You Don't Need an Oven to Bake Delicious Cakes. Simple Recipes for Baking a Mouthwatering Cake Using a Rice Cooker (2020)

• The standard rice cooker is an affordable one and it is very easy to use. You have to put in the rice and water according to the right measurement and switch it on. Once the rice is cooked it will turn off automatically and then switch to warm mode to keep the rice warm until you are ready to eat it. This rice cooker comes with a detachable cord and a non stick pan.


• Another model is called the improved rice cooker. You can do various things in it. It has different settings for cooking, steaming, digital timer, etc.


• The multi-function rice cooker has tons of different modes and settings. It is made with advanced control technology and uses a digital display to let you know when your food is done.


• The induction heat rice cooker is the best of them all. It is also the most expensive one. It cooks well as it produces a magnetic field which heats the pot evenly in lesser time.

Ingredients:

• Self rising flour: 1 cup
• Egg: 1
• White sugar: 1 Tablespoon
• Milk: 3/4 cup

Method:

• Put the sugar, flour and egg in a mixing bowl and whisk them together, add milk in it gradually, mix until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
• Take the rice cooker bowl and pour the mixture in it.
• Set the cooker on cook setting.
• Check by inserting a skewer into the centre of the cake, if it comes out clean the cake is done. It usually takes about 25 minutes to bake this cake.
• Slice the cake and serve it warm with a glass of milk; you can also pour some maple syrup or chocolate syrup on it. Your kids will love this cake and will demand you to bake it every weekend.

Ingredients:

• Sugar: 1½ cups
• Butter or margarine: 250 gm
• Vanilla essence or vanilla sugar: 1 teaspoon
• Eggs: 3
• All purpose flour: 2 cups
• Cocoa powder: 1 cup
• Baking powder: 1 teaspoon
• Salt: a pinch
• Milk: 1½ cups

Method:

• Take all the dry ingredients and sift them in a large bowl.
• Take sugar in a large bowl.
• Take the butter and soften it on low heat, stir it continuously to avoid burning it.
• Take the softened butter and add it with sugar, whisk it well till the sugar dissolves completely.
• Add eggs one by one and whisk until the batter is fluffy.
• Add vanilla essence or vanilla sugar in the egg and sugar mix.
• Take the dry ingredients and add them to the wet ingredients and add milk in it as well and mix it into a smooth batter. Use the folding method to incorporate air into the batter.
• Take some butter and grease the sides and bottom of the rice cooker, pour the batter into the rice cooker and press start. Check after 25 minutes by inserting a skewer into the cake. A perfect chocolate cake is made and you can proudly serve it to your family.

Ingredients:

• Sugar: ½ cup or 100 gm
• Eggs: 4 (separate the yolk from the white)
• Bananas: 2 (ripened)
• Unsalted butter: 100 gm (melted)
• All purpose flour: 1 cup or 120 gm
• Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon
• Baking powder: 1 teaspoon
• Salt: a pinch (you can skip the salt if you want)

Method:

• Take the ripened bananas and puree them in a blender.
• Grease and flour the pot of the rice cooker, however if the rice cooker pot has a Teflon coating you don't need to grease it.
• Take a large bowl and whisk the egg whites until you see medium peaks in it.
• Add sugar in 3 small batches into the eggs.
• Add the egg yolks, banana puree, melted butter and vanilla extract to the egg whites. You will need to add these ingredients one by one mixing them completely after each one is incorporated.
• Take the dry ingredients and fold them into the wet ingredients. Use a wooden spatula, avoid mixing it, you need to fold it in to let the air into the batter.
• Pour the mixed batter in the pot and place it in the rice cooker. Press the cook button and wait till it is warm. Wait for 10 minutes and repeat the cook and warm cycle for 3 more minutes. Continue this process for 4 cycles.
• Check the cake by inserting a skewer. If it comes out sticky you can repeat the cook and warm cycle till the cake is done.
• Take out the pot from the cooker and turn it upside down on a plate.
• Your cake is done, you can serve it warm with a cup of coffee or eat it later.

