Most of us loves to have a bite of cakes. Also we love to cook it at home. But unavailability of oven discourages us from that. Here comes a simple, soft and yummy red velvet cake recipe on stovetop.
- Egg: 3
- All purpose flour: 3/4 cup
- Sugar : 1/2 cup
- Cocoa powder: 1tbs
- Baking powder: 1 tsp
- Baking soda:1/2 tsp
- Salt: a pinch
- Sunflower oil: 4 tsp
- Milk: 1/2 cup
- Vinegar: 1 tsp
- Vanilla essence: 1 tsp
- Red food color: 1 tsp
- Whipping cream: 1 cup
- Sugar syrup: 1 cup( 1/2 cup sugar in 1cup water)
- Strawberries: for decorating
- Butter : for greasing
METHOD OF PREPARATION
- Keep ready a baking tray greased with butter and dusted with little flour.
- Take a large deep thick bottomed wok that can hold the baking tray inside and place a ring at centre inside the wok.
- Take 1/2 cup milk in a bowl and pour 1 tsp vinegar into it.
- Mix it well and keep aside for 10-15 minutes to convert it into buttermilk.
- Sift mix all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. If you are using color powder, then mix it now. Otherwise add later( when color is liquid).
- Take 3 eggs of room temperature in a bowl and beat it using a egg beater at speed 3 for 3-4 minutes.
- Now add in sugar little by little to egg and beat.
- Now increase the speed to high and beat till sugar dissolves and mixture turns into creamy.
- Add in buttermilk and whisk to combine.
- Slowly fold in flour mix without any lump.
- Next add in oil and mix well.
- Now add vanilla essence and food color if you didn't add earlier and mix well.
- Pour the cake mixture to the baking tray immediately after combining all the ingredients. Give a light beat to the table with baking tray to escape the air.
- Place the tray above the ring inside the wok and cover with a lid.
- Heat it with high flame for 5 minutes and then reduce to medium low flame.
- Cook for 40- 45 minutes. Check with a toothpick whether cake is done or not. If toothpick comes out clear then , it's ready.
- Take out the baking tray and allow it to cool.
- Beat whipping cream till it doubles and produce stiff peaks.
- Now cut the cake into 2 or 3 layers. Conserve a thin layer of cake to make crumbs for decoration.
- Place 1 layer on a tray, and moist all-over with sugar syrup and spread a layer of whipped cream over it.
- Place the second layer of cake and moist it with sugar syrup.
- Top it with whipped cream and place the last layer of cake.
- Moist it with sugar syrup and cover all over the cake with whipped cream
- .Refrigerate for 2-3 hour.
- Decorate with fresh strawberries, grated white chocolate and cake crumbs.
Delicious soft Red Velvet Cake without oven is ready, serve chilled and enjoy.
