat buh if u dont have time and the crockpot then u cun use use normal pan n cook t with low heat...

Making a coconut cake

hey, as we all know many of us in the world love Cake, whether its for an occasion or just at a regular day whether as a dessert after meal or just a snack.So today we going to try and see how to make a coconut cake its not that hard for some of us who actually would want to try and bake since most of the ingredients can be found at our local supermarkets......

Coconut Cake

Coconut Cake Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Directions for cake:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. Cream the butter and sugar, beating well untill fine
4. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Beginning and ending with dry ingredients, add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk and vanilla.
6. Pour into 3 greased and floured pan or any dish that u can use to bake.
7. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes..

Coconut Cake Frosting Ingredients:

3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup Water
8 egg whites, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups flaked coconut (or more according to your preference)

Coconut Cake Frosting Directions:
1. Combine sugar, cream of tartar, salt and water in heavy saucepan.
2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is clear. Without stirring, continue cooking until mixture reaches 240 degrees on a candy thermometer (soft ball stage).
3. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Let mixer continue to run and slowly pour the hot sugar mixture in a thin stream down the side of the mixer bowl (don't let the sugar mixture come into contact with the beaters.
4. Add the vanilla and almond extracts. Continue beating until stiff peaks form and frosting thickens to desired consistency.
Assembling the Coconut Cake
1. Level each layer by carefully slicing off with a serrated-edge knife any high spots. If your layers are fairly level, you can skip this step. (Slicing is easier if layers are placed in the freezer for an hour or so.)
2. Remove any crumbs from the layers.
3. Center one layer, upside down, on the serving platter. Tuck waxed paper strips under the cake to protect platter from frosting. These will be removed later.
4. Spread the first layer with frosting.
5. Place the second layer, upside down, on the first layer.
6. Spread the second layer with frosting.
7. Place the third layer, right side up, on the second layer.
8. Frost the sides of the cake liberally. Spread remaining frosting on top of cake, making sure cake is uniformly covered.
9. Keep a glass of hot water on hand and dip spatula into it to ease spreading the frosting. (You may not need it.)
10. Sprinkle top of cake with coconut. Lightly press coconut to sides of cake so that it adheres.



im sure after trying the cake that we have made wunt look exactly kama hii but it will sure as hell taste good.