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour: 1 cup
• White sugar: ⅓ cup
• Baking powder: 2 teaspoons
• Baking soda: 1 teaspoon
• Salt: ¼ teaspoon
• Crushed bran flakes: 1½ cups
• Skimmed milk: 1 cup
• Ground cinnamon: 1½ teaspoon
• Ground nutmeg: 1½ teaspoon
• Vanilla extract: 1½ teaspoon
• Egg: 1
• Olive oil: ¼ cup
• Apples diced: ½ cup
• Banana diced: ½ cup
• Raisins: ⅓ cup

Method:

• Grease the rice cooker bowl or spray it with cooking spray.
• Take flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt, mix them well in a bowl.
• Add bran flakes, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla extract in a different bowl, leave it aside till the bran flakes absorb the milk, it should take about 5 minutes.
• Add egg into the bran mixture.
• Add flour into the bran mixture, don't over mix it.
• Now fold the diced fruits and raisins in the batter gently and pour the mixture into the rice cooker bowl.
• Bake the cake in the cooker for 3 cycles and check it by inserting a toothpick or a skewer in after about 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

• Sugar: 100 gm
• Butter: 40 gm
• Icing sugar: 120 gm
• Yogurt: 200 gm
• Self raising flour: 100 gm
• Eggs: 4 (separate the white from the yolk)
• Cream cheese: 400 gm

Method:

• Take the cream cheese, sugar, butter, egg yolks and yogurt, mix them well until it turns into a fluffy batter.
• Take the flour and mix it well into the fluffy batter.
• Take another bowl and mix the icing sugar and egg white until you see it form stiff peaks, it should not fall off the bowl if you turn it upside down.
• Take the egg white and icing sugar mix and add it into the cream cheese batter, mix well.
• Pour the batter into the greased pot of the rice cooker and set it to cake.

Ingredients:

• Sugar: 90 gm
• Eggs: 3
• Salt: ¼ teaspoon
• All purpose flour: 100 gm
• Couple of tablespoon of oil to grease the rice cooker bowl

Method:

• Whisk the eggs until they foam well, you can use the electronic whisker on high setting to get it done quickly.
• Add salt. Add sugar to it in two batches. Mix it well until the batter is doubled in volume and is light yellow in colour.
• Add the flour in three batches, fold it gently and avoid mixing it too much. Use a spatula for folding.
• Grease the pot with oil and pour the ready batter in it.
• Set the cooker on dessert setting and start baking the cake.
• Take the cake out as soon as the cooker shows the keep warm sign.

• To bake a light cake with the perfect fluff you will have to use room temperature butter, eggs and milk. Adding them cold will solidify and won't give the best results.
• If you don't have butter or shortening you can substitute one with the other but don't substitute liquid fat with solid.
• If you need to use separated eggs, you should first bring them to room temperature and then separate them. It is easier than trying to separate them when they are cold.
• Make sure you grease and flour the pan before you pour the batter in. You can also use parchment paper. You should also flour the pan by sprinkling it in the pot and shake out the excess.
• Always set the timer for 5 minutes lesser than the recipe states, it is better to be careful than burning the cake.
• You should remove the cake immediately after it is done, because if you leave it in the oven or in the hot pan it will continue to bake because of the heat. You can check if the cake is done by giving it a light press in the centre. If it bounces back it is done perfectly.
• Always place your pan with the batter in the centre of the oven or the cooker for an even bake.
• If you see holes and tunnels in your cake then it means it was not mixed properly or you have over-mixed it. This can be avoided by making sure to mix it with hand if the recipe demands hand mixing instead of a blender.
• If your cake is dry then you might have not measured the ingredients properly. Spoon the flour in the cup and level it evenly. Your cake might turn out to be dry due to over-baking. To check if the cake is done, you should see if the cake is slightly pulling away from the corners of the pan and the skewer should come out clean after inserting it.
• If your cake comes out hard then you might have over-mixed it or might have used the wrong flour. When you mix the flour with liquid or fat gluten is developed which is not desirable in a cake therefore mix the batter thoroughly. Using the correct flour is very important to get a soft and moist cake.