Eggless Vanilla Sponge pressure cooker Cake | Step by Step Eggless Basic Cake Recipe |600 th post

Hi friends this is my 600 th post .Had kept this post specially to celebrate the occasion

Ever since my two successful attempts of chocolate mug pressure cooker cake  and
 sponge moist chocolate cake in a pressure cooker I decided to take a step further & went ahead to make basic egg less vanilla sponge cake in pressure cooker .

This recipe from Nita Mehta cookbook is definitely a must try recipe especially for amateur bakers. It comes out perfect every time.

The only difference is I tried it in pressure cooker for those people who dont have microwave oven but still desire to make cakes.

Ingredients

Maida - 1 and 1/2 cups
yogurt(Curd) - 1 cup  {Use curd at room temperature}
Granulated Sugar -1 cup (You can use 3/4 cup if you dont like sweet cake)
 Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
 Baking powder - 1 and 1/4 tsp
 Cooking oil - 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - 1 and 1/2 tsp
 Milk - 1 tbsp (just for brushing the top)
 


Method:

1  Grease the cake tin with a little butter or oil.


 











 2. Preheat a pressure cooker as follows.Remove the whistle/regulator of cooker  you wont need it throughout the process. . Place a pressure cooker on flame and place a separator and close the cooker with its lid. Remove the whistle/regulator you wont need it throughout the process. (you can either close the cooker with the lid as you normally do or place the Lid upside down too)

3. Then place the cooker set up on high flame for 10 minutes. till the cooker is being preheated lets prepare batter.

4. Sieve maida twice and keep aside.With a hand whisk cream sugar and curd until sugar completely dissolves.

5.Add baking powder, baking soda to the creamed mixture and mix well. you can see the bubbles appearing. Now add vanilla essence,cooking oil and mix well.

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6.Next slowly add maida in portions at a time and blend with wet
ingredients. Beat well with a whisk until creamy and thick.

7. Pour the batter into this greased 6 inch pan, do not pour up to the brim, stop when the pan is 3/4th full. (The batter we have prepared will be perfectly enough to fill 3/4th of the pan).



8.•Now open the cooker and place the cake pan with batter carefully on
the separator plate and close the lid.(whistle or regulator is not needed )

 

9.Now switch the flame to low mode and cook for 30 to 40 minutes on
low flame. To Check  if your cake has got cooked insert a knife or toothpick in centre of cake if it comes out clean that means cake is done. my cake  took 43 minutes  to cook.

10•When the cake is ready,remove from flame and set aside. Do not open the lid immediately. Open after 10 minutes. •You will find that the cake has puffed up well and would have browned nice and evenly too.

11. Allow the cake to cool down for 10mins.•Just tap the cake tin and the cake would come out easily. But in case if you find difficulty in tapping the cake out, just run a knife through the sides of the cake and tap it out.

12.Leave aside on a wire rack until it cools down. Then cut into pieces
and serve plain or with vanilla ice cream



ENJOY YOUR CAKE




Tips :

1.The cake will give a nice aroma when it is done. This is a basic
technique to find out if the cake is done or not.

2. cut cake  into slices only after  it has cooled down completely (leaving
atleast 3-4 hours) to get firm neat slices.

3. If cooking in oven ,Bake in preheated oven at 200 degree C for 10
mins, then reduce temperature to 180 deg C and bake it for 30-35 mins
or till a fork inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

4. After the batter is ready, don't allow the batter to sit for more than
the preheating time as cake can turn hard.

5.while inserting fork or toothpick try checking in the center if its
cooked completely or not.If  the center of the cake isnt cooked and is
slightly sticky, cover the top of the cake with butter paper and bake it
for 5 more mins,it will be perfect. The butter paper covering will avoid
more browning on top at the same time the centre will be cooked
perfectly.

6.Use exact measurements as given above .

7. You can even do an icing on the cake .

8.Please remove cooker ring and whistle while making the cake or else your
cooker can get damaged,.use an old cooker for making this cake.

9.Do not forget to line the pan or else the cake might stick to the pan