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    Home » By Category » Bakes » Cakes, Muffins

    Published: Dec 12, 2013 · Modified: Oct 1, 2020 by Usha Rao

    Eggless Chocolate Cake in a Pressure Cooker

    For the third day of the marathon, I have a cake baked in a pressure cooker. I had actually planned on pressure cooker caramel pudding but the recipe I was counting on failed me. I tried another recipe which was up to par but was not totally convinced it was worthy of putting it on the blog. It still needs a bit of tweaking. As I was searching for more caramel pudding recipes, I found a pressure cooker cake recipe and further search lead me to Nags blog. After seeing her cake, I was convinced to give this pressure cooker cake a try. Her recipe was an adaptation of Tarla Dalal’s and I followed that recipe.

    Pressure Cooker Recipe, Eggless Chocolate Cake, Blogging marathon

    I made half the recipe and it turned out good. Cooking time was a bit off, it took longer to bake than mentioned in the recipe. I baked it on low heat but have a feeling cooking it on medium-low would have been the right heat to cook this cake.

    Pressure Cooker Recipe, Eggless Chocolate Cake, Blogging marathon

    I followed the recipe as give and made the substitutions mentioned in the recipe. I made an eggless cake and substituted eggs with milk and milk powder that was mentioned the recipe. The other substitution I made was using oil instead of butter or margarine. Oil substitution was not mentioned in the recipe but went ahead with it. I had my fingers crossed and luckily the substitution worked as I was running out of time. The substitution was cocoa which I substituted for melted chocolate, as mentioned in the recipe.

    Pressure Cooker Recipe, Eggless Chocolate Cake, Blogging marathon

    When baking in a pressure, the points to remember are not to use a gasket and not to use the whistle. Since the cooker would be used without any water, the whistle should not be use. This is very important. The cooker could explode, if cooked without water and with whistle. So please do not use the whistle when cooking a cake in a pressure cooker. Also, I was bit scared baking the cake fearing that cooker might explode. I sat in the kitchen while the cake cooked/baked. Nothing of that sort happened but please be cautious though. Nags has a separate post on how to make a cake in a pressure cooker.

    Pressure Cooker Recipe, Eggless Chocolate Cake, Blogging maratho

    Ingredients:

    • ½ cup All Purpose Flour
    • ¼ tsp. Baking Powder
    • 20 grams or 4 tsp. Cocoa Powder
    • ½ cup Powdered Sugar (I used Superfine Sugar)
    • ¼ cup + 2 tbsp. Butter or Margarine or Vegetable Oil (I used Vegetable Oil)
    • ½ cup Milk + ½ cup Nonfat Instant Milk Powder (I substituted for eggs. Check notes)
    • ¼ tsp. Vanilla Extract
    • 2 Walnuts Chopped or ½ tbsp. chopped Walnuts
    • Butter for greasing the pan

    Required Pans:

    • 2 mini 4.5” Cake Pans (check notes)
    • Pressure Cooker
    • Steamer plate that comes with the pressure cooker or any plate on which the cake pan can be place

    Preparation:

    • Sieve together flour, baking powder, cocoa powder in a bowl and keep aside.
    • Grease the cake pan and dust it with flour.
    • In a bowl beat sugar and oil (butter or margarine depending on what is used). I used handled mixer and used the beat option.
    • Add milk, milk powder, vanilla extract and beat until milk powder is well incorporated into the sugar mixture.
    • Add flour and fold it into the sugar milk mixture. Batter should be in a flowing consistency. If needed add more milk.
    • Put the pressure cooker on high heat and preheat the cooker for minutes. I cover the cooker with the lid. Do remember to remove the gasket from the cooker lid.
    • While the cooker is pre-heating, pour the batter into the pan and sprinkle walnuts on top of the batter. Tap the pan to remove any bubbles.
    • Place the steamer plate or any plate at the bottom of the pre-heated pressure cooker and put the cake pan on it.
    • Close the cooker and cook on high or medium-high, depending on the size of the pressure cooker, for 5 minutes.
    • Reduce the heat to low and cook for another 1 hour. My cake was not done even after 1 hour, so I increased the heat to medium low and cooker for another 15 minutes. Check notes for baking time.
    • Open the cooker and check if the cake is done by inserting a tooth pick or a knife. If it comes out clean, the cake is done.
    • Cool the cake for 5 minutes on a rack, then remove the spring from the cake and let it cool completely.

