Cake in Pressure Cooker

Pressure cooker Cake in Marathi

Time - Preparation: 25 minutes | Baking: 35 to 40 minutes.
Yield: 8 to 10 medium pieces

Ingredients:
3/4 cup All purpose flour
250 to 300 gram Condensed milk (1/2 to 3/4 cup)
1/4 cup Butter (unsalted)
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup carbonated water (soda water)

Method:
1) Take a big pressure cooker. Remove the ring and weight from the lid. Close the pressure cooker with lid. Heat it over high flame for 8 to 10 minutes. Do not add water.
2) Grease a baking pan with some butter. Sieve all purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder together into a medium bowl
3) Take another deep and medium mixing bowl. Add softened butter and condensed milk. Beat using hand mixer or egg beater. Mix until well blended and smooth. Add vanilla essence and blend for a minute.
4) Now, add half of the all purpose flour to butter and condensed milk batter. Mix with the hand mixer. Then add half of the soda water and blend. Then again add flour, followed by soda water. Mix well until smooth consistency.
5) Pour the batter into greased cake tin. To remove excessive air bubbles, hit the pan very gently on the counter-top. Remove the cooker's lid. Turn the heat to medium. Put the cake tin inside with help of Pakkad (Indian Tong). Put the lid on and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Do not open the cooker for first 25 minutes.
6) After 25 minutes open the lid. You will notice cake has risen nicely, but its not cooked inside. You may check by poking with toothpick in the middle of the cake. If you find wet batter on the toothpick, that means cake needs 10 to 12 minutes more to bake. Put the lid on.
7) After 10 to 12 minutes again check with toothpick. If it comes out clean, that means cake is ready.
Turn off the heat and use Pakkad to remove cake tin out of pressure cooker.
Remove the cake out from the cake tin and put it on a wired rack to cool down. After 15-20 minutes, cut the cake and its ready to enjoy.

Tips:
1) To get the perfect sweetness, taste the batter before pouring into cake tin. If you feel that batter needs to be little more sweet, add some condensed milk.
2) Do not forget to remove Pressure cooker ring and weight. Also DO NOT add water in the cooker.
3) Use thick Aluminum Metal cake tin. Thin metal might crack due to high heat.
4) To make the cake in two colors. Divide the batter into two portions. Keep one portion as it is. Add 2 to 3 tbsp dark coco powder and some condensed milk. Mix well. First add white portion of batter and then pour chocolaty portion over the white one. Now bake as per above method.
5) First of all, check whether cake tin fits inside the pressure cooker.
6) Do not fill the cake tin completely. Batter level should be upto a little over half. Otherwise, cake will overflow out of the tin.

Eggless Vanilla Cake

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Eggless Vanilla Cake in Marathi

Time: Prep time - 25 to 30 minutes | Baking Time - 35 to 40 minutes
Yield: 10 small pieces

Ingredients:
3/4 cup All purpose flour
200 gram Condensed milk (1/2 cup + couple more tablespoons) (Tip 5)
1/4 cup Butter (unsalted)
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup carbonated water (soda water) (Tip 4)

Method:
1) Preheat oven at 350 F (180 C).
2) Sieve all purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder together into a medium bowl
3) Take another deep and medium mixing bowl. Add softened butter and condensed milk. Beat using hand mixer or egg beater. Mix until well blended and smooth. Add vanilla essence and blend for a minute.
4) Now, add half of the all purpose flour to butter and condensed milk batter. Mix with the hand mixer. Then add half of the soda water and blend. Then again add flour, followed by soda water. Mix well until smooth consistency.
5) Pour the batter into greased baking tin. To remove excessive air bubbles, hit the pan very gently on the counter-top. The pan goes into the oven for 35-40 minutes.
6) After 35-37 minutes poke at the center of cake with a toothpick. If it comes out clean, that means cake is ready. If you find wet batter on the toothpick, then bake for another 10 minutes.
Once cake is baked, remove it out from the cake tin and put it on a wired rack to cool down. After 15-20 minutes, cut the cake and its ready to enjoy.




