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Are you searching for a healthy cake recipe for your child? Then this Whole Wheat Cooker cake is the perfect choice for you.
I don’t own an oven at my home, just a microwave for the basic heating purpose. Everybody knows Microwave cooking is not healthy for children. So I was looking out for a perfect cooker cake recipe and when Yamuna mentioned this recipe, I requested her to write out this recipe for MyLittleMoppet 🙂
This is Yamuna’s First post in MyLittleMoppet, Welcome Aboard !!!
Now on to Yamuna….
I am really happy to share this healthy recipe. I can also say this is vegetarian cake, yes we can prepare this cake without maida , egg and butter.
I always stick to homemade food for my baby. This is my baby’s favorite snack too. You can make this cake with any fruit of your choice, like your baby’s favorite fruit.
How to make Whole Wheat Eggless Cooker Cake?
Ingredients
- Wheat flour – 1 cup
- Milk – 1cup
- 100% Organic Jaggery powder – 1 cup
- Ghee – 3 tsp
- Dry fruits of your choice ¾ cup
- Banana – 2 small (any fruit of your choice)
- Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Method
1. Fry the wheat flour in a pan with 1 spoon of ghee.
2. When it turns brown turn off the stove. Let it cool for some time.
3. Blend together banana, jaggery, wheat flour and milk in a mixer.
4. Keep it aside.
5. Fry the nuts in ghee and mix it in the mixer of wheat flour.
6. Take pressure cooker plate grease it with ghee and transfer the mixture to the plate.
7. In a pressure cooker with little water place the plate (if needed adjust the height by placing a cup or tray ) as like we do for preheating.
8. Close the lid without the whistle.
9. Turn on the stove and keep in medium flame for 25- 35 min.
10. When the cake is cooked turn off and take the plate out.
11. When it completely cools down slice and serve with love.
I am sure your baby will love it. Even Adults can have this cooker cake as it is very healthy.
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Whole Wheat Eggless Cooker Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- Wheat flour – 1 cup
- Milk – 1cup
- Jaggery powder – 1 cup
- Ghee – 3 tsp
- Dry fruits of your choice ¾ cup
- Banana – 2 small any fruit of your choice
- Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Fry the wheat flour in a pan with 1 spoon of ghee.
- When it turns brown turn off the stove. Let it cool for some time.
- Blend together banana, jaggery, wheat flour and milk in a mixer.
- Keep it aside.
- Fry the nuts in ghee and mix it into the mixer of wheat flour.
- Take pressure cooker plate grease it with ghee and transfer the mixture into the plate.
- In a pressure cooker with little water place the plate (if needed adjust the height by placing a cup or tray ) as like we do for preheating.
- Close the lid without whistle.
- Turn on the stove and keep in medium flame for 25- 35 min.
- When the cake is cooked turn off and take the plate out.
- When it completely cools down slice and serve with love.
Notes
You can add fruits of your choice
Recipe by Yamuna Balamurugan
Yamuna is a mom to one year cute angel Tejaswini, a management professional with a costume designing background. She always prefers homemade food for her baby and she loves trying varieties to appease her daughter’s taste.
When do we add the baking soda to the mixture?
It is added during the blending process Sudha 🙂
Banking powder hasnt added during recipie.. was that skipped? still cake raised soft?
Hi,
We have added one teaspoon of baking soda dear.
Wer did u use milk in this recipe?
Hi Priya,
Milk is added while blending the flour, jaggery and banana dear.
HI .. is there a need to pre heat cooker and the usual salt method , or water as mentioned .. sorry to sound nosy, but just wanna check
It is perfectly fine dear to raise queries. Some people keep salt ,and some do not…depends. Preheating also is optional..
Yamuna ji did u worked in info engg in cbe . I remembered u mam….
I usually don’t comment, but this cake turned out well. I tried in steam vessel. Thank you ?
Vidya, it is so warm to heart that. Please do comment and share your views thats our source of encouragement.
Hi, can we bake this in oven? How much time and temperature?
Hi,
Tried this cake today but it did not come out well. Don’t know what went wrong. Inspite of cooking for almost 1 hr I the cooker it was all mushy…
Can u tell what went wrong?
Can we add baking soda for 1 year old baby ? isn’t it harmful for the baby?please advice
Yes you can add, a small amount will not affect
Hi
I’ve a doubt.. In dis recipe u have added milk. Less than 1 year old baby we can add milk..
Dear Elakkiya
You can skip milk
fantastic yamuna
Hi what is alternative for baking soda that i can use?
Hi Ruchi,
You can try using Eno
Hi Sandhya, for adults you can refrigerate and store it for maximum 2 days for children better give them freshly baked cakes
Hi,
Thanks for such a good recipe. But can we preserve this cake ? If so, how many days it can be preserved?
Can this be done in Rice Cooker . I dont have a big cooker so was wondering whether same can be done in Rice Cooker ?
Hi Raksha, I am not sure about Rice Cooker, will let you know
Yamuna,
Awesome recipe.
Though I have a oven , have never tried any cakes so far.
But whenever I see the cooker cake recipes , I feel like trying it then and now. Of course the inspiration dies down with time too.
The photo of this cake is inviting! Felt like a yummy gewy halwa.. I am sure its damn good tasty too.
Keep up the good work !!
hi sangee
thanks a lot dear do try des healthy cake
Hi.. nice recipe… just a doubt.. do we add the milk also in the blender
hi bharathi
thanks for your comment and doubt.
yes u need to add milk in the blender.