Cooker Cake is an alternative way of baking cake with pressure cooker when oven is not available. Cooker Cake bakes practically all the cakes that is baked with oven. How to make cake in cooker procedure is explained in detail here with the help of step by step pictures.
Pressure Cooker Cake – Yes you heard it right. Don’t have an oven but badly want to bake a cake?! Now you don’t have any excuses, you can bake a cake in pressure cooker in stove top itself – Isn’t that cool?!
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About Cooker Cake
I wanted to try a pressure cooker cake since long but was little skeptical about the results. But finally tried it though the cooker cannot replace an oven, the cake came out pretty good – soft and spongy just like the cake we make in an oven. I am sure no one can even find out its baked in pressure cooker.
I wanted to post it for Christmas so added tutti frutti to give the cake a colorful look. This cake is sure a eggless butter less delight and am sure you will not miss any of them in the cake – the cake is moist, soft and spongy a perfect basic vanilla sponge cake!
This recipe is sure a keeper and it did really work for me. I want to try this chocolate flavored next time. You can have this recipe as a base and experiment with your creative ideas.
Cooker Cake Ingredients
- Flour – I have used maida here you can try with half and half of wheat flour and maida too.
- Sugar – Granulated white sugar is used here.
- Oil – Use any flavorless oil.
- Vanilla essence – Vanilla extract or essence is used as flavoring for this cake.
- Lemon juice – You can either use lemon juice or vinegar.
- Leavening agents – Both baking powder and baking soda is used here.
- Tutti Frutti – Tutti frutti or any nuts can be used for this cake.
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How to make Pressure Cooker Cake Step by Step
1.Whisk together flour, baking powder and baking soda together in a bowl, Set aside. In a separate bowl – add all ingredients under the ‘wet ingredients’ table except lemon juice and mix well till sugar dissolves completely. Then add flour in 2 parts.
2.Whisk it well to form a smooth creamy batter. Mix tutti frutti with a teaspoon of flour and mix well. Then add tutti frutti and give a quick stir.
3.Grease the cake pan with butter and sprinkle flour, tap the cake tin for the flour to spread evenly. Squeeze lemon to extract juice from it. – measure a tablespoon from it and add it to the cake batter and immediately pour into the greased cake pan. Make sure you preheat the cooker and then add lemon juice mix well and transfer to the cake tin. As after adding lemon juice it is advisable to bake it immediately.
4.First choose a pressure cooker that is wide enough to hold your cake tin. Remove the gasket(black rubber kind of thing) from the lid of your pressure cooker. I used the stand which came with my pressure cooker.
5.Place the stand inside the cooker as shown below. Close the cooker with a lid with no whistle. Keep the flame to medium high for 5 minutes – this is how we preheat the cooker to set an atmosphere like an oven. Then using a pot holder carefully lift the cake pan and place it inside the cooker on the stand without touching the sides of the cooker. Don’t add water.
6.Pressure cook without whistle in medium heat for first 5 minutes then lower the heat to little above sim and cook for 30-35 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. If the toothpick is sticky then bake for another 5-10 minutes. After 30 minutes switch off and leave the cake in the cooker for 5 more minutes then open. Carefully remove the cake pan from the cooker and place it on a wet cloth for 5 minutes. After 10 minutes run the knife around the edges of cake tin. Then invert the cake pan to remove the cake.
Serve it warm or at room temperature!
Important things to be noted before starting to bake in a pressure cooker:
- Remove the gasket from the pressure cooker.
- No whistle required to make pressure cooker cake.
- Do not add water inside the cooker.
- Choose a cooker that is wide enough to hold your cake tin. Your cake tin must fit inside the pressure cooker without touching the cooker directly(on the sides and bottom)
- Be very careful while placing the cake tin inside the cooker and while removing it outside after the cake is baked as it will be very hot.
- Make sure the cake tin doesn’t touch directly on either sides of the cooker.
Expert Tips
- Make sure the batter should be 1/2 or close to 3/4th of the cake tin, only then the cake will rise and have a soft spongy texture.
