Recipe of the Week Blog Hop - Mini Carrot Cake Cups

It's time to share your recipes for the week! Sorry this is a day late. I have been super busy and barely home all week so far, so I had no time to type this up yesterday. Be sure to grab the button on the right and link to the linky with your recipe post!

Today I am sharing a really yummy Pampered Chef recipe that I actually made for a party this past weekend. It is a dessert and is super easy to make and very delicious!

Mini Carrot Cakes Cups

1 pkg of yellow cake mix

1 and 1/2 tsp. allspice

1 egg

2 TBS vegetable oil

2 medium size carrots

Filling & Garnish 

1 pkg of cream cheese

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup thawed whipping cream

chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Spray each well Mini-Muffin Pan with nonstick cooking spray. For cups, combine cake mix, allspice, egg and oil in bowl; stir until ingredients are moistened. (Mixture will be very thick.) Grate carrot. Stir 3/4 cup of the carrots into batter; set aside remaining carrots for garnish. Divide batter evenly among wells, filling wells about two-thirds full; bake 11-13 minutes or until cups feel firm to the touch. 

Meanwhile, whisk together cream cheese and sugar until smooth; fold in whipped topping. Spoon cream cheese mixture into resealable plastic bag; secure bag and set aside.

Remove pan from oven to cool. Press tops of cups with lightly floured Mini-Tart Shaper to make slight indentations. Cool in pan 3 minutes. Carefully remove cups from pan; cool 5 minutes. Trim corner of cream cheese-filled bag; pipe filling evenly into cups. Garnish cups with chopped walnuts and reserved grated carrots, if desired. 

Happy Cooking!

Post is linked to: Tuesday at the Table, 

PAPAD PARATHA

Ingredients:

Wheat flour ....... 2-3 cups

Papads .............. 3-4 toasted or fried (crushed)

Onions ............. 1 (finely chopped)

Green chillies .... 2 (finely chopped)

Coriander leaves ... handful (finely chopped)

Amchoor ............. 1/2 tsp.

Red chilli powder .. 1/4 tsp.

Cumin powder ...... 1/2 tsp.

Salt ...................... to taste

Ghee / oil

Method:

1. Knead a soft dough adding a little salt and 1 tbsp. ghee or oil. Set aside for 30-40 minutes.

2.Crush the papads and add onion, coriander leaves, green chillies and the dry masalas and just a pinch of salt as the papads are already salty.(this has to be mixed just when you are ready to roll the parathas.)

3. Roll out a little dough, apply a tsp. of oil and stuff it with the mix. Seal it like a pouch and roll again carefully. Roast the parathas on a griddle adding a little ghee while roasting.

4. Serve hot with dahi or pickle.

Recipe Source: Rasoi Se - ETV Rajasthan

Chef - Pushpa Taneja.

AWARD - 16

Harika of - Harika's Kitchen has given me these awards and many others too, which I am not posting as I have done so in my previous post.
Thank you Harika.
You have a lovely collection of recipes on your blog.
Friends, do visit her space to see all the yummy recipes.

Lemon Glazed Butter Cookies

So, these are the cookies that my friend and RS President, Holly, brought to a recent RS event. They are melt-in-your-mouth good, and perfect for Spring! Enjoy!

Lemon-Glazed Butter Cookies

1 c unsalted butter, softened
1/3 c confectioners' sugar
1 c flour
2/3 c cornstarch

Preheat oven to 350. Beat together butter and confectioners sugar with electric mixer on medium speed for 1 minute. Sift together flour and cornstarch. Add to butter and sugar mixture. Blend until dough is soft, about 1 minute. Drop by teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes or until very lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire rack.

Glaze (make half a recipe)

2 1/2 c confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/2 c butter, melted
2 T fresh lemon juice

Combine 2 1/2 c confectioners' sugar, melted butter, and lemon juice. While cookies are still warm, mound 1/2 t icing on each. Icing will melt. Cool cookies. Makes 3 dozen 

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self satisfaction

hari ni budak ni berpuas hati dengan diri sendiri. :)

1. telah bangun awal pagi walaupun tak cukup tidur

2. terus capai kunci kereta seawal 930 pagi dan drive ke Cheras Perdana, dkt Kajang.

3. kembang hidung sbb drive Setiawangsa-CP = 23minit.

4. belanja kurang RM 50 utk hari ni! dan hanya belanja utk makan & tol! YEAY!

5. telah mengikuti namin ke UPM dan tunggu di dalam kereta, sambil ambil gmbr atas ni :P

6. dptkan cerita 'Hantu Kak Limah Balik Rumah' utk abah,TQ namin! :)

7. telah berbuat sesuatu yg sgt seronok tadi. *rahsienegare*

okay penat ngantuk gila tata.

assalamualaikum :)