Tips:
1) There are variety of cake tin shapes available in the market. You can make the above cake in heart, oval, round, square shape.
2) The above quantity is good for 2 to 3 people. So, double the amount of ingredients to make little larger cake.
3) For the above given ingredients, you will need little smaller cake tin. The cake tin which I used is approx 8 X 3". After pouring the batter into cake tin, the level should be around 1.5 to 2 inches from the bottom.
4) Do not use other sodas like coke, pepsi, ginger ale, lemon soda etc. Use plain soda water. Soda water makes the cake fluffier.
5) After mixing all the ingredients, taste the batter a little. If you want it little more sweet, add few tablespoon condensed milk. Mix well after adding it.

Eggless Cake (Date and Walnut)

Eggless Cake in Marathi

Ingredients:
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/4 cup water for soaking
1/4 cup walnuts
Sweetened condensed milk 7 oz (3/4 cup + 2 tbsp)
1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

Method:
1) Soak chopped dates in 1/4 to 1/2 cup lukewarm water for 30 minutes. Then puree by adding very little water which has used for soaking.
2) Preheat oven at 325 F (160 C). Sift All purpose flour, baking powder and baking soda together for 2 to 3 times. Add melted butter, condensed milk and Vanilla extract. Mix, add Dates paste. Fold in chopped walnuts.
3) Grease oven safe pan with little butter. Pour batter and plain the surface with spatula. Place on middle oven rack. Bake for atleast 45 minutes.
4) After 45 minutes turn off the oven, keep the pan inside for 5 minutes.
5) After 5 minutes, remove pan from oven and keep on wiring rack. Let it cool down. Carefully remove cake out of the pan. Let it cool down completely before cutting.
Make slices and store in airtight container.

Labels:
Eggless cake, Cake without egg, walnut cake, Date eggless cake

Semolina Cake

Semolina Cake

Ingredients:
1 cup Semolina
1 cup plain Yogurt
1 cup Milk (should not be hot)
1 cup Sugar
1-2 Tbsp Ghee
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp cardamom powder or Cinnamon powder
2-3 tbsp pieces of cashew nuts, Pistachio, Almond (Unsalted)
Pie Bake ware for baking



Method:
1) In a mixing bowl add Semolina, Yogurt, Milk, Sugar, Ghee and whisk together for at least 20-22 minutes. Sugar should be dissolve in the batter. Cover this batter with lid for 2-3 hours.
2) After 2-3 hours, preheat oven to 375o F., meantime grease the pie bake ware with butter or Ghee. Mix 1 tsp baking soda in 1 tbsp water, add it to the batter. Add cardamom powder and whisk the batter for a minute.
3) Pour the batter into Pie bake ware. Sprinkle pieces of dry fruits (cashew nuts, Pistachio, Almond). Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.
4) While baking, check the cake once or twice after 10 minutes. Once you find the edges of cake is turning to brown and you sense nice aroma of cake, then this is the sign that cake is done properly. Turn off the oven and remove the cake after 1-2 minutes. This cake tastes delicious if you have it hot.

Note:
1) You can add Dry fruit pieces into the batter if you like.

Labels:
Semolina cake, eggless cake, Rava cake, Farina Cake, Semolina dessert recipe

Cucumber cake

Cucumber cake

Ingredients:
2 cups peeled and grated cucumber (Method step 1)
1 cup Semolina
1 cup Jaggery
4 to 5 tbsp unsalted Butter
1 tbsp Pure Ghee
1 tsp Cardamom Powder
1 tbsp Almond pieces


Method:
1) Peel and grate Cucumber. Squeeze shredded cucumber and remove all the water. We need 2 cups of squeezed cucumber.
2) In a nonstick pan, add 1 tbsp Ghee and Semolina. Fry until color changes to light golden. Temporarily, transfer Semolina to other plate.
3) Add 4-5 tbsp butter to the nonstick pan. Let it melt. Once butter melted; add semolina, Jaggery, and shredded Cucumber. Keep stirring for 5-10 minutes. After 5-10 minutes, the mixture will thicken. Add Cardamom Powder once mixture becomes thick.
4) Preheat Oven to 375 Degrees F. Grease baking pan (Cake pan or bakeware Pie pan) with Ghee. Pour the mixture. Spread evenly and make 1-inch layer. Sprinkle Almond pieces. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until edges become light brown.
5) Remove from oven. Cut into squares.

Note:
1) It tastes great when it is warm. So if there is leftover cake. Heat it for few seconds in microwave while serving.
2) After baking, pour little Fresh Coconut milk over the cake to enhance the taste.

Labels:
Egg less Cake, Cucumber Cake, Homemade Cake, Cake recipe, Cucumber Semolina Cake, Semolina Cake