HOW TO BAKE A CAKE IN THE PRESSURE COOKER

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Using A Pressure Cooker to bake cakes:

we bake cakes in electric ovens at home but sometimes the gadget is not available ,in
such case should be not have a cake ?or should we find an alternative ,here is one such
way to use your pressure cooker as an oven to bake a cake.

Heat the cooker on the stove or cooking range. Do not pour water in it, heat it dry. Place
the cooker dish with holes inside the cooker, at the bottom .to place the batter tray over
it .
place the dish with the batter of the cake inside the cooker . Close the lid of the cooker
without the weight. Lower the flame after two or three minutes and put off the flame after
half an
hour.
Do not open the lid ,let it be done. Put a very thin stick through the vent of the lid and
check whether the cake is done or not If the stick contains the cake mixture, then it is not
baked and if the mixture will not stick on to it take it that the cake is ready.open the lid
and remove the tray of the cake let it cool down and then remove the cake from the tray
and serve it .
VANILLA PLAIN CAKE

Baking tray

HOW TO PREPARE A CAKE PAN BEFORE

BAKING
• Always prepare the baking pan and put it aside before you start to mix the batter
ingredients for best results of getting the cake baked well remember certain points
in your mind they are as such,

• all batters must be baked right away after mixing.This is important when making
delicate batters for foam cakes as they can deflateeasily if the batter is not putin
the oven immediately.
• 2)Recipes made by adding baking soda and baking powder also need to be baked
instantly if the batter is made to sit around before baking, you will have a flatened
cake for sure it may also become dense

Ingredients to bake a cake:--

 • 2 cups sugar

• 2& 1/2cups all-purpose flour or fine flour(miada)as desired

• 3/4 cup vegetable oil or white butter

• 2 &1/2 flat teaspoons baking powder

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 1 cup milk(room temperature)

• 2 table spoon Dry nuts to mix in the cake a handful(optional)

METHOD:-

• Preheat oven(350 degrees F (180 degrees C) or a pressure cooker for five minutes
over the high flame with lid closed . Line the cake pans with parchment paper.
Grease the paper and the sides of the pan well.

• Take a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs well
together until they slightly thickens for about 1 minute. Add flour, milk, oil,
baking powder, and vanilla and beat for another minute,until the batter is smooth
and creamy. Do not over beat or beat in two direction ,it will get flattened or may
break after been baked. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan

• Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until the topis golden brown and
a toothpick poked into the center of the layer comes out clean.ones.) Loosen the
sides of the cake from the pan with a thin knife,or give it a shake it will come out
then turn out onto a plate and peel off the greased paper. Let it cool down
completely before covering with frosting, if desired. else serve it .

If you make it in the pressure cooker follow the rules that are mentioned above for best
results

Ingredients

Plain flour - 1 and 1/2 cup

Powdered sugar - 1 cup
Egg - 1
Refined oil or plain butter - 1/2 cup
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Milk - 1 cup
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Method
Mixture Preparation

1. Beat the egg very well until it becomes lighter and looks like double the original
quantity. (As you do while making omlete )
2. Mix sugar and oil together and stir them pretty hard till the mixture becomes light and
fluffy.
3. Add the beaten egg to this mixture. Mix well to blend all ingredients thoroughly.
4. Now prepare a mixture of plain flour (maida) and baking powder and sieve it to avoid
any lump.
5. Now gradually add this maida mixture, to the batter prepared by mixing sugar, oil and
egg.

Note: As you stir the mixture, it will become dense. Add some milk in small amount to
make it smooth. Keep on repeating the process of adding maida and then milk as
required, till batter is well blended (It should look fluffy/ soft).
6. Add Vanilla essence to the batter and again blend thoroughly.

Cake Preparation

7. Grease the baking tin (or cake tin) with oil and dust it by sprinkling maida over greased
surface evenly.
Note: Use baking tin of 6 inch in diameter, so that it can easily get into the pressure
cooker.
8. Pour the mixture into the greased baking tin.
Note: Baking Tin should be made of Aluminium
9. Heat the presure cooker on high heat for 2 minutes.

Caution: If baking tin comes into direct contact of the base of cooker, it can harm
( overbake ) the cake.

10. Now put the cake tin containing the cake batter, inside on cooker dish.( Do not put
water inside the pressure cooker)
11. Close the cooker lid and do not put the whistle on the lid.Lower the flame from high
to low after 2 minutes.
12. Let it cook for 40 minutes, then switch off the heat. Do not open the lid immediately.
13. After 10 minutes open the lid to check whether the cake is done. Put a skewer inside
the cake.
14. If the mixture will not stick on it, means that cake is done.

Note:
You can make the cake without egg. Just add 1/2 cup refined oil more.
Make sure that you stir it pretty hard, till you find air bubble in the batter.
56 Responses to "Easy Home Made Cake"
Ashmita Rating:
said this on 03 Oct 2008 12:27:32 AM EST
I tried this recipe in a Wok(kadai/deep frying pan) and covered with lid with a little
openeing , it came out wonderful..Do not forget to grease and sprinkle maida properly
in the baking tin...
The Cake came out wonderful...
(Reply to this comment)

Please see this link for Recipe of Eggless Chocolate Cake in a Pressure Cooker

http://www.ndtvcooks.com/recipes/de…

Ingredients :

2 cups flour (maida) (240 gm) 1 3/4 cup sugar-powdered (420 gm) 2/3 cup cocoa powder
(65 gm) 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking (meetha) soda 1 tsp salt 2/3 cup butter, cream
or oil (160 gm) 1 tsp Vanilla Essence 3/4 cup yogurt (150 gm) 1 cup hot water 2 cake
tins, 23cm (9”) round, or 20 cm (8”) square

Method :

Grease and flour the cake tins or line the base with grease proof paper. Sift the flour,
cocoa, baking powder and soda into a mixing bowl.

Add the salt, butter/cream/oil, vanilla and yogurt and beat with a wooden spoon or
electric beater. Add the hot water and continue to beat till smooth and glossy.

Divide the batter into the two tins.

Heat the pressure cooker, covered but without the pressure for 3-4 minutes on high heat,
then place one cake tin in it. Cover again without the pressure and let cook till done
(about 1/2 an hour). Repeat with the other tin.

Please see this link for making cake using Pressure Cooker :

http://www.webindia123.com/cookery/…

Heat the cooker in a stove or cooking range. Do not pour water in it. Place the cooker
dish with holes, at the bottom of the cooker. When the cooker is well heated, place the
dish with the cake batter inside, on top of the cooker dish.
Close the cooker with the lid. Do not put the weight. Lower the flame after 2 or 3
minutes. It can be switched off after half an hour.

Do not open the lid to test whether the cake is done. Put a skewer through the hole of the
weight. If the skewer contains the cake mixture, it is not baked. The mixture will not stick
on to it when the cake is done.

Using Thick Bottomed Big Vessel :

Fill 1/2 of a thick bottomed vessel with clean sand and heat the vessel.

Turn the contents in the vessel to ensure the sand is heated evenly all over. Make a
depression at the middle of the sand.

Pour the cake mixture in a vessel and close tightly with a lid. Place the vessel with the
cake mixture in the depression.

Close the thick bottom vessel. Keep this on a low flame for half an hour.

You can see these links for eggless cakes

http://www.ndtvcooks.com/recipes/de…

http://www.bawarchi.com/cookbook/ca…

http://food.sify.com/review_more.ph…

http://www.eggless.com/test5/index.…

http://www.recipelink.com/mf/0/6216…

Eggless Cake Recipe (Pressure cooker cake)

Bakery Recipes
Type of Meal : Simple home made cake

Preparation Time : 20 minutes.

Cooking Time : 40 minutes.

Ingredients

 Plain flour (maida) - 1 and 1/2 cup

 Powdered sugar - 1 cup
 Refined oil or plain butter - 1 cup
 Baking soda - 1 teaspoon
 Milk - 1 cup
 Vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon

Method

Mixture Preparation ( Batter )

1. Mix sugar and oil together and stir them pretty hard till the mixture becomes
light and fluffy.
2. Now prepare a mixture of "all purpose flour" (maida) and baking powder and
sieve it to avoid any lump.
3. Now gradually add this maida mixture, to the batter prepared by mixing sugar
and oil mixture.
Note: As you stir the mixture, it will become dense. Add some milk in small
amount to make it smooth. Keep on repeating the process of adding maida and
then milk as required, till batter is well blended (It should look fluffy/ soft) and
you find air bubble in the batter
4. Add Vanilla essence to the batter and again blend thoroughly.