- Tap the cake tin on all sides after the batter is added to ensure even spreading of cake batter in the tin.
- Add lemon juice at that instant when you have already started to preheat your cooker. Don’t let the batter rest more than 5mins after lemon juice is added.
- Once the cake is done, place the cake tin on a wet cloth so that demolding is easier and clean.
- Cool down the cake for at least 1 hour then start slicing.
- If you want to make a chocolate cake then reduce vanilla essence to 1/4 teaspoon and add 3 tablespoon coco powder along with flour mixture and follow the same measures for all other ingredients.
- My cake was done in 30 minutes itself but I left another 5 minutes. Do not overbake else the cake would become dry.
Serving and Storage
This cake keeps well in room temperature for 1 days and in fridge for 2 days.
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Cooker Cake | Pressure Cooker Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup + 1 teaspoon all purpose flour / maida
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup tutti frutti
Wet Ingredients
- 1/4 cup oil
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, baking powder and baking soda together in a bowl, Set aside. In a separate bowl – add all ingredients under the ‘wet ingredients’ table except lemon juice and mix well till sugar dissolves completely. Then add flour in 2 parts.
- Whisk it well to form a smooth creamy batter. Mix tutti frutti with a teaspoon of flour and mix well. Then add tutti frutti and give a quick stir.
- Grease the cake pan with butter and sprinkle flour, tap the cake tin for the flour to spread evenly. Squeeze lemon to extract juice from it. – measure a tablespoon from it and add it to the cake batter and immediately pour into the greased cake pan. Make sure you preheat the cooker and then add lemon juice mix well and transfer to the cake tin. As after adding lemon juice it is advisable to bake it immediately.
- First choose a pressure cooker that is wide enough to hold your cake tin. Remove the gasket(black rubber kind of thing) from the lid of your pressure cooker. I used the stand which came with my pressure cooker.
- .Place the stand inside the cooker as shown below. Close the cooker with a lid with no whistle. Keep the flame to medium high for 5 minutes – this is how we preheat the cooker to set an atmosphere like an oven. Then using a pot holder carefully lift the cake pan and place it inside the cooker on the stand without touching the sides of the cooker. Don’t add water.
- Pressure cook without whistle in medium heat for first 5 minutes then lower the heat to little above sim and cook for 30-35 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. If the toothpick is sticky then bake for another 5-10 minutes. After 30 minutes switch off and leave the cake in the cooker for 5 more minutes then open. Carefully remove the cake pan from the cooker and place it on a wet cloth for 5 minutes. After 10 minutes run the knife around the edges of cake tin. Then invert the cake pan to remove the cake.
Notes
- Make sure the batter should be 1/2 or close to 3/4th of the cake tin, only then the cake will rise and have a soft spongy texture.
- Tap the cake tin on all sides after the batter is added to ensure even spreading of cake batter in the tin.
- Add lemon juice at that instant when you have already started to preheat your cooker. Don’t let the batter rest more than 5mins after lemon juice is added.
- Once the cake is done, place the cake tin on a wet cloth so that demolding is easier and clean.
- Cool down the cake for at least 1 hour then start slicing. I couldn’t wait as usual so that justifies the slightly crumbled cake slices.:)
- If you want to make a chocolate cake then reduce vanilla essence to 1/4 teaspoon and add 3 tablespoon coco powder along with flour mixture and follow the same measures for all other ingredients.
- My cake was done in 30 minutes itself but I left another 5mins .Do not overbake else the cake would become dry.
Swarnavalli S
amazing idea to bake in cooker…loved ur eggless version.. ccake looks soft andcolourful
Jinny Genie
looks great and tempting..do we need to add some water in the cooker?
MSUSMA
Thank u was waiting for this
Veena Theagarajan
look yum.. so lovely way to celebrate…
sri
thanks for quick response 🙂 all my doubs are clrly xplained in ur recipe…:)
which oil should i use for this recipe?
can u pls also try making whipped cream( with milk n without gelatin) for icing cake?
