Eggless Chocolate Cake in Pressure Cooker

Ingredients: Maida (All purpose flour) -> 1.5 cup Powdered Sugar -> 1 cup Vanilla Essence -> 1 tsp Baking Powder -> 1 tsp Baking Soda -> 1/2 tsp Cocoa powder -> 2 tbsp Milk at room temperature -> 1 cup Ghee or oil -> 1 tsp Nuts of your choice (I used walnuts and raisins)

Preparing the Cake Batter:

1. In a bowl, sieve maida, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.

2. Add vanilla essence, ghee, milk and the nuts to the above bowl.

3. Whisk it thoroughly for a couple of minutes. The cake batter is ready.

4. Dust the cake mould (or any vessel that you would like to use for baking) with little flour and ghee.

5. Transfer the cake batter to the cake mould or any vessel of your choice. I used a hexagon shaped cake mould.

Method:

1. Place the empty pressure cooker on the stove.

2. Place a grill inside the cooker. If you don't have a grill, you can even use the carrot grater that you have (the taller one, not the flat one).

3. Close the lid of the pressure cooker (no need to remove the gasket).

4. Don’t put the whistle.

5. Heat it in medium flame for 5 to 6 minutes. This is equivalent to preheating the oven.

6. Place the mould on top of the grill. Close the cooker and heat in medium flame for 20 to 25 minutes.

7. Open the lid and insert a toothpick and check if the cake has baked completely. No piece of cake should be stuck to the toothpick. That's when the cake is baked completely.

8. Switch off the cooker.

9. Cool the cake and then unmould them into a plate.

10. . Yummy cake is ready.