Easy Pumpkin Cake Instant Pot Recipe

Pumpkin Cake Instant Pot Recipe is so easy to make and super delicious + moist. It is literally a DUMP & COOK PUMPKIN CAKE RECIPE. This cake has flavors of Fall in every single bite. 

PLEASE WATCH THE DETAILED VIDEO OF THE PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE IN THE POST.

Since it is made in Instant Pot, this cake is much more efficient and effortless to make.

IMPORTANT – Please SCROLL DOWN to the end for the Complete Recipe. You will find more information about the recipe in between.

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Easy Pumpkin Cake Instant Pot Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting & Crushed Pecans

So here is my confession – I am living in States for almost 20 years and had never tasted this delicious beauty till last year. There you go, I have confessed.

I know… But the thought of pumpkin in any dessert used to make me go bonkers. And now I want to experiment Pumpkin in all my desserts. So don’t be alarmed if you see too much of this delicious & nutritious fruit in my desserts…

Have you checked my INSTANT POT CAKES yet?

What is a Pumpkin Cake?

Since pumpkin is a symbol of Fall Harvest, it is eaten during the Fall and early Winter in United States. Pumpkin Cake is probably a spin off of Pumpkin Pie. Therefor it is a cake made with all the cake ingredients + pumpkin puree + some spices of your choice.

It is normally frosted with Cream Cheese Frosting and many a times Pecans are used wither inside the cake or on top as a topping.

How to Make CREAM CHEESE FROSTING?

I have one learnt one thing on my journey of baking – never skip on the required ingredients to get good results. This is a Basic and the Easy Cream Cheese Frosting.

Ingredients Needed – 1 package of Cream Cheese (at room temperature) + 1/2 cup unsalted Butter (at room temperature) + 2 cups powdered sugar + 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Directions – Take a blender and add everything together. Blend till you get a smooth frosting. Alternatively, put everything in a bowl. Mix it all with a hand held blender till you get smooth frosting.

How to make Pumpkin Puree at Home?

Though I have used Canned Pumpkin Puree for this recipe which is zero additives, you can make pumpkin puree at home. 

1 Can (15.5 ounce) of Pumpkin Puree is about 2 cups.

You can easily make it at home.

Take a small pumpkin that can fit inside your Instant Pot. Add 1 cup water in your inner pot and place it inside the IP. Plug it in. Wash the whole pumpkin. Place it on trivet inside the Inner Pot. Pressure cook on high for 25 minutes. Follow NPR. Take it out. Let cool. Peel. Cut into half. Scrape seeds out. Puree it in a blender. You have HOME MADE PUMPKIN PUREE.

Ingredients for this Cake

White Cake Mix (Boxed)

Eggs

Pumpkin Puree Can or Home made

Pumpkin Pie Spice

Pecans

Ingredients for Frosting

Cream Cheese

Unsalted Butter

Powdered Sugar

Vanilla Extract

Kitchen Gadgets Needed to make this Cake

6 quart Instant Pot or You can easily make it in MEALTHY MULTIPOT as well. If you would like, you must check out Mealthy Crisp Lid. It works as an air-fryer and broiler over your 6 quart lid of IP as well. 

Mixing Bowl

Hand Held Blender

Scraping Spatula

Foil

6 inches Fat Dadio’s Instant Pot Cake Pan

Butter Paper

4 oz mason jars

Can I make Mini Pumpkin Cakes in Jar in Instant Pot?

Since I have made this cake from the BOXED CAKE MIX (Super Moist White Cake Mix from Betty Crocker), there will be extra batter left.

An Instant Pot Cake uses about 2 &1/2 cups of cake mix and about 1/2 cup batter is left over. No point throwing that