Atta Cake in Pressure Cooker No Sugar Added, Naturally Sweet Eggless Baking Without Oven

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May. 29, 2016

Here's how to make a delicious Atta Cake, or in other words Whole Wheat Chocolate Cake, all made in a pressure cooker. Not only this cooker cake is high in fiber, but has no added white sugar. This naturally sweet cake is a perfect snack along dish to have with a cup of tea or coffee. Loaded with the goodness of dates, now why don't you try it out? Oh yes, this can be added to your diet if you're a diabetic patient, in small servings :)

Ingredients

Pitted dates 325 Gram
Whole wheat flour 1 1/3 Cup (21.33 tbs)
Baking powder 1 Teaspoon
Baking soda 1 Teaspoon
Butter 1/4 Cup (4 tbs)
Stevia 2 Tablespoon
Cocoa powder 2 Tablespoon
Milk 1 1/2 Cup (24 tbs)
Vanilla essence 1 Teaspoon
Pistachio 2 Tablespoon

Directions

GETTING READY

1. Begin by preheating the cooker, add in 1 1/2 cups of salt, a wire stand and a plate. Cover and heat for 10 mins in medium flame.2. Grease a 18cm cake tin with butter.

 

MAKING3. For the batter, begin by adding 325g of dates to a food processor/blender and pulse to chop and keep aside. Alternatively you can finely chop them with a knife4. Take 1 1/3 cup of atta, 1 tsp each of baking soda & baking powder in this, and also add in 1/4 cup of butter. Blitz to resemble bread crumbs. Alternatively, you can rub butter into flour with hands.5. Add in 2tbsp stevia, 2tbsp cocoa powder and mix all together. While mixing, pour in 1 1/2 cups of milk and 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence.6. Once the batter is smooth, add in the chopped dates and mix well.7. Pour the batter into the cake tin, top well with chopped pistachios. And transfer the cake tin to the hot cooker and let this bake inside for 40 minutes in low-medium flame.8. Since this batter has a lot of dates, it might take 5-10 minutes more or less for baking. Check at 35 minutes, and increase thereafter.9. Once baked, take out and let cool completely.

SERVING

10.  Slice up & serve!

Recipe Summary

Difficulty Level: Medium
Cook Time: 40 Minutes
Ready In: 40 Minutes
Servings: 6

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Calories 241Calories from Fat 112

 % Daily Value*

Total Fat 13 g20%

Saturated Fat 6 g30%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol

Sodium 320 mg13.33%

Total Carbohydrates 29 g9.7%

Dietary Fiber 5 g20%

Sugars 3 g

Protein 8 g16%

Vitamin A % Vitamin C %

Calcium % Iron %

*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet