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30-60 min6-8 servingsall-purpose flour

Upside Down Caramelized Apple Cake

By Instant Pot Culinary Team

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6-8 servings

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30-60 min

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Easy

Upside Down Caramelized Apple Cake
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Recipe Details

Course: Dinner, Kid-Friendly

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 40 min

Total Time: 30-60 min

Cooking Technique: Bake

Cuisine: American, American

Yield: 6-8 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1 apple
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cup Water
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 7 tbsp melted butter
Baking a cake in an Instant Pot? Who would’ve thought? This recipe is simple-to-make. It’s great for entertaining guests or just yourself. The intoxicating smells of cinnamon, baked apples, and melted butter coalesce in your kitchen will make you feel like you’re home for the holidays, even if you’re not.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Grease a 7-inch fluted aluminum cake pan.
  2. Mix Base ingredients for the base, except apple slices, in a bowl and spread evenly to the bottom of the pan.
  3. Overlay the apple slices at the bottom of the pan, making sure there are no gaps.
  4. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.
  5. Add water to the inner pot. Place steam rack in the inner pot.
  6. In a large mixing bowl, whisk egg and sugar together.
  7. Add vanilla extract, butter, and milk to egg mixture, whisk together.
  8. Sift dry ingredients into your egg mixture, mix well.
  9. Pour Cake Batter on top of apple slices evenly. Cover cake pan with aluminum foil.
  10. Place pan on steam rack. Close and secure lid for pressure cooking.
  11. Select BAKE, CUSTOM level, HIGH pressure and set time. for 35 minutes (00:35). Select START. Turn off KEEP WARM.
  12. When program ends, Natural Release pressure.
  13. Remove the Multi-Cooker Lid. Take the cake out. Remove the aluminum foil and let cake cool.
  14. Place a plate over cake tin and flip to serve.

Notes

TIP: The whisking adds air to your batter which helps your cake rise. So, whisk well.

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Instant Pot® Culinary Team

Instant Pot® Culinary Team

When life’s moving fast and dinner needs to happen faster, the Instant Pot Culinary Team is here to make it deliciously doable. We cook up recipes for every Instant Pot appliance you’ve got your hands on—so whether you’re tackling Tuesday night or going all-out for the weekend, you’ll have the flavor without the fuss. No overthinking, no babysitting, just good food that works with your schedule (not against it).

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