Christmas celebrations are incomplete without a Christmas cake. This particular food item has the power to lift your mood and light up the party during your celebrations. From a small toddler to a person in his nineties, everybody enjoys a piece of a delicious cake during Christmas. The advancement in modern technology has allowed people to order delicious cakes from their favourite shops at the press of a button. However, these readymade cakes lack the warmth and goodness of a homemade cake.
You can bake a cake in your kitchen without needing any fancy accessories like an oven. You can use the pressure cooker to prepare a scrumptious cake with minimal effort. We have brought to you a simple cake recipe that will allow you to prepare a delicious cake this Christmas. Let’s jump right to the recipe.
Homemade Cake Recipe
Preparation time – 30mins
Cooking time – 1hr
Total time – 1hr 30mins
Ingredients –
2 Eggs
½ cup soft butter
½ cup milk
A pinch of salt
2 tbsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup plain flour (maida)
5 cup crystal salt/sand for the base
Recipe –
Mix soft butter and sugar together and whisk it well until it is fluffy.
Add eggs and mix well.
Sift together a pinch of salt, maida and baking soda and ensure that there are no lumps.
Gradually add this mixture to the egg mixture, alternating with milk. Using a spatula, fold this mixture gently until the batter is smooth. Avoid over-beating.
Once the mixture is ready, add vanilla essence to it and mix it well.
Pour the prepared mixture into this container and place the container in the pressure cooker. Make sure that you place the container over a small stand to keep it slightly lifted from the base.
Close the lid on the cooker and let the cake bake on low flame for 50-60 minutes. Make sure that you remove the gasket and vent weight (whistle) from the cooker beforehand.
To check if the cake is ready, insert a knife in it and pull it out gently. If the cake is not sticking to the blade of the knife, then it is perfectly baked.
Let the cake cool down and serve it on a plate.
While preparing the cooker, make sure that you use a heavy bottom aluminium cooker and cover it’s base completely with salt or sand. Place the stand over the salt/sand. You can customize this cake as per your requirements. If you wish to prepare a chocolate cake, all you need to do is add 2tbsp of cocoa to the flour mix and sift well to remove the lumps. You can even add dry fruits, choco chips or nuts to the batter to make your cake more Christmasy!
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