Name: Chocolate Idli Cake - Eggless Steamed Idli Cakes Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
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

Chocolate Idli Cake

One day i was lying in bed watching TV (which doesn't happen often), I came across the new pillsbury'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.

What are Idli Cakes?

Cake batter which is steamed in idli plates instead of cake pans. Regular cake batter can be used for this recipe. But for a change, I used a combination of sooji and flour batter which creates a nice texture to the cake.

The cake is perfect after school snacks for kids or an instant recipe to satisfy sweet cravings.

Idli cakes are best served with some chocolate syrup or ice cream.

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 don't have an oven, it can be made in a idli steamer or any bowl.

How to Make Steamed Idli Cakes

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

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

If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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Aarthi Sadagopan

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

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

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Superb ..

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gomathi m.s

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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.

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chitra

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what an idea aarthiji.vareh wow

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Sindhuraj

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

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- Aarthi
  
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  will share a diff recipe soon
  
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Anonymous

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Do we have to add water to idli patra

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- Aarthi
  
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  yes u have to add water
  
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Noopur

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

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  yes u can i hope
  
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revathy

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all your recipes are very nice mam

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Jayanthi Ramaraj

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

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Anonymous

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Woww Amazing recipe. Thanks

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Swasthika

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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

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Ranjani Shankaran

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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

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Anonymous

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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..

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Anonymous

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

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Krithika

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Hello,

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

Thanks,

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  not in this recipe, will share another version soon
  
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Arthy

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

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Krithika

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Hello,

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

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

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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

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  no need
  
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Shalini

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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.

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Shivani

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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. 😉

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Abinaya

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This has to be steamed in medium or high flame?

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Chocolate Idli Cake - Eggless Steamed Idli Cakes Recipe