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RECIPES - LOVE BITES

Strawberry
cup cakes
It is a tradition in Indian households that the daughter-in-law cooks
something sweet as her first dish. When I entered my in-law’s kitchen
the first time, I was under immense pressure because everything was
new around me and I knew that my mother-in-law is a wonderful
cook. We had invited some friends and relatives who could not
attend the wedding for dinner and the only responsibility I was given
was to make a good dessert. I saw a bottle of Hershey’s chocolate
sauce and a box of strawberries in the refrigerator and decided to
bake a cupcake to impress everyone. It turned out to be a runaway
hit with all our relatives praising it.

by Priya Shiva

Ingredients:
• 1 cup, fresh strawberries, cleaned and chopped
• 1 ½ cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup milk
• ¾ cup milk powder
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
Method:
1. Preheat oven at 180°C.
2. Pulse the strawberries in food processor until you get a smooth puree.
3. Sieve wheat flour and keep it aside.
4. Mix sugar and butter in a bowl until the sugar completely dissolves. Add milk and
blend it well.
5. Add wheat flour and milk powder slowly to the mix and blend it well. Make sure
there are no lumps in the batter. Add baking powder, baking soda, vanilla essence
and salt and mix it well. Add strawberry pulp and blend it well.
6. Grease some cupcake moulds or cupcake liners evenly with oil and pour the batter
in it. Fill each cup halfway.
7. Bake for 20 minutes. Insert a toothpick at the center of the cupcake to see if it
comes clean. If the batter sticks to the toothpick, continue baking for another 5
minutes.
8. Cool on a wire rack and demould the cupcakes.
9. Serve with lot of Hershey chocolate sauce and chopped fresh strawberries.

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