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by Diana Rattray
If the oven isn’t an option, you can use your pressure cooker to bake a delicious cake. This Instant Pot pear cake is easy to prepare and cook in a 6-cup Bundt cake pan (Amazon link). I like caramel sauce or butterscotch sauce drizzled over the cake, but a simple vanilla icing or a dusting of powdered sugar are also excellent options.
This baked apple cake is another excellent fall dessert, or you might like this pear upside-down cake.
How To Make Instant Pot Pear Cake
- Place a trivet in the Instant Pot and add 1 1/2 cups of water. Grease a 6-cup Bundt cake pan.
- Beat the cake ingredients in a bowl with an electric mixer.
- Fold in the diced pears.
- Spread the batter in the Bundt Cake pan.
- Cover the pan loosely with foil and place the cake pan on a foil sling or silicone baking sling.
- Place the cake in the Instant Pot. Set the instant pot to pressure cook the cake for 45 minutes.
- When the time is up let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then release the remaining pressure manually.
- Remove the cake and remove the foil. Let the cake stand for 5 minutes before carefully inverting onto a plate. If desired, drizzle with a sauce or syrup.
- Slice the cake and enjoy!
Instant Pot Pear Cake
You don’t need an oven to make this moist, delicious pear cake. The cake is cooked to perfection in the Instant Pot pressure cooker.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Pressure Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Desserts, Cakes, Pears, Instant Pot
- Method: Pressure Cook
Ingredients
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- 2/3 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups flour (5 3/4 ounces)
- 1 cup diced pears
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Pinch nutmeg
- Pinch allspice
Instructions
- Grease a 6-cup Bundt cake pan.
- Place the trivet in the Instant Pot inner pot and add 1 1/2 cups of water.
- In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, combine the brown sugar, butter, egg and milk; beat until smooth.
- Add the baking soda, vanilla extract, flour, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and allspice; mix on low speed until well blended. Fold in the diced pears.
- Spread the batter in the prepared cake pan. Cover the pan loosely with foil.
- Place the cake pan on a foil sling or baking sling and lower it onto the trivet.
- Secure the Instant Pot lid and turn the steam release valve to the sealing position.
- Choose the manual or pressure cook button (high pressure) and set the timer to 45 minutes.
- When the time is up let the pressure come down naturally for 10 minutes and then move the valve to the venting position.
- Remove the cake to a rack and remove the foil. Let the cake stand for 5 minutes and then carefully invert it onto a plate.