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Chocolate Idli Cake Recipe – Eggless Steamed Idli Cakes Recipe

May 19, 2016 By Aarthi 28 Comments

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Oneday i was lying in bed watching TV (which doesn’t happen often), I came across the new pilsbury’s commercial. The recipe is a chocolate idli cake. Suddenly the idea struck me, i wanted to create a steamed chocolate idli cake recipe on my own. The very next day i was in the kitchen experimenting the recipe. And guess what my first attempt itself is a huge success.

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The cake took less than 15 mins to make from start to finish and i was so happy to see the super spongy cake. This recipe is such a keeper, great for your sudden chocolate cake craving. It is great for people who dont have a oven, it can be made in a idli steamer or any bowl.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..



Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 5 to 7 mins
Makes: 6 idlies


Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour / Maida – 1/4 cup
Sooji / Rava / Semolina – 1/4 cup
Cocoa Powder – 2 tblspn
Oil – 2 tblspn
Curd / Yogurt – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 3 to 4 tblspn
Water or Milk – 1/4 cup
Baking Soda – 1/4 tsp
Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp
Sprinkles as needed 
Chocolate Sauce for serving

Method:

Take yogurt, sugar in a bowl and whisk till creamy and sugar is melted.

Now add in oil and vanilla and whisk well.

Add in sooji, cocoa and mix well. Set aside for 5 mins.

Now add in water and mix well.

Add in baking soda and mix well.

Add in flour and fold gently.

Now spoon this in a well greased idli plate and steam for 5 to 7 mins. Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is done.

Now remove and let it cool for a min.

Use a spoon to remove it and serve

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients
Take your idli plates
grease it well with oil
take yogurt in a bowl
add sugar
mix well till creamy
add oil
add vanilla
mix well
add sooji
add cocoa powder
fold gently
add water and mix well
set aside for 5 mins or so
add in baking soda
add in flour
fold gently
spoon it into the greased idli plates
place it in idli plates and steam
now it is done
remove it
Serve

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Filed Under: baked, Breakfast, Breakfast Ideas, Christmas Cakes, Christmas Special Recipes, Finger Food, Idli, Recent Recipes, Steamed Cake, Toddler Food

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Aarthi Sadagopan

    May 19, 2016 at 11:05 am

    Can we replace butter instead of curd and oil? If so, can u tell me the quantity to use

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      May 19, 2016 at 4:24 pm

      No curd has to be used. You can use melted butter instead of oil

      Reply
  2. Revathi

    May 19, 2016 at 12:19 pm

    Superb ..

    Reply
  3. gomathi m.s

    May 19, 2016 at 1:24 pm

    Hi aarthi I was waiting for this recipe from the day u posted the photo in face book.cannot wait for trying this nice recipe.

    Reply
  4. chitra

    May 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    what an idea aarthiji.vareh wow

    Reply
  5. Sindhuraj

    May 19, 2016 at 6:18 pm

    shall i make vanilla flavor by skipping cocoa powder and maida instead?

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      May 25, 2016 at 1:29 pm

      will share a diff recipe soon

      Reply
  6. Anonymous

    May 20, 2016 at 7:06 am

    Do we have to add water to idli patra

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      May 25, 2016 at 1:30 pm

      yes u have to add water

      Reply
  7. Noopur

    May 20, 2016 at 8:46 am

    Hello aarthi ji , your dishes are really very delicious but I want to ask that can this idli cake recipe be made in microwave

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      May 25, 2016 at 1:30 pm

      yes u can i hope

      Reply
  8. revathy

    May 20, 2016 at 1:28 pm

    all your recipes are very nice mam

    Reply
  9. Jayanthi Ramaraj

    May 31, 2016 at 7:10 am

    Wowww…without egg..so happy. Will try out soon

    Reply
  10. Anonymous

    June 10, 2016 at 2:31 pm

    Woww Amazing recipe. Thanks

    Reply
  11. Swasthika

    July 24, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    Hi Arthi,

    Instead of maida can i use wheat flour and instead of sugar palmsugar or brown sugar? Just for a healthy version of this choco idli

    Reply
  12. Ranjani Shankaran

    September 29, 2016 at 11:28 am

    Hi Aarthi,

    Thanks for the lovely recipe. I tried it today and the texture is beautiful. The composition given is perfect. Everyone loved it.

    Look forward to try some more recipes by you:).

    Love,
    Ranjani

    Reply
  13. Anonymous

    December 11, 2016 at 8:33 am

    Mam I'm a great fan of yummy tummy. I wanna try something in cooking I check out your recipes and start doing it. You are great. I recently tried this recipe, but came out like idli not like fluffy cake.Somewhere something has got wrong in the proportions of ingredients I guess. But I add all the ingredients as per you have mentioned.I don't know what went wrong. Can you give me any suggestions regarding it mam..

    Reply
  14. Anonymous

    December 23, 2016 at 10:40 am

    I tried this recipe yesterday mam…. it was super soft n spongy. … great idea mam…. hit recipe

    Reply
  15. Krithika

    December 21, 2017 at 10:14 pm

    Hello,

    Do we have any gluten free option instead of rava/ semolina?

    Thanks,

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      December 29, 2017 at 2:25 am

      not in this recipe, will share another version soon

      Reply
  16. Arthy

    December 25, 2017 at 6:16 am

    Tried this recipe. It came out very well. Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  17. Krithika

    December 27, 2017 at 3:07 am

    Hello,

    Instead if rava/semolina do we have any gluten free option? Also can we use jaggery instead of sugar?
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      December 29, 2017 at 2:22 am

      There is no substitute in this recipe, but will share another version soon.

      Reply
  18. Krithika

    January 9, 2018 at 6:40 pm

    Hi Aarthi,

    If we use normal stainless steel bowl and make this in cake shape, do we need to cover the bowl with plate while steaming?

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      January 17, 2018 at 5:42 pm

      no need

      Reply
  19. Shalini

    March 30, 2019 at 5:11 am

    This came out very well.infact if am not wrong…even better than the Pillsbury one !
    It was soft and spongy and really yummy.
    The only thing is you have mentioned above that you are coming out with the wheat flour version with jaggery I hope. I have not been able to find that in the net.
    Do paste a link here if you have already updated the recipe on your blog. If not …I will wait and see.am a bit apprehensive to try out wheat coz it will be more dense.

    Reply
  20. Shivani

    July 18, 2019 at 4:33 am

    Hi Aarati

    Thank you for this amazing recipe.
    Tried it today for my daugther’s Tiffin.
    Turned out very well, better than the readymade mix ones.
    Am sure the Tiffin box will come back empty. 😉

    Reply
  21. Abinaya

    July 18, 2020 at 11:55 pm

    This has to be steamed in medium or high flame?

    Reply

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