FEBI'S COOK BOOK

Now I feel lucky to be a house wife. When I was in school i was One girl with high ambitions in life. Scoring high in Grad school, then working and earning was my dream. But after I got married, the whole scenario changed. Even though my husband did not have any objection in me working, my priorities changed to being a good home maker. While I waited for kids to grow up and things to settle down, things got out of my calculations and I got confined inside the four walls. And it was late before I realised that being a house wife or home maker is no less than all other paid jobs plus I now feel lucky that I discovered a new passion which I would n't have discovered if I were a working person. I dont make money but I have plenty of time to execute my passion. Not that I have no work at home, of course i run in short of time and that is not rarely and that is the case always with three little kids but I feel atleast I am not bound by work or a boss which would have been otherwise...

Ingredients: For the sponge cake: All purpose flour/maida-1/2 cup baking powder- 1 tsp baking soda-1/2 tsp salt-1/4 tsp cocoa powder- 1/3 cup sugar- 2/3 cup butter- 40 gms vanilla essence- 1 tsp For the butter cream frosting: Butter unsalted soft at room temp.- 200 gm icing sugar or powdered sugar(sifted)- 4 cups (or even less if u want it less sweet.. I found it more sweet) vanilla essence- 1 tsp milk- 3 tbsp Preparation: For the sponge cake: Preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F. Sift maida, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder. Keep aside. In a bowl beat sugar and egg manually with a whisk. place this bowl over hot boiling water in a skillet. beat vigourously until just warm( The mixture when placed inside of your palm should feel slightly warm).Doing this really helps the cake rise very well. Beat the  mixture using an electric beater until mixture becomes thick and pale. Add 1/3 of the cake flour mixture and mix with spatula taking c...