Sunday, December 26, 2010

Choco Peanut Butter Frosting for Dry Fruit Cake


Everyone is baking cakes, cookies and muffins. There is merriment everywhere whether they are celebrating Christmas or no. My blog was quite as I din't do any of it. Then today I found this in the drafts. No this was not to celebrate Christmas but to celebrate the cravings of a mother to be.

I made a basic dry fruit cake like here excluding the chocolate layer: Polka Dots Cake For The BC Fighters 
The Frosting is something new. I don't like rich frosted cakes. So most times I make cakes with fruit puree frosting or serve with compote. Since this one was for a special treat I decided to make a Choco Peanut butter frosting. 

Ingredients.

1 cup of pure peanut butter (Navadarshanam)
1/2 cup powder sugar
1/4 cup milk or cream
1/2 cup Cadbury's Cocoa powder

In a bowl add all ingredients and whisk till sugar dissolves. It is a lip smacking frosting. Pour it over a completely cooled cake.

I carried the frosting in a bottle and then dressed the cake just before cutting. The smile on the expectant mother's face was very rewarding.

10 comments:

  1. love PB and thats a great idea to frost cake like this. Merry Christmas Anjali.

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  2. Same pinch Sayantani! Humm eyeing all your Christmas goodies and a Merry Christmas to you too.

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  3. Wowww thats a fabulous frosting..so yummy..

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  4. Hey,

    Beautiful cake...Love the frosting..:)

    Dr.Sameena@

    http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com/

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  5. Anjali that cancy cane cookies becomes flat on the bottom. but thats a very little portion of it, as the top rises a lot.

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  6. Perfect and yummy frosting! Looks great dear...

    http://treatntrick.blogspot.com

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  7. back after a long time..happy new year!!lovely recipe!!thanks for sharing!!

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  8. Happy new year to you too Shriya!

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  9. How can I forget this treat.. After eating this my lil one inside started kicking for the first time :)

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  10. Sapio woh ab first thing peanut choco peanut butter mangega!

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