Cold Coffee (Iced coffee)

Cold Coffee (Iced coffee)(by manjula)

Cold Coffee (Iced Coffee)

Ingredients:

• 8 oz milk
• 1 tablespoon dark roasted instant coffee
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups of ice

Method

1. Blend the coffee, sugar and milk together for about 30 seconds until the sugar and coffee are mixed well with milk. Add ice and blend at a high speed for a minute until coffee becomes frothy.
2. Serve in tall glasses and sprinkle with dry coffee powder.

Notes

Serve the cold coffee with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and shaved chocolate turning the cold coffee into the dessert.

Rich Coffee Cake

Rich Coffee Cake(Chef Shireen)

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rich coffee cake

Ingredients

For cake:

Flour 6 Oz

Baking powder 1 teaspoon

Chocolate 5 Oz (grated)

Butter 8 Oz

Brown sugar ½ cup

Sugar ½ cup (granulated)

Vanilla essence 1-12 teaspoon

Egg 4

Coffee powder 2 tablespoon

For Soak Cake:

Milk ½ cup

Icing sugar 2 tablespoon

Coffee 1 tablespoon

For Cheese Frosting:

Icing sugar 2 cup

Soft butter 4 Oz

Coffee 1 tablespoon

Cream cheese ½ cup

Cooking Directions

Preheat oven to 180c. Butter two 9 inch sandwich pan. In a bowl, beat together one the butter with brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla essence until creamy. Then add one egg at a time alternating sieved flour, baking powder and salt. When the mixture is form, set the beater on slow speed and beat in the melted chocolate mixed with coffee. Spoon the batter into two 9 inch greased pan and bake for 45 minutes. Cool the cake completely in the pan. On serving platter, place one layer of cake. Dissolve icing sugar and coffee in milk and moist the bottom layer of cake. Beat together Icing sugar, butter, coffee and cream cheese together until foamy and spread half of it on moist layer. Cover the second layer of cake and again moist it with coffee syrup, cover the sides and top of cake with frosting. Sprinkle grated chocolate on top. Rich Coffee Cake is ready to serve.

How colors affect our mood!

How colors affect our mood!

How colors affect our mood!

We are able to see around 7,000,000 colors; some blends can create a clash of the senses where as other color combinations create an atmosphere of harmony and balance. Some color has different meaning in different cultures. Many designers,athletes,restaurateurs,advertisers, health care providers and teachers are now building on their knowledge about color.to improve health, efficiency, mood, performance, and appetite.

How colors affect our mood!

Here is a most popular colors and their accepted behavioral and health related meanings:

RED:

Romance, excitement, energy, dominance. Increases performance on difficult tasks and athletic spirit.

How colors affect our mood!

WHITE:

Cleanliness, innocence, simplicity, purity. Health professionals wear white to evoke sterility.

How colors affect our mood!

Black:

Power, sophistication, formality, elegance, independence, depth, Authority, and style.

Black is generally associated with the absence of light, so when it is painted on the walls it will make a room feel smaller and darker.

How colors affect our mood!

Brown:

Earth, nature, safety, stability, elegance. Brown is a very neutral color and gives off a nature vibe And It is the color of Mother Earth. 

How colors affect our mood!

GREEN:

Hope, comfort, relaxation, naturalness. Connected to nature; promotes a sense of calmness.

How colors affect our mood!

BLUE:

Coldness, loyalty, peace, professionalism. Associate with the sky and ocean. Increases Proficiency in creative work.

How colors affect our mood!

YELLOW:

Liveliness, happiness, cheerfulness. Brightness of sun, summer and flower. Boosts optimism.

Right choice of colors can create a haven for relaxation that can increase efficiency, stimulate mind and raise energy levels.

How colors affect our mood!

Thermal or warm colors of red, yellow and orange are stimulating, strengthen, raise blood pressure, and tonify.

How colors affect our mood!

Electrical or cool colors of blue, calm, indigo, ease inflammation, violet sedate and lower blood pressure.

Physiologically color/light reaches the hypothalamus, that regulates the pituitary gland. Each color has a different wavelength and his initiates’ specific responses in the nervous system.

How colors affect our mood!

Newborns with jaundice are placed in blue light Seasonal Affective Disorder; (sad) is treated with full-spectrum light.

Easy Coffee Cake

Easy Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• Nonstick spray
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 1/4 cups sugar, divided
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

• DIRECTIONS

  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a Bunt pan with nonstick spray.

  Using an electric mixer, mix together the butter and 2 cups of sugar in a small bowl. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, then add the sour cream and vanilla and mix until blended. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add half of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until just blended, then and the remaining dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
  In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, cinnamon, brown sugar and mix until well combined.

  Pour half of the batter into the Bunt pan. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the batter, then pour the remaining batter over the sugar mixture. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool until just slightly warm. Remove the cake from the Bunt pan to a serving dish and sprinkle powdered sugar over the top.

    

Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe

Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe

Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe

Ingredients 

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt (if you use unsalted butter)
1 1/2 cups flour
1 T ground cinnamon
6 T melted butter

Filling

1 cup brown sugar, light or dark
1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder

Cake

3/4 cup salted butter
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 eggs
3/4 c plain yogurt
1 1/4 c milk
3 3/4 c flour

method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9" x 13" pan

Make the struesel topping first by mixing together the sugar, salt, flour, and cinnamon. Add the melted butter, stir until combined - it will look crumbly. Save for later.

In a seperate bowl, make the cake filling by mixing together the brown sugar, cinnamon, and cocoa powder.

In a third larger bowl, make the cake. Beat together the butter, salt, sugars, baking powder, and vanilla until well combined and smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after you add each one.

In a separate bowl (you'll be doing a lot of dishes later), whisk together the yogurt and milk till well combined. Add the flour to the large bowl with butter mixture, and alternate with the milk/yogurt mixture, beating gently to combine.

Spread half the batter into the greased pan, spreading evenly and to the edge. Sprinkle the filling on top of this layer of batter. Then spread the remaining batter on top of the filling. Use a butter knife to gently swirl the filling into the batter. Don't combine filling and batter completely - just swirl the filling through the batter. Sprinkle the bowl of struesel topping over the batter in the pan. Bake the cake 50-60 minutes until golden brown around the edges and a toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool about 20 minutes before serving from the pan.