EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Introduction:

Have you gave up the thought of baking cake just because you don't have oven or microwave. bake the cake in pressure cooker now.just gear up for the breezy egg-less delight

Preparation time : 5 mts

Cooking time : 40 mts

Serves : 4 people

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup All purpose Flour / Maida
2. 1/4 cup Oil
3. 1/3 cup Sugar
4. 3 tbsp unsweetened Cocoa Powder
5. 3/4 cup hot water
6. 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
7. 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
8. 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
9. 1/4 tsp Vanilla Essence

Method

• Mix together Oil, Sugar, water and vanilla essence in mixing bowl.
• Stir in all wet ingredients well until sugar is dissolved.
• Sift all dry ingredients maida, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, in wet ingredients.
• Mix dry ingredients well with wet ingredients.
• Preheat pressure cooker over medium heat for 5 mts.
• Grease cake tin well using cooking oil.
• In a cake mixture add lime juice, mix and immediately pour cake mixture in baking tin.
• First put one empty pot in a pressure cooker and on the to of empty pot put cake tin.
• Make sure that cake tin doesn't touch the bottom of the cooker.
• Cover with the lid without putting whistle on.
• Bake on medium heat for first 5 mts.
• Lower down the heat to low to medium and cook for 30 to 35 mts.
• After 30 mts leave the cake in hot cooker for 5 more minutes.
• After 5 mts insert a tooth pick in the middle of the cake, if it comes out clear that means cake is done.
• If some batter sticks to the toothpick then continue to bake cake for 10 more minutes.
• Allow the cake to cool down for 10 minutes.
• After 10 minute run the knife around the edges of cake tin.
• Pu one dish on the top of cake tin and flip this over.
• The cake should come out without sticking to the bottom of cake tin.
• Allow it to cool down on cooling rack before putting icing on cake.
• Serve just as it is or with dollop of cream or ice cream!

Tips

• If you are using thick bottom pressure cooker, in that case bake the cake over medium high heat only.
• Cooking time may vary depending on thickness of pressure cooker, temperature settings of stove.