CARROT CAKE WITH MARZIPAN TOPPING

INGREDIENTS......
         Grated carrot           One cup
         All purpose flour      Two cup
         Sugar.                        Two cup
          Eggs.                        Four
         Vegetable oil.            11/2 cup
          Salt.                           1/2tbs
         Grated walnut.            1/2cup
          Cinnamon powder.     1tbs
          Raisins.                       20 -25

       
For MARZIPAN
  Cashewnut.                  100g
  Sugar powder.              100gm
  White part of egg.          One
  Rose water and one drop almond essence

Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar or honey and almond meal, sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract.

Mix all the above ingredients well to make smooth paste.

METHOD.........

• Take oil and sugar in a bowl and mix well .
• Add eggs and stir .
•  Then add vanilla essence and carrot and mix .
•  Keep this mixture aside.
• Take all purpose flour ,salt and baking powder and mix.
• Add walnut ,raisins and cinnamon powder.
• Now add this mixture to above prepared mixture and mix.
• Then make the round cake shape and keep in preheated oven at 180 degree for 40 -45 min.
• Now top with Marzipan ..

Now the dellicious carrot cake is ready to eat.


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TIPS TO GET A HEALTHY AND BEAUTIFUL NAILS

Nails are the most important part of your hand or leg . They gives a beautiful look if healthy and ruined all good looks if unhealthy and unshaped .

Here are some tips to keep your nails healthy and beautiful

• Eating soyabean and yeast ( good source of vit. B) helps in reducing white spots and lines of nails.
• Take enough amount of water as less amount of water than the body requirements brings lots of problems to our body.
• Carrot is very beneficial for your nails as well as health. Consuming carrot makes our nails strong and shiny.
• Always make sure that your nails should be dry when you shape it .
• Never cut your nail by teeths as it stops the growth of nails.
• Use nail strenthner two times a week . You can use it on both polished or plain nails.
• Massage with warm olive oil twice in a week .

MANICURE AT HOME.....

• First clean nails with shampoo and remove the dead cuticle by scrubing .
• Dry it either by cool setting of dryer or by normal way.
• Then give a mild massage with a manicure massage cream.
• Moisturise nails with good moisturiser . Usually you should moisturise your nails daily in night  to keep them soft and beautifull.

Home made manicure tip....
     Take warm water , add few drops of lime juice . Dip your nails for few minutes then clean it properly . Now massage with good moisturising cream.

EASY HOME MADE FRUIT SAUCE

Today our kids need lots of variety in food . They love to eat all those unhealthy junk foods having lots of

spices and no any nutritious values .

 They hate eating fruits and healthy vegetables.

Here i am sharing a simple and easy made fruit sauce recipe which your kids love to eat .

You can give this sauce to your 6 to 7 month baby also who can not eat fruits directly.

INGREDIENTS........

           
                Strawberry
                 Apple.           1

                 Orange juice.     One cup

                 Sugar    1/2cup

                 Salt.       1/2tbs

• Take strawberrise and apple , wash well and blend them to make thin paste. Strain the pulp in strainer and leave the residue .Now add orange syrup  in the strained solution.
• Take a fry pan and heat it on flame . Then pour small amount of butter and then add the solution. Stir continously or the sauce becomes pulpy. When the mixture becomes little thick then add  salt and sugar and stir it. 
• When the solution becomes thick then remove it from flame and keep it in refrigerator .

Now your home made fruit sauce is ready to eat. And i am sure that your little ones love this sauce to eat like mine son.