Cake Preparation

5. Grease the baking tin (or cake tin) with oil and dust it by sprinkling maida
over greased surface evenly.
Note: Use baking tin of 6 inch in diameter, so that it can easily get into the
pressure cooker.
6. Pour the mixture into the greased baking tin.
Note: Baking Tin should be made of Aluminium
7. Heat the presure cooker on high heat for 2 minutes.

Caution: If baking tin comes into direct contact of the base of cooker, it can
harm ( overbake ) the cake.
Remedy: Use cooker container which has big holes in it. You can put the
baking tin on that container and then put it inside the presure coker. Even if you
do not have the cooker container cake can be made, but there is a big chance of
getting its lower part overbaked

8. Now put the cake tin containing the cake batter, inside on cooker dish.( Do
not put water inside the pressure cooker)
9. Close the cooker lid and do not put the whistle on the lid.Lower the flame
from high to low after 2 minutes.
10. Let it cook for 40 minutes, then switch off the heat. Do not open the lid
immediately.

Cooked Cake Testing

11. After 10 minutes open the lid to check whether the cake is done. Put a
skewer inside the cake. (Skewer - a long thin pointed piece of metal or wood,
used to test whether something is completely cooked )
12. If the mixture will not stick on it, means that cake is done.
13. Serve.

ressure cooker cake recipe with Egg

Bakery Recipes
Type of Meal : Simple home made cake

Preparation Time : 20 minutes.

Cooking Time : 40 minutes.

Ingredients

 Plain flour (maida) - 1 and 1/2 cup

 Powdered sugar - 1 cup
 Egg - 1
 Refined oil or plain butter - 1/2 cup
 Baking soda - 1 teaspoon
 Milk - 1 cup
 Vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon

Method

Mixture Preparation ( Batter )

1. Beat the egg very well until it becomes lighter and looks like double the
original quantity. (As you do while making omlete )
2. Mix sugar and oil together and stir them pretty hard till the mixture becomes
light and fluffy.
3. Add the beaten egg to this mixture. Mix well to blend all ingredients
thoroughly.
4. Now prepare a mixture of plain flour (maida) and baking powder and sieve it
to avoid any lump.
5. Now gradually add this maida mixture, to the batter prepared by mixing
sugar, oil and egg.
Note: As you stir the mixture, it will become dense. Add some milk in small
amount to make it smooth. Keep on repeating the process of adding maida and
then milk as required, till batter is well blended (It should look fluffy/ soft) and
you find air bubble in the batter.
 6. Add Vanilla essence to the batter and again blend thoroughly.

Cake Preparation

7. Grease the baking tin (or cake tin) with oil and dust it by sprinkling maida
over greased surface evenly.
Note: Use baking tin of 6 inch in diameter, so that it can easily get into the
pressure cooker.
8. Pour the mixture into the greased baking tin.
Note: Baking Tin should be made of Aluminium
9. Heat the presure cooker on high heat for 2 minutes.

Caution: If baking tin comes into direct contact of the base of cooker, it can
harm ( overbake ) the cake.
Remedy: Use cooker container which has big holes in it. You can put the baking
tin on that container and then put it inside the presure coker. Even if you do not
have the cooker container cake can be made, but there is a big chance of getting
its lower part overbaked

10. Now put the cake tin containing the cake batter, inside on cooker dish.( Do
not put water inside the pressure cooker)
11. Close the cooker lid and do not put the whistle on the lid.Lower the flame
from high to low after 2 minutes.
12. Let it cook for 40 minutes, then switch off the heat. Do not open the lid
immediately.

Cooked Cake Testing

13. After 10 minutes open the lid to check whether the cake is done. Put a
skewer inside the cake. (Skewer - a long thin pointed piece of metal or wood,
used to test whether something is completely cooked )
14. If the mixture will not stick on it, means that cake is done.
15. Serve.

Toad in a Hole

1 slice bread
Butter
1 egg
Salt and pepper, to taste

Cut out center of bread slice with a round biscuit cutter. Butter bread generously on both
sides. Brown bread on one side in moderately hot buttered frying pan. Turn over.

Break egg into hole in center of bread. Cook slowly until egg white is set (cover pan until
white starts to set). Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Lift out with pancake turner and
serve.

Makes 1 serving.