No Oven? No Problem!
The Valentine’s month is here: easy recipes for a pressure-cooker mug cake and a fridge cake, no oven needed.
The Valentines month is here and the best way to win anyone’s heart is through serving the best desserts! We bring you few recipes to make desserts with ease and without an oven.
Who doesn’t love desserts? There is always a lot of craving when it comes to desserts even if you do not have a sweet tooth. As the month of expressing love is here, we bring you delightful recipes of mug cake and fridge cake to cheer up your loved ones.
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Mug cake
Ingredients:
6 tablespoons plain flour; 3 tablespoons cocoa powder; 3 tablespoons sugar; ¼ tablespoon baking soda; milk; ½ tablespoon vanilla extract; vegetable oil; a pinch of salt; chocolate chips. (Salt will also be needed to prepare the mug cake in the pressure cooker.)
How to prepare:
Start with heating the cooker by putting 1.5 cup of salt at its bottom and cover it without the pressure cooker whistle for 5-10 minutes.
After placing the cooker on stove start preparing the batter in the mug. Put white flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, sugar and salt and mix everything together. When everything is mixed properly, add milk, vegetable oil and vanilla extract to it. Make sure the batter is smooth, mix it with a fork and later add choco chips to it. After everything is prepared put the mug in the pre-heated cooker, and let it bake for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes check the batter with a knife and if doesn’t stick to your knife you’re done. Voila!
Ready to snuggle and eat the heartiest dessert with your loved one.
Fridge cake
Ingredients:
300gm milk; 1 tablespoon salt; biscuits of your choice; 150gm dark chocolate; 150gm white chocolate; 150gm dry fruits; 100gm unsalted butter; golden syrup.
How to prepare:
Take a tin or a rectangular vessel, grease it and put a baking paper on it.
Then break a few biscuits in a bowl, and keep it aside.
Take a bowl put it on the stove and melt butter and chocolates and whisk it well. You can also add golden syrup, cocoa and salt to the bowl. Do not overheat and mix it well.
Then take the tin that you prepared and place the bashed biscuits and add all the chocolate mixture to the tin. Sprinkle dry fruits on the top and level the surface by pressing down. Lastly, leave the mixture in the fridge for 2 hours to cool down and set. Turn out the cake and peel off the cling film and slice the cake for your family and friends!
From the February 2021 issue of L’Officiel India.
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