Pressure Cooker Vanilla Cake Recipe

Ingredients needed

All purpose flour (maida):  1 1/2 cup
Sugar (powdered) :1 cup
Egg :2
Butter : 1/2 cup (125 grams)
Baking powder : 1 1/2 tsp
Salt : 1/4 tsp
Vanilla essence : 1/2 tsp
Milk : 1/2 cup

Preparation

I used the aluminum cooker vessel for baking this cake. Grease the vessel with butter and dust flour. Keep it aside.

Sieve maida, baking powder and salt together twice.

Important point to be noted- Bring everything to room temperature.


Method

Cream butter and sugar well .Use an electric beater or an wooden ladle but beat well untill light and fluffy.

Add eggs and beat again.

Add milk, vanilla essence and beat for a few more minutes.

Fold in flour until well incorporated.

Pour the prepared batter in the prepared cooker vessel.

How to bake cake in Pressure cooker

Fill the cooker with sand till 1 1/2 inches and place the plate you get along with the cooker on top of it. (picture -1)

Preheat the cooker for 5 minutes on high flame with the sand.
(We are following the same principle as in the oven but here the sand is heated and the cake gets cooked in the heat produced by the sand.)

Now, keep the flame in low and place the vessel with the cake batter carefully inside the cooker.

Close the cooker, watch TV or relax as it will take 4o minutes to 1 hours for the cake to be done.

Check it after 40 minutes by inserting a wooden toothpick in the center of the cake, if it comes out clean, your cake is done, otherwise cook for some more time. (Mine took 1 hour)

Important points to be noted while baking cake in pressure cooker

• Do not use the rubber gasket.

• Do not use the weight. (weight valves)

• Do not pour water inside the cooker as we are not steaming the cake.

• It is preferable to use old cooker. Do not heat empty cooker without the sand as your cooker will get damaged.