[Video update on 22/02/2016
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Hungry for a cake, but lazy to make an elaborate one? Here's a quick and easy recipe for a semi-homemade cake, so to speak.
Ingredients :
1 large packet and 1 small packet of oreo biscuits (19 pairs. 38 biscuits in total)
1 cup milk (240 ml)
Method:
Crush the biscuits roughly. [Do not remove the cream]. Transfer to a blender. Add the other ingredients and blend into a smooth paste.
Grease a microwave safe dish liberally with butter, oil or ghee. [You can also line the base with parchment paper/ butter paper to get a clean top while inverting. Please use good quality parchment paper. I first greased the bottom and sides and placed the parchment paper like so:
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Transfer the cake batter into the dish. Microwave for 5 minutes [in regular microwave mode]. You will see some moist spots on the top and sides. That's fine.
Do not touch the cake for atleast another 15 minutes, you want to let it cook with the heat trapped inside.
[If you wish to invert the cake, let it cool for 30 minutes. Check this post for more tips. If you have used parchment paper to line the base, you can invert it in lesser time. ]
You can top the cake with sugar powder. Just take some powdered sugar in a strainer and splash it all over the cake.
Perfect for a last minute (oops last 5 minute) snack! Happy New Year!
Update : Made this with Oreo orange creme biscuits. Loved the subtle orange flavour. This time, I used baking powder instead of eno. And the lines on top - that's Nutella!
Thanks to the internet for letting me know you can make cakes with biscuits! I experimented with my favourite Oreo cookies and now I have a quick cake recipe.
A couple more eggless microwave cake recipes -
Eggless Microwave Chocolate Cake
Eggless Microwave Coffee Cake
Comments:
I do this with parle G biscuits,nice variation with oreo
ReplyDeleteWhat can i use instead of eno? Baking soda??? Plz help me with an approx number of biscuits u used coz v only get huge packts in usa wal-marts
ReplyDeleteBaking powder
DeleteI will update the recipe soon with the number of biscuits, Sean. I guess you could add baking soda instead of eno.
ReplyDeleteUpdate : Add baking powder instead. Same quantity.
DeleteJust wow, cant ask more..beautiful cake.Happy new year wishes to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteI made this today and it came out yummy. I soaked d biscuits in the milk well in advance so it ws easy to grind. Howevr my cake sunk in the between. But my husband loved it.
ReplyDeleteHmm, don't soak then. And try with baking powder. Should definitely work.
DeleteThanks for trying, Sean. Did you use baking soda? Maybe you could reduce it a little next time?
ReplyDeletehello mam could you please tell me whether i will be able to make it in my solo microwave with max.800watt if yes then plz tell me what should be the temperature and max. time to make it. plz do reply as i am dying to try it. :)
ReplyDeletehello mam could you please tell me whether i will be able to make it in my solo microwave with max.800watt if yes then plz tell me what should be the temperature and max. time to make it. plz do reply as i am dying to try it. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Genelia, you can make it in your solo microwave. Try 5 minutes and then increase the time by 1 or 2 minutes if required. It's ok to have some moist patches in the top after 5 minutes.
ReplyDeleteJust make the batter, put it in the greased microwave-safe bowl and set the time to 5 or 6 minutes. You don;t have to change the temperature setting.
thankyou so much for helping me out. :)
ReplyDeleteMam i tried this recipe today itself. I was watching the cake through the microwave glass door so it raised once and then sunk. So what could have gone wrong??
ReplyDeleteWow its really superb recipe and i wanna to make it now.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting and delicious recipe...would like to try this, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis has become one of my all time favorite recipes and not only have I made it three times, but most of my friends have too! Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteI am not so much into cakes. But whoever cakefreaks I showed this recipe to has gone ga ga over it!
ReplyDeletethankyou so much for helping me out.
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I tried this recipe and it came out well.. Thanks .. :).. Love this cake.. :P
ReplyDeleteI tried this recipe, it came out really well.. I didn't have eno so used baking soda... Thanks :) :)
ReplyDeleteJust curious!! Why eno??
awesome.. tried it yesterday.. turned out really really gud.. added some cashwenuts as well.. great recipe!!
