Apple green velvet cake

Apple green velvet cake

Apple green velvet cake

Preparation time- 10 mins
Cooking time-  20 mins 
Total time- 30 mins

Ingredients :

1. Corn flour-2 Tsp
2. All purpose flour/Maida- 1 cup
3. Baking powder-1 Tsp
4. Salt-1/2 Tsp
5. Egg-3 no.
6. Powdered sugar- 1 cup
7. Vanilla/Apple essence-1 tsp
8. Apple green color- 1 pinch
9. Butter- 20 gm
10. Milk- 2 Tsp

Method:

Step 1: Take maida, corn flour, baking powder and salt in a strainer, sift it two times and keep it aside.

Step 2: Take three eggs and powdered sugar in a bowl, stir it well and double boil it until the sugar dissolves. Using handheld electric beater, beat it continuously till the mixture turns into a thick paste. Then, add vanilla essence and mix it well with the beater.

Step 3: Take butter and milk in a bowl and heat it in microwave mode at 540 F for 2 minutes and allow it to cool.

Step 4: Add sifted flour and melted butter into beaten mixture. Fold it gently with a wooden spatula. Take cake pan, apply butter liberally and dust it with maida and spread butter paper. Divide the batter into two portions and add green color into it. First, pour a little amount of the main batter, then pour colored batter and, continue the same. You will get rings as shown in the picture.  Pour the entire mixture into the cake pan and tap it on both sides to expel the air bubbles.

Apple green velvet cake batter

Step 5: Preheat the oven to 180 Degree Celsius and bake the cake in conventional mode at 180 Degree Celsius for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, insert a long stick into the baked cake and withdraw it. If the stick is sticky, you have to bake it for another 5-10 minutes.

Step 6: Take the pan from oven and allow it to cool. Then, take three tablespoons of ice water, add honey and sugar and mix it well. Sprinkle this solution with a brush.

 

This cake is very soft and even if you keep it in a refrigerator for 2-3 days, still it will be very soft....really!!

Suggestions

Diet for kids

• Not suggested for children, as it contains food color. Many researches have been linked with cancer and food coloring agents

Antenatal diet

• Not suggested for pregnant women, as it contains food color and it affects the baby in the uterus.

Diet for lactating mothers

• Not suggested for breastfeeding women, as it contains food color and it passes to the baby through breast milk.

Postnatal diet (Those are not breastfeeding)

• Reduce sugar to half amount, as it increases blood sugar level
• Suggest for minimum intake
• Reduce butter, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for diabetic persons

• Reduce sugar to half amount, as it increases blood sugar level
• Suggest for minimum intake
• Reduce butter, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for hypertensive persons

• Suggest for minimum intake
• Reduce butter, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for cardiac persons

• Reduce sugar to half amount, as it increases blood sugar level
• Suggest for minimum intake
• Reduce butter, as it increases cholesterol level

               Now, apple green velvet cake is ready

Apple rice porridge for babies/infants/ 7-12 months old

Apple rice porridge for babies/infants/ 7-12 months old

(Please continue exclusive breast feeding and you should never feed a single drop of water to the baby till 06 months of age)

Apple rice porridge for babies/infants/ 7-12 months old

Preparation of articles

Articles needed are:

1. Cooking bowl-1
2. Cooking spoon-1
3. Feeding bowl-1 
4. Feeding spoon-1 
5. Big pan-1
6. Covering lids-3
7. Mixer grinder jar-1 (Only for baby)
8. Scrubber-1 

• Keep all articles separately for the baby and do not use for other purposes. (Rationale- To prevent bacterial contamination)

• Wash all articles with tap water and soap. Take drinking water in a big pan, put all the articles (except scrubber) and boil it for five minutes by covering with a lid. After 10 minutes, you can take it for cooking. Use this method at early morning and do not skip this method to prevent further infections for the baby.

• Mixer grinder jar is the best source of bacterial growth, so that mother should clean it well. Take the white paper, dish wash solution and 50 ml of water in the grinder, grind it for 1 minute and wash it very well (do it weekly) (Rationale- To remove food stain and dirt). Then, pour boiling water and cover it with lid for ten minutes (do it early morning every day) (Rationale- To kill bacteria completely). And keep it dry.

Preparation of apple rice porridge

1. Sliced apple (1 no.)- 10 pieces 
2. Cooked rice (freshly cooked)- 5 tsp
3. Drinking water-100 ml

Method:

Wash hands with soap and water.
In a bowl, take sliced apple, cooked rice and water. Then, keep on low flame and cook it for 10 minutes. Keep it covered with a lid for another five minutes to cook it very well. Take cooked apple and rice in a jar and grind it by adding water as needed. 

How to cool the porridge (Double cooling method): (Rationale- To prevent bacterial growth)

Take water in a big bowl and keep the cooking bowl in water. Stir it continuously. This step is crucial for rapid cooling to prevent bacterial growth. Feed the baby immediately, when the porridge is lukewarm.

Preferred feeding time: 7-8 pm

The position of the baby:
Wash hands with soap and water.
I have tried many positions including sitting positions, but I am not able to feed the full amount of food.

Best position is- Make mother sit on a floor with supported back and stretched legs. Keep the baby on your legs and head of the baby facing towards your legs. So that you can get a control on face and arms of the baby. Keep the head of the baby slightly elevated.

How to feed the baby: Give a spoon of food and allow ample time for the baby to swallow it. If the baby does not open the mouth, give a mild pressure on one side of the cheek and give food. You can feed the full amount of food by keeping the baby engaged with toys. Avoid the third person with you otherwise, you and baby might be distracted.
It is essential to expel the gas from the stomach to prevent vomiting for the baby. After a few spoons of feeding, make the baby to sit and gently pat on the back from bottom to top, till you hear the 'burp' sound. 

To be noted: While feeding the baby, make sure that food should not spill over the nose and eyes. If it is spilled on the nose, gently wipe the food with a towel. If it is spilled on eyes, immediately wash the eyes until the baby is comfortable.

Aftercare of the baby: Keep the baby in the same position for at least 10 minutes in order to prevent projectile vomiting. Wash the face with clean water and dry with a towel.

Aftercare of the articles: After feeding, immediately wash the articles with the soapy solution and rinse it very well and, keep it for dry till the next feeding to prevent bacterial growth.

To be noted: 

• Watch the stools of the baby for any color change and you can see the level of digestion of food. 
• Do not compromise on cleaning and hygiene of the food, otherwise, you have to see the little one is suffering from infections.
• Continue breast feeding along with solid foods.

Reliability of the information 

"We live in the midst of so many answers, suggestions, and options to one question itself. During my motherhood period, I found very difficult to opt the best do's for my baby, despite being a professional nurse. After a lot of readings, observations, brainstorming discussions with my colleagues who are nursing experts, health professionals, and experienced mothers, and I have opted the best things for my baby, implemented and succeeded to have a happy motherhood period without a single episode of fever, cold or diarrhea for the baby and sleepless night too. In spite of committing trials and errors during your parenting time, you can read, understand and implement it. If you have any queries or suggestions, a great welcome to my blog."

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