I love milkmaid.On toast, in coffee,just like that.It's an addictive little tin.Smoothly settling on your body ,making you chubbier by the day.Especially when you have fewer people to share the calories with.But in cake, it looks kind of ill.So I used my tin of dulce De Leche,which awaits the tres Leche cake...Smart move this.I can guarantee that.
Mawa is dried milk,or milk that has been cooked so loud that it is now solid. Rich and yum.However,it was too much of an effort to go 4 kms to buy 200 gms of mawa,so I did my shortcut.Milk powder and ghee. So more Amul butter.eggless, Mawa, milkmaid,desi baking, Sri Krisna I saw a Mawa cake made with condensed milk here. And since today is the day...
Milk, butter ,cooked condensed milk and milk powder. And then butter cream frosting.AhhhhhAll for Sri Krisna's birthday.He so loves milk. So this all milk cake is for him.Jai Sri Krisna.
You can of course use plain milkmaid,but I assure you, this is worth the effort.
For the
Sri Krisna Janamashtami- Mawa CupCakes with Dulce de Leche (Eggless )
You need
1 tin milkmaid- made into dulce de Leche1 cup milk powder100 gms butter Amul1 cup milk1 1/2 cups all purpose flour or maida 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp cardamom powder or 2-3 cardamom peeled and seeds ground fine
For the dulce de Leche, place the tins of milk maid side ways ,submerged in water,and cook on a low heat for at least 4 hours.I used my induction cooker, placed 5 tins of milkmaid on their sides ,topped the pan with water and set the condensed milk to cook. It took 4 hours ,I timed the induction cooker to stop every 30 minutes so that I could keep an eye and top up the water.In no circumstance,should the tin be above water.Leave to cool in the pan and water and use up to the expiration date.The first can, we just ate, by the spoonful.It's a different taste all together.Toffee, caramel flavours just ooze out. And then if it's cold it tastes like kalakand. A desi mithai made by cooking milk and sugar till they caramelise.On opening ,this is what it looks like.
In the same pan place the butter, milk and milk powder.Actually you should mix the milk and milk powder first,to avoid the lumps. I had to use an electric beater to get rid of the lumps later.So as they say ,prevention is better than cure.
Ok, mix the 4 things and allow it to cook on the lowest setting of your induction cooker ,or on a double boiler on the gas.Once the butter has melted mix well and allow it to cool.That took about half an hour.Preheat oven to 350F or 180C. Line your muffin pans. I made exactly 24, by scraping the last bit. After all that's what silicone spatulas are for.And this was one batter I never wanted to taste.This is part of my bhog for my laddoo Gopal for Sri Krisna Janamashtami.Sift the flour and the three powders a few times and add the cardamom.I forgot,as usual...Now beat in the flour mix . Add cool water if the batter is too thick. This should be like a nice brownie batter ,or a caramel sauce. Not pouring consistency.
18 lined muffins and 6 in sprayed silicone moulds.The thing about silicone moulds, spray 
In the oven for about 25 minutes. After 20 minutes ,I poked them with a wooden toothpick to check.
That's what they were. They were not supposed to be tasted, but sweet child anicked one. He was not impressed by the desi sounding name...but he loved them.The frosting was a simple buttercream tinted blue,for Krisna's color is blue.
With a lot of happiness...spread the joy and share the calories.they say, that the more people that eat the prashad or offering you made to God,the happier he will be.
So what are you baking today???
