PitterTreats

Eggs are to cakes what music is to the ears! Eggs help in enhancing the texture and stability of your cake batter. Cakes turn out soft, rich, and spongy when eggs are included in adequate quantity. Not to forget the benefit of eggs being nutritious! Through this post, let me shed some light on the role of eggs in cake making.   One of the most helpful cake ingredients, the humble egg serves many different roles. It adds color, texture, structure, stability, and nutritional value to the cake. The Purpose of Eggs in Cake Eggs act as a binding agent and emulsifier that adds richness to the cake. Simply put, eggs provide an alternative glue that helps give shape and helps build the structure of the cake. However, mixing the cake with the correct quantity of butter(fat) and sugar is very important. Not balancing eggs with other ingredients may make the cake texture tough and chewy. Eggs contain protein. Without proteins, it becomes difficult to hold the cake together.   Egg...

  M ost of us believe that eating cake regularly is not a healthy option. We limit ourselves to eating just a slice that too occasionally, during birthdays, weddings, anniversaries etcetera. This brings us to the most important question - is eating tea-time cake really good for you?? Packed with ingredients that are high in protein and calcium, adding a piece of cake as your pre-workout meal can act as a power booster. Eggs and milk are rich in protein and calcium, adding nuts and fruits can make that tea cake even more delicious and a healthier option for frequent consumption. Teacake during tea time is a healthier option that will give you the energy you require to get through the rest of the day. As long as you don't overdo it, you will gain enough energy to keep yourself alert and revitalized. (Pearls of Wisdom: Excess of anything does more harm than good.) Teacakes incorporated with fruits (pineapple, apples, oranges, dates, berries) and nuts (almonds, cashews, raisins, ...

  With the onset of December 2020, began the preparations for Christmas. Yes! We would be observing protocols during the Covid 19 Pandemic and having an elaborate and delicious Christmas fare amongst the five of us since we didn’t prefer mingling with the crowd and putting our lives at risk, but at the same time, Christmas isn’t really Christmas unless you share your goodies with others. So we got down to procuring ingredients and other necessary items for preparing cakes, Marzipans, Kul-Kuls, milk cream sweets, choco-walnut rocks, Karanjees and the works. This time, I took the initiative of baking cakes by myself, with none of my family pitching in. Well, I had been preparing quite a few treats like biriyani, Thai curry, cocktails, Kulfis, cookies, throughout my ‘WFH’ period (The pandemic and lock-down period grows on you eventually and you decide to discover your latent talents, and hone them as well) and since they turned out to be finger-licking good, my family had no objecti...