Curious at mind, Curious at heart...

It’s the time of the year when it’s cold and the whole world wants to celebrate Christmas. I wanted too but I didn’t know how! I had a recipe in mind for a long time for a carrot cake and I grabbed this opportunity to make something I’ve never tried before.

The recipe is really simple you just need the following ingredients:

1) Vanilla Cake mix - 250gm 2)Grated Carrots - 3/4th cup 3)Powdered Cinnamon- 2 teaspoons 4)Powdered Nutmeg - ½ teaspoon 5)Eggs - 1 ½ 6)Instant Coffee powder - 3/4th tablespoon 7)Chopped Walnuts - ½ cup 8)Cream Cheese - 300 gm 9)Powdered Sugar - 3 cups

(You can use any vanilla mix that you get from a baking store and add the oil and water as per the recipe. I normally use 3/4th cup water and 2 tablespoons oil.) 

The first step is to mix in eggs, oil and water and beat it nicely for one minute.

Then add a little water to the instant coffee powder (until it dissolves) and pour this into the batter followed by the dry ingredients i.e The cake mix, nutmeg and cinammon powder and then carrots and walnuts( keep some aside for garnishing). 

MIx it all in until the batter is well incorporated. Now its ready to bake!!

Preheat the oven to 180-degree Celsius and keep for around 10-15 mins till the cake is evenly cooked.

Meanwhile beat the cream cheese with 3 cups of powdered sugar, a teaspoon of vanilla and just 2-3 drops of lemon juice (This makes a world of a difference to the icing).

Have fun while icing and sprinkle the rest of the walnuts on top for an attractive look!!

Here you go, a really simple carrot cake!! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

You’ll laugh it’s so easy.

You just need three ingredients:

-3 packets 120 gm of Oreos

-2 750 ml packets of Cookies and Cream icecream(If not available then use Vanilla)

-10g of butter

Firstly crush 2 packets of Oreos and add 5-10 g of melted butter. Mix till you get a wet sand-like mixture.

Add the crumbs to a springform cake tin and with a spoon press them to form a smooth base.Keep it in the freezer to set for 15 mins.

Now take out the ice cream into a bowl and let it melt till it's semi-solid. (if you are using Vanilla add lots of oreo crumbs )transfer this mixture to the tin (Make sure it's not completely liquid otherwise it might leak out of the tin from the bottom)Set it in the freezer for half an hour.

Decorate with pieces of Oreos from the extra packet and drizzle Nutella all over it. 

Gently take it out from the springform tin. Serve it cold and Enjoy.

This recipe is just an improvised version of a recipe here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fkKchSz5N0&t=412s

Skip to the part where she makes the filling using the custard and whipped cream. I doubled the quantities for this recipe.

I made the Tart crust by using 3 packets of digestive biscuits that I crushed in a mixer and added approximately 100g of melted butter. Mix it until the biscuit crumbs are wet with the butter. Add them in a springform pan (easier to take the tart out rather than an ordinary cake tin.) Push the crumbs to form an even layer. Make sure you push the crumbs on the sides as well...like this,

Keep it in the freezer for half an hour. Add the filling and set it in the freezer again for 20 mins.

Cut slices of fresh mango of medium thickness and arrange them in a circular manner to look like a rose.

Remove the tart from the springform carefully without breaking the sides of the tart otherwise the filling will run out.

Enjoy the tart when it's cold.