ReplyDeleteApy the slice looks so perfect.. deadly chocolate!
ReplyDeleteThe slice looks so perfect and Deadly chocolatey!
ReplyDeleteI tried this & my 2.6 yr daughter just loved it. well my guest too loved this ,I served it with ice cream with some nuts on it . thanks for sharing this recipe.
ReplyDeleteI prepared this cake and my daughter just loved it & my guest too loved it ,I served this with icecream and some nuts on it . thanks for sharing this recipe.
ReplyDeleteI was searching for a microwave cake recipe for couple of days and finally found this. I promised my 3.11 yrs old twins that i will bake a cake for them this week end. Today I involved them in making this cake and they were really excited. The cake came out very well... used Pillsbury vanilla icing and sprinkled some decorations. My kids just love it. Thank you for sharing simple yet wonderful recipe.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this recipe I told my 3.11 yr twins that we will bake cake together this weekend. They were excited and eagerly waiting for saturday. Today we all made this cake together. Kids helped me in breaking the Oreo (some of them went in their stomach during the proces :) ). The cake came out very well more than what I had expected. Used pillsbury vanilla icing and kiddos just loved it. Thank you for sharing a simple yet wonderful recipe.
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
DeleteHello mam ur cake looks awesome love the texture :) i prepared cake today unfortunately it got crumbled :( taste wise it was yummy :) thank u so much for such a lovely cake keep posting such easy nd yummy posts :)
ReplyDeletePriya, perhaps you need to cook it for an extra minute then. Hope this helps.
DeleteI tried this awsm recipe and it really tastes gud :) i just loved it :* thanku so much.
ReplyDeleteplz mention the temprature for baking
ReplyDeleteEveril, this is done in the microwave mode and not convection mode. You don't need to set the temperature.
Deleteplease clarify the measurement for 1 cup milk...
ReplyDeleteIf we don't have eno what quantity of baking powder should we use
ReplyDeleteSame quantity
DeleteI have a potluck to go to and THIS IS the dessert I am taking. I hope it turns out as good as yours. Any tips??? ... Thanks its awesome
ReplyDeleteHi Aparna... I just LOVE your blog. I will probably be reading all of it today. Going to try your this recipe for a potluck lunch over Christmas. ..Will post the pictures on my blogand will link you back.. !! Thanks for posting.
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I can't believe how easy this is! The problem with mine was, maybe I was using a very thick glass dish to make this. Only the sides were getting baked:( Well, I scraped those parts out (ate them) and then I used these really thin saucers from a tea-cup set. Once those lil saucers went in, VOILA! AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY, ALLIE SAID, "LET THERE BE CAKE!" More like mini personalized cakes. But they were epic nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteBest part, all the ingredients are always in my kitchen. Doesn't take a genius to make it. And I love them. :*
Thanks <3
Awesome. I tried this it really came out very well. Thank you some much
ReplyDeletelooks lovely!
ReplyDeleteCan v make in cooker as i dnt have microwave or oven
ReplyDeleteHow can I make this in oven? I don't have microwave
ReplyDeleteHi... i tried your recipe today (thanks a lot for posting it) but i did not get a smooth batter after blending the three ingridients... infact it was powdery.... and all i could see in the ingridients were oreo biscuits, sugar and baking powder.... can you please please help in case i'm missing out on something... i want to make this cake t'mro for a friend's birthday. TIA...
ReplyDeleteDid u add milk?
DeleteCan v use hike n seek instead?
ReplyDeleteN which flavour of eno..there r many!
Cn v add bking soda?
Pls help me ,..m new in baking
Yes you can use hide and seek. Use regular eno to start with. You can replace with baking soda.
DeleteCan I bake this cake in OTG and at what temperature and time
ReplyDeleteMam can you please elaborate more on the microwave heat settings . please
ReplyDeleteCan you elaborate on the microwave heat settings more.please
ReplyDeleteHii Aparna I HV OTG instead of microwave so plz tell me the time n temp of microwave or OTG
ReplyDeleteWat s the alternate for parchment/butter paper
ReplyDeletePlease suggest how to make this cake in OTG
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