Question

Here is a recipe to make a chocolate cake in a pressure cooker. Rewrite the instructions in the passive voice. The first one has been done for you.

Ingredients 1 cup flour 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 cup butter 3/4 cup castor sugar 1/4 cup water 2 eggs 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1/8 tsp salt

Method

1. First sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
2. Add butter, sugar, salt, water, and vanilla and beat the ingredients using a whisk.
3. Add the eggs and beat the batter until it is smooth
4. Transfer the batter into the baking tin.
5. Heat the pressure cooker, covered with the lid, but without the pressure, for 3-4 minutes on high heat. Then place the cake tin in the empty cooker (Do not add water in the cooker).
6. Close the lid (without the pressure), lower the flame, and cook for about 30 minutes.

Answer 1

Method

1. The flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder are first sifted in a mixing bowl.
2. Butter, sugar, salt, water and vanilla should be added and the ingredients must be beaten using a whisk. .
3. The eggs must be added and the batter must be beaten until it is smooth.
4. The batter must be transferred into the baking tin.
5. The pressure cooker must be heated. It should be covered with the lid but without pressure. It must be left for 3-4 minutes on high heat. The cake tin must be kept in the empty cooker. (Let not water be added to the cooker)
6. Let the lid be closed without the pressure. The flame must be lowered and it must be let to cook for about thirty minutes.