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Cooker Cake | Pressure Cooker Cake

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.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Servings6 pieces
AuthorSharmilee J

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

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.
Nutrition Facts
Cooker Cake | Pressure Cooker Cake
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 308 Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 0.04g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Sodium 106mg5%
Potassium 85mg2%
Carbohydrates 50g17%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 12g13%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 171IU3%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 30mg3%
Iron 5mg28%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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