Pumpkin Walnut Cake in a Pressure Cooker
Pumpkin Walnut Cake is a Delicate, Moist and Flavorful Spiced Pound Cake.
Servings 12 People
Calories 237kcal
Ingredients
- 11/2 Cup All purpose flour
- 1 ½ tablespoon Cornflour
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon Powder
- ½ teaspoon Cloves Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Ginger Powder
- ¼ Tsp Nutmeg Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 2 no's Eggs
- ¼ cup Milk
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- ¾ cup Granulated White Sugar
- 1 ¾ cup Pumpkin Puree
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- ½ cup Oil
- ½ Cup Walnuts
Instructions
- Sieve all purpose flour , cornflour , spice powders , salt and baking soda together ,twice and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl , add 2 eggs , brown sugar , granulated sugar and whisk well.
- Add milk , pumpkin puree , vanilla essence , oil and whisk well all together so that everything mixes well.
- Now take sieved dry ingredients in a bowl and slowly add wet ingredients part by part to the flour mixture.
- With a spatula gently mix everything carefully such that no lumps are formed.
- Finally , add ½ cup of walnut and stir into the cake batter gently.
- Grease the cake tin / loaf pan and pour the batter.
- Take a wide pressure cooker , add sea salt (crystal salt) into cooker and evenly spread salt. Keep a heat proof stand on sea salt and place cooker on a high flame on a stove top. This is similar to preheating in oven. Alternatively , you can bake cake in a preheat oven at 180 deg celsius and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
- After 6-8 minutes, salt to becomes sufficiently hot then immediately reduce the flame to low heat /sim and place cake tin inside the pressure cooker.
- Remove gasket (rubber ring) from pressure cooker lid and securely close it.
- Don't put vent weight( whistle) on the pressure cooker.
- Cook on a low heat for about 35-45 minutes , till toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Remove the cake tin from pressure cooker and allow it to cool completely.
- Invert the cake tin on a plate , tap it gently and remove the cake .
- Wrap the cake with clingfilm and let it sit overnight before serving. The flavors meld well and tastes delicious when served on following day .
- Serve cake at room temperature either for breakfast or with tea. Also you can serve slice of cake with scoop of ice cream.
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Nutrition
Calories: 237kcal