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Baking can be a daunting task for new chefs but as we are living under a lockdown, this is the time to sharpen your culinary skills. But to many of us newbies, baking a cake might sound very complicated with so many ingredients, flavours and balancing the oven temperature – it’s a lot of effort.
But what if we said you could bake a cake in a pan over a stove or gas? The stovetop steaming method yields equally yummy results as an oven-baked sponge cake. All you need is a deep pan with a lid, which closes tight to create the perfect steamy environment for baking.
While an oven-baked cake is preferred, having an alternative handy helps, especially in a crisis or if you are on short notice. Or you’re plain bored! Go ahead, bake a cake for friends and family just like Karisma Kapoor did on her self-isolation day.
Eggless no-oven chocolate cake by Chef Shivesh Bhatia
INGREDIENTS
1 + ½ cups maida (all purpose flour)- 180g
¾ cups cocoa powder- 75g
½ tsp baking soda -3g
1 tsp baking powder- 4g
¾ cup vegetable oil- 180mL
1 + ½ cups castor sugar -300g
1 cup Greek yogurt ( or curd hung over night)- 285g
½ tsp vanilla extract- 2.5mL
½ cup milk + 1 tsp white vinegar, mixed and rested for 5 minutes -120mL + 5mL
a pinch of salt
PROCEDURE