Ingredients

• 1.5 cups - plain flour (maida).
• 1 cup - powdered sugar.
• 1 - egg.
• 1/2 cup - refined oil or plain butter.
• 1 tsp - baking powder.
• 1 cup - milk.
• 1 tsp - vanilla essence.

How to Make Pressure-Cooked Cake

• Beat the egg well.
• Mix sugar and oil together, stirring hard till the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
• Add the beaten egg to this mixture.
• Mix well to blend all ingredients thoroughly.
• Now prepare a mixture of plain flour (maida) and baking powder and sieve it to avoid lumps.
• Now gradually add this maida mixture to the batter prepared by mixing sugar, oil and egg.
• If the mixture becomes thick, add a small amount of milk to make it smooth.
• Add vanilla essence to the batter and again blend well.
• Baking the cake:
• Use an aluminium baking tin, 6 inches in diameter, so that it can easily get into the pressure cooker.
• Grease it on the insides and dust with maida, evenly.
• Pour the mixture into the tin.
• Heat the pressure cooker on high heat for 2 mins.
• Place the container on a trivet. Don't add any water in the pressure cooker.
• Close the cooker lid and do not put the whistle on. Lower the flame from high to low after 2 minutes.
• Let it cook for 40 mins, then turn off the heat. Do not open the lid immediately.
• After 10 mins, open the lid to check whether the cake is done.
• For icing/decoration:
• Spoon whipped cream all over it, toss some desiccated coconut on it (or) spoon some chocolate fudge icing on it and sprinkle choco-shavings or cocoa powder on the top.