Make a Eggless Chocolate Cake Using a Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

• 1 cup (140 grams) all purpose flour / Maida
• 1/4 cup (60ml) oil
• 1/3 cup (43 grams) sugar
• 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup (180 ml) hot water
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

• Method

  Eggless Chocolate Cake

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   Combine the oil, sugar, water, and vanilla essence in a big bowl. Mix the ingredients until the sugar is completely dissolved^[8].
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   Sift your dry ingredients into the mixture of wet ingredients. Place a sifter over the bowl with the sugar, water, oil, and vanilla essence. Take a spoon and gently mix the all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and baking soda. Then, sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients^[9].
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   Beat the mixture well. Once you've sifted the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, combine the mixture well by beating it or stirring it.
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   Preheat the pressure cooker. Place your pressure cooker over medium heat, and wait for about 5 minutes.
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   Grease the smaller tin. Take a little butter or oil, and grease the cooking tin for the cake^[10].
   

   • Most pressure cookers come with two cooking tins.
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   Pour a little lemon juice on top of the cake batter. Mix the batter and juice.
   

   • The lemon juice reacts with the baking soda, allowing the cake to dry well.
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   Pour the batter into the greased tin. Once the cake batter is in the tin, tap the sides of the tin to eliminate air bubbles.
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   Place the non-greased tin into the pressure cooker first. Then, place the tin with the cake batter on top of the first tin. Cover your pressure cooker. Bake the cake over medium heat for the first 5 minutes.
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   Continue cooking the cake for 35 minutes. Move the heat setting from medium to medium-low (for example, from setting 5 to setting 3), and cook the cake for 35 minutes^[11].
   

   • Insert a toothpick into the cake to make sure it's fully cooked. If the toothpick comes out dry, the cake is ready. If the toothpick is wet, cook the cake for another 5 minutes then test again.
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    Turn off the heat after 35 minutes. Then, let your cake stand in the pressure cooker for about 5 minutes.
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    Remove the cake from the pressure cooker. After 5 minutes remove the cake from the pressure cooker, and let it stand for about 10 minutes to cool.
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    Take out the cake. Finally, take your cake out of its tin, and place it onto a plate. Pour a little powdered sugar over the cake, and cut into slices. Enjoy!