This recipe is very close to my heart, for the simple reason, it holds strong memories of my childhood and is the first cake I ever baked.
A very simple recipe, that can be tried by anyone who hasn’t baked ever in their life and doesn’t even own an oven.
Pressure Cooker Chocolate Cake:
Pressure Cooker Chocolate Cake
Servings : 6 to 7
Difficulty level: Easy
Ingredients:
- All purpose flour (Maida) – 1.5 cups
- Cocoa powder – 3 to 4 tbsp
- Eggs – 2
- Vanilla essence – 1/2 tsp
- Baking powder – 3/4 tsp
- White sugar – 3/4 cup
- Butter (salted) – 50 gram
- Milk – 1 cup
Method:
- Sift together flour, cocoa and baking powder.
- In another bowl beat eggs, vanilla essence with sugar till sugar dissolves completely. It takes around 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add half the flour mixture to the beaten eggs and sugar.
- Add melted butter.
- Fold in the remaining flour and mix well.
- Add milk to make a thick batter while beating continuously. Add milk gradually to obtain a smooth batter.
- Pour in a well-greased baking pan/baking tin. Gently tap the pan on the working bench to remove air bubbles.
- In a pressure cooker heat some water and place a cake ring.
- Once the water comes to a boil, place the cake tin with prepared batter and cook for 30 minutes with closed lid and no weight.
- Remove lid and let the cake steam for 5 more minutes.
- Check with a bamboo skewer whether cake is well cooked from all sides (the bamboo skewer should come out clean if cake is cooked through).
- Let cake cool down and then remove from pan.
P.S.- Coarsely ground walnut kernels go very well with the chocolate cake. The cake doesn’t require icing and is a delightful dessert.
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Hey, This brings back memories from my childhood too
I used to make cooker cake too… the only difference from yours was that it was egg less and baked in the cooker not steamed
Yup eggless one is yummy too
Wah..super cool eh
am going to try this soon
Please do RM….I am waiting to hear how it turned out
Hi,
Can I use steel utensils for baking cake.
Thanks.
I think it should be fine
Am I first?
Congratulations…you are first
The recipe seems to be quite easy.I usually bake in my Microwave oven,it is not working now.I will try this soon…
Give it a try Saritha, it’s real easy and you’ll love the texture
This reminds me of my college days! Staying up nights studying we used to crave chocolate cake and yet we didn’t have an oven. So we’d mix up the batter and pop it into a pressure cooker!
Wow! cake in college sounds super fun
Welcome to my blog Amrita
OH teri.. this is good one . but what is a cake ring, I dont have that
or where will i get it from I doubt if the indian grocery shop will have them here ..
You know once when I was in 8th class me and my best friend planned to make a cake
but instead of the Maida we added BESAN , you know that yellow flour but still it was quite goood i must say 
This i will try for sure
Cake ring is a ring made of metal to balance the cake pan/ cake tin inside the pressure cooker so that the cake tin stays well above the water and no water gets in the cake.
You can use any steel utensil that will balance the cake pan without allowing it to topple, you don’t need buy it anywhere
It doesn’t matter if you used besan, the most important part is you guys tried
Make this Bikram, it is easy and very quick to make…am waiting to hear how it turned out
That looks yumm!! My mother used to bake like this when we were small
. Ah the amount of cakes my brother and I have gorged on!
Same here Deeps, cake in our house never lasted more than a couple of hours
Need to buy a baking pan and start experimenting. Trying to control my diet hence restricting myself
We actually have a grill/baking oven in our new home so definitely need to try it out more. Problem is, I haven’t operated one before
Doesn’t mean I can’t learn though!!
off-course you can learn anytime
As for this cake you can use any container that can go inside the biggest pressure cooker you’ve got.
Since you already have an oven at home, that opens doors to culinary heaven automatically
Open doors to double weight gain too
Not really, just limit your portion size and stick to regular exercise
That looks delicious! Will tyr it out one of these days
Please do Smitha
OMG! I didn’t know we could make cakes in a pressure cooker!!!
This is awesome and chocolate cake’s my favorite!
I’m sure gonna try this!
Thank you ME, thank you!!!
You are very welcome Chica…give this a try and let me know how it turned out
The title brought a smile!! Long long ago, we used to bake cake in a pressure cooker too!
I am glad my post brought happy memories to you
I so need to try this out. It sounds so easy to make.
it is very easy Comfy….am waiting to hear how it turned out
mouth watering.. which one should I try first the jack fruit gravy or this choco cake? I am confused
I had never baked choco cake at home.. will try this soon.. thanks for this recipe ME..
Go for the chocolate cakefirst… it’s very easy and Adi will love this one…it bakes real quick too
you are welcome Ani
Wow! That’s so delicious.
It is Anu
So this is a steamed caked. Can u pls give the eggless version too, please
I’ll do that eggless cake soon Bhagyashree
(if not, I’ll e-mail you the recipe 
)
Yup you got to steam it if you want to bake a cake in pressure cooker to avoid any damage to the pressure cooker for we are cooking for a long time
Sorry for intruding. But you can bake in a pressure cooker too. Just pre heat the cooker and don’t add water. Keep the cake ring and your baking dish above it. Now cover the cooker with a heavy lid (you can use a plate) and let it bake. You can use the bamboo skewer test to see if the cake is cooked. Use a large bottom pressure cooker (like prestige 5 lt.) and a large bottom baking dish that fits in
Thank you for that tip lifesong, I had never tried anything in pressure cooker w/o water.
I had used a 5 lt. Prestige for this one too.
I am glad you shared your tip, it’ll help everyone….you weren’t intruding sweetie
Thank you.
I had read somewhere that if the gasket is removed and no water is put then cake will be almost like the oven cake
But I am scared to try. I don’t have OTG, but I bake in the microwave. Baking in microwave is ok but have to be very alert because even a second more means that the cake will be dry
I have tried cakes in microwave and I so agree with you Bhagyashree, you got to be very cautious about the time and wattage of your microwave oven to abide by any recipe.
See Lifesong’s comment for baking in pressure cooker w/o water.
Pressure cooker cake and what… looks very very easy to make… you are such a great cook ME.. I usually bake in the Otg.. this is the first time I hearing an easy pressure cooker cake recipe.. may be i will adopt this recipe for my baking next time in otg…will it work?
I am sure the recipe should work in an oven too, though I have never tried doing so.
Thank you GB for the kind words….hugs
**slurpppp** I am going to try this ….
Go for it Super hero
My first cake was done in the pressure cooker..
The cake looks yummilicious
same pinch Uma
This looks so yummy but I have a doubt can we replace egg with something else?
Like Bhagyashree you are looking for an egg-less version, well to keep the recipe same and just omit eggs add 3/4 to 1 cup of condensed milk.
That’ll give the same result
Don’t forget to omit the sugar and milk, for condensed milk itself is quite sweet and is milk itself.
Looooks delicious
Thank you Dew
looks yummmm.. wish someone could make it for me
looks so moist,am gonna try it today,
Am waiting to hear how it turned out
What is the exact measure of tablespoon? Plz reply.
approximately 15 ml
Finally tried it.Came out really good,Soft & moist too.Thanks so much for the recipe
Am glad it turned out nice
i loooove it with some vanilla icecream
Me too
Welcome here Jisha
Can you please tell how much water should go in the pressure cooker. Also what is temperature for the first 30 minutes. Boiling water or bring it to a low?
Let the water come to a boil before placing the cake tin in the cooker. As far the measure of water, around one and half glass of water should be fine. Please make sure the water is below the level of the cake tin to avoid soaking the cake mixture when finally steaming.
Let the water come to a boil before placing the cake tin in the cooker. Then reduce the flame once the cake is in the cooker to allow gradual cooking.
As far the measure of water, around one and half glass of water should be fine. Please make sure the water is below the level of the cake tin to avoid soaking the cake mixture when finally steaming.
Aww you have reminded me of my childhood. With no microwave or oven, pressure cooker cakes was the only solace..
I am going to try this soon :0..Hey btw can I bake the same recipe in Microwave too? Like I usually do – preheat at 180 c and bake for 30 mins?
I think so yes, the recipe should work well in oven/ microwave too
It looks so easy , but i still doubt whether i will make it or mess it up.
Then will get scolding from mom :p
Please can you tell me which material utensil should be used, i never saw people baking in steel utensils, so just wanted to confirm.
And thinking of trying it out this Sunday
Hi Romy, for baking it’s best to use Aluminium dishes, you can even use a stainless steel dish without harm, just remember to grease it very well.
Do let me know how the cake turned out
do i cover the cake tin while it steams?
No don’t cover the cake tin, but cover the pan/ cooker that contains the boiling water and the cake tin.
I tried the cake.. I think I followed the instructions closely, lol, but I must have messed up somewhere, because the cake didnt rise at all.. it was like really dense, n heavy.. n i think it took almost an hour to cook through, n it was still really soft n moist in the middle.. could u please tell me where I went wrong? thank u so much..
I am sorry to learn your cake didn’t turn out too well. Though am an amateur baker but reading your query the first thing I could think of is your baking dish should be no less than 6 to 7 inches in diameter to allow even and thorough cooking allowing steam to penetrate well. Besides, make sure you add flour mixture to the egg + sugar mixture in increments while mixing well to allow a homogeneous mix to form. I hope that helps
should i keep the whistle on? and also how the cake needs to be cooked,,,in medium heat or low heat?
NO don’t keep the whistle on.
Cook it on medium heat, keep the flame steady to maintain the temperature of boiling water
it is so yummy.i v ll prepare this cake…soon i am gonna 2 try this .in my home i don’t have micro oven in my home thank you for this idea .
You are welcome Swetha. Do share how it turned out