Eggless White Forest Cake|Baking Without Oven | Pressure Cooker Recipe
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prep time
20 mins
cooking time
40 mins
total time
1 hour
Author- Neha Sharma
Ingredients-
For Sponge Base:
- Maida/All purpose flour- 1½ Cup
- Baking Soda- 1/2 tbsp
- Baking Powder- 3/4 tbsp
- Sugar- 1 Cup
- Thick Yogurt/Dahi- 3/4 Cup
- Milk- 1/2 Cup
- Vanilla Extract- 1/2 tbsp ( If using, Vanilla Essence- 1 tbsp)
- Lemon Zest (outer skin of lemon)- 1/2 tbsp
- Lemon Juice- 1 lemon
- Salt- 1/4 tbsp (Skip if using Salted butter)
- Unsalted Butter- ½ Cup
For Frosting:
- Whipping Cream- 600 ml
- Sugar- 4 tbsp
- Strawberries/Cherries or any fruit- 1/2 Cup (Chopped) + 15 to 20 for garnishing
- Sugar- 4-5 Tbsp
- White Chocolate Bar- 1 big (For flakes)
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Method-
Sponge:
- Pre-heat pressure cooker with 2 cups of salt and place a wire stand in it.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt.
- In a mixing bowl, add butter and sugar beat it until soft and fluffy. Add lemon, lemon zest, vanilla and beat well.
- Add in half of the yogurt, half of the sifted flour mixture, half milk and fold well, now add in the remaining flour, yogurt, milk and mix well.
- Apply butter to a cake tin or a steel/aluminium container of 7 inch diameter. Then place a butter paper (for smooth and perfect cake) and apply butter on butter paper.
- Transfer the batter to cake tin and place it into the preheated cooker and bake for 35 to 40 mins.
- After baking, let it cool down completely and after it cools down keep it in the fridge for 4 hrs to 6 hrs.
Assembling:
- Add the chilled whipping cream to a bowl and whisk until soft and fluffy. Add the sugar, and beat until stiff peaks. Refrigerate it until you are ready to use it. Whipped Cream is ready!
- In a small bowl mix 5 tbsp sugar with 5-6 tbsp water, let it dissolve completely. Sugar syrup is ready. Keep aside.
- With a peele, peel the chocolate bar to make choco flakes. Keep aside.
Image Courtesy- CooknshookFrosting:
- Take 3-5 bowls and keep a plate over it or simply use a turn table!
- Cut cake into three layer horizontally by turning the table. Transfer the layers to a plate.
- Touch the turn table/plate with a drop of cream in center to ensure safe decoration and then add the bottom sponge layer to it.
- Spread 3-4 tbsp of prepared sugar syrup to it (be generous). Spread a good ½ inch layer of cream to it.
- Then some chopped strawberries/cherries and cover the strawberries/cherries with some more cream to make sure the second layer sticks.
- Place the second layer and spread the syrup, cream, berries, cream then the third layer.
- For the final layer, spread syrup! Take 2-3 big portion/spoon of stiff cream and then spread it on top as well as on sides. Then make it smooth with the help of a palette or back side of a knife! (please be extremely careful and be soft to the cake otherwise you will ruin it).
- If you see any crumbs or cracks, do a crumb coat by applying more cream.
- Place the cake in the freezer for 30 mins to 1 hr. Crumb coat have been set, now for the final icing, take a dollop/big portion of cream and spread it.
- Spread the white chocolate flakes all over the cake generously.
- Now add the remaining cream to a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle. Show your creativity make some designs and place strawberry’s/cherries on top of your designs.
- Place some big chocolate flakes and a big strawberry in center of the cake!
- Transfer the cake to a cake base using palette knife. Be careful!!
- Cake is ready, refrigerate for 3-4 hrs and enjoy!
Tip-
* You can also use chocolate decorations on top of your cake. To make them simply melt the chocolate put it in a small piping bag on a parchment paper design straight lines, squares, circles or anything you want let it freeze in refrigerator for 5-10 minutes, remove the paper and use these decorations on top of your cake.
* You can also use almond flakes/chocolate fingers on the sides to make it look more professional and yummy.
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