Walnut and Carrot Cake - Valentine's special

This was a last minute attempt to make something for Valentine's day for the dear hubby. Boy am I glad I did :) He surprised me with some lovely roses and I managed to make my cake pretty with some flowers from the Backyard.

Using a Bundt cake pan gives the cake a much needed face lift and it ended up looking very pretty, perfect for a Valentine.

I adapted the recipe from this link:

http://www.skinnytaste.com/super-moist-carrot-cake-with-cream/

All-purpose flour - 3/4 cup

Whole wheat flour - 3/4 cup

Granulated sugar - 1 cup

Baking soda - 2 tsp

Salt - 1 tsp

Ground cinnamon - 2 tsp

Canola oil - 1/4 cup

Vanilla - 1 tsp

Grated carrots - 2 cups

Mashed soft Bananas - 2
Chopped Walnuts - 1/4 cup

Glaze:
Powdered Sugar - 1/4 cup
Milk - 1 to 2 Tbsp
Walnuts - 5 or 6

Preheat oven to 350F. Combine the 1st 6 ingredients from Flour to Cinnamon.
Combine all the wet ingredients from oil to mashed bananas. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir well. Add the chopped Walnuts and stir.

Grease a bundt pan or any normal cake pan and add the batter. Bake for about 45 min until a tooth pick comes out clean without any batter sticking to it. Remove and cool.

In a small bowl, mix the Milk and powdered sugar into a thick glaze and drizzle on the cooled cake.
Top with walnuts.

Chicken Kebobs

Ingredients:
Ground chicken: 1 pack (its usually 1 to 1.5 lbs)
Egg - 1
Green chili - 1
Salt - 2 tsp or to taste
Ground pepper - 1 tsp
Red chili - 2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Mint leaves chopped - 2 tbsp
Corn - 1/4 cup (thaw and squeeze or use fresh)
Almonds - chopped - a handful
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Onion - 1/2
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

Fine chop the onion, green chili, mint. In a bowl, add the ground chicken, egg, the chopped onion, green chili, mint, corn, almonds and all the powders. Mix well.

To check for seasoning, take a small portion of the mixture and make a small patty. Cook in a pan with a few drops of oil. Should be done in under a minute per side. Taste and adjust seasoning.


Add this mixture to a ziploc bag. Cut a small corner and pipe this onto a baking sheet lined with foil sprayed with the non-stick spray.


Pre-heat oven to 425 and bake for about 20 to 25 min. Turn half way through the cooking time.
You will know these are done when they are firm and start to brown.