Purnima
Sharmi, Thanks for this pictorial..pressure cooker without water and placing the ring is something I knew, just learnt that gasket shd b taken off as well…tks for this lovely looking cake recipe! Will surely try!! 🙂
Sharmi
Should we not pour any water in the cooker mam ?
SHARMILEE J
No…I have mentioned it already….please check the detailed tips which I have mentioned in the other post
ChitraKrishna
Woooow …. Will try soon. Thanks sharmi
Ruhi Saxena
Wow u r simply fab sharmi <3 slluurrrrp 😉
Nithya
Looks perfect. Surely a good option for ppl who dont have an oven 🙂
Leena Ratnani
hi all .. I tried it .. it's amazing .. No need to add water in the cooker .. and please remove the 'SITTI' of cooker 🙂
Uma Jegan
I tried this today..cake came out very well..but it's very hard to take the cake out of the tin.before the cake become cool,i try to took out.Is there any other way to take it easier.
SHARMILEE J
Carefully remove the cake pan from the cooker and place it on a wet cloth for 5 mins. After 10 minutes run the knife around the edges of cake tin.Then invert the cake pan to remove the cake.Have mentioned the same in step6
Priyanka N.C
Hi Sharmilee,
If ve'll not pour water then,the cooker gets spoilt and turns down black color???
SHARMILEE J
It will turn light brown,check my notes and the other how to post for the do's and dont's
Hetal Sanghavi
It so easy yet yummy, wud like to try for my angel
Usharani Navaneetha Krishnan
Am not having the stand that comes with cooker what to do?
SHARMILEE J
You can try with any eversilver plate that will act as a separation between the cooker and cake tin
Mahima Winx
whether d stand shud hav holes so that d steam may escape thru?my stnd doesn't hav any holes…is dat a prb?
SHARMILEE J
I dont think it really needs holes its just a insulation from the cooker base
meenakshi bhatia
can i make it in oven
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can try and see….not sure on the temperature, need to experiment
Suganyaa Kannan
Tried the cake on a Sandwhich maker and it turned out very well. It takes less than 5 mins on the sandwhich maker.
Jayathishya.P.R Ravichandra.P
Thank u so much sharmi.clear procedure.useful tips.i tried.it came out really very well
Snekalatha Balasubramanian
Sharmi, Can we use any eversilver bowl instead of actual cake tin to make this cake.
SHARMILEE J
Yes Sneka you can use it but make sure its thick flat bottomed container…..
Chetana
I want to try but i dnt hv vanilla essence….so wat can be the substitute fr vanilla essence in this dish….ThankQ in Advance 🙂
SHARMILEE J
Just skip it and proceed….else you can try any other flavoring you have
Padmaja ..
sharmilee,without water in cooker,it'll blast know.someone said.is it okay without water in cooker
SHARMILEE J
No no just follow the instructions carefully
koyel
I don't have normal oven but a microwave oven. can I use it to bake cakes? if yes, how?
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can but the oven should have convection mode….same method only but timing may slightly vary
Prabha Pillai
Hi, i tried this recipe. But cake dint rise and edges and bottom are not soft. Can you help with the reason for same.
SHARMILEE J
Oh I am really not sure of the reason Prabha, was the cooker setup right?!
Raga Deepika Pati
Mam can try this recipe in oven
Rahul Rohit
Can the same cake be baked in an oven?if yes could you please mention the time and temperature. Thanks.
SHARMILEE J
Havent tried it, will update here after trying
Amala Bhavanishanker
Hi Sharmi, I tried the cake in pressure cooker. Cake shape was fine, but when I cut the cake it is not spongy , it is like alwa consistency . Wat is the mistake I have done ?? Pls help me.
SHARMILEE J
I think its not cooked properly…You should have cooked for some more time
Muffins Cakes
nice recipee!!
Kiran
Hi Sharmi,
Could you share the variations to bake this cake in oven please.
Sharmilee J
Bake 180 deg C for 30-35 mins or until the top turns golden
Kiran
Thanks for a prompt reply 🙂
Your recipes are too good. I want to try donuts…. please post a recipe if you have one.
vishal kamble
Havent tried it, will update here