    Note:

    • Baking Times: I baked for 1 hour on low and since the cake was not baked, I increased the flame to medium low and baked for another 15 minutes. I recommend bake on medium low for 40 – 45 minutes. After 30 minutes check if the cake is done and bake longer, if necessary. My guess is it would take about 40 – 45 minutes for the cake to bake.
    • For eggs: The recipe called for substituting 3 eggs with 1 cup milk and 1 cup milk powder. Since I made ½ the original recipe, it was easy substituting 1 ½ eggs with ½ cup milk and milk powder.
    • Chocolate: Substitute cocoa with 20 grams of melted dark chocolate. To melt the chocolate, use a double boiler and add it to the sugar mixture along with flour or just before adding flour.
    • I used one 4.5” mini spring-form cake pan but there was some left batter. For this recipe, two 4.5” cake pans or at least 6 ½ “- 7” pan would be needed to bake the cake in one pan. A bigger pan would work too.

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    1. Arati says

      November 19, 2014 at 9:18 am

      How many grams is 1 cup

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        November 19, 2014 at 10:18 pm

        Arati, 1 cup flour is 128 grams & 1 cup butter is 226 grams

        Reply
    2. valli ranajit says

      November 11, 2014 at 5:23 am

      wht cup measurement do u follow....200 ml or 240 ml for 1 cup ?
      thanx in advance,
      valli.

      Reply
    3. valli ranajit kumar says

      November 11, 2014 at 12:51 am

      hai...
      can i substitute cocoa powder with APF if i want 2 make a plain vanilla cake ?
      also..... plz tell me if 1 cup measurement is 200 ml or 240 ml.i pan 2 bake this in an oven.
      regards,
      valli.

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      • MySpicyKitchen says

        November 11, 2014 at 9:23 am

        Valli, if you want to make vanilla cake, leave out the cocoa powder. You do not have to substitute it with APF. I used a US measuring cup which is 240 ml. You can bake this cake in the oven at 180c or 350f for 30-35 minutes. I have not tried it in the oven, but this should work.

        Happy baking!

        Reply
    4. Pavani says

      January 01, 2014 at 4:55 pm

      Chocolate cake looks rich and decadent.

      Reply
    5. themadscientistskitchen says

      December 28, 2013 at 12:27 pm

      By the way this cake looks yum

      Reply
    6. themadscientistskitchen says

      December 28, 2013 at 12:26 pm

      I love the way the cake rises in a cooker. Like Vaishali has said the cooker does not explode and yes I have never been able to time my cake.

      Reply
    7. Mireille says

      December 17, 2013 at 8:37 pm

      looks so soft and moist - would not imaging it was done in a cooker

      Reply
    8. Suma Gandlur says

      December 17, 2013 at 4:02 pm

      This cake has come out fabulous, so moist. Bookmarked.
      Is cleaning the cooker after the baking part tough? Does it get burnt without water at the base?

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        December 18, 2013 at 9:39 am

        Suma, cleaning wasn't that tough. I used an old cooker which I do not use for daily cooking anymore. I use this cooker exclusively for steaming purpose. So I did not bother to scrub it harder to remove the stains from it. The base did not get burnt but I did notice that the stains that the cooker already had to the sides got a shade darker. But I am sure if I scrub it a little harder, those would come off too.

        Reply
    9. vaishalisabnani says

      December 13, 2013 at 7:33 am

      Usha I have baked in pressure cooker many times ..dont worry it will never explode..cakes come out so well.i have tried with salt in pressure cookers too..cant remember if I have posted it.

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        December 13, 2013 at 10:11 am

        Vaishali, it is nice to know you baked cakes many times in a pressure cooker. And, yes I was surprised how well the cake rose and baked.

        Reply
    10. sapna says

      December 13, 2013 at 5:11 am

      This is one fabulous cake ans came out so perfectly!

      Reply
    11. Srivalli says

      December 13, 2013 at 12:32 am

      Looks so sinful Usha..amazing how well the cake is baked!

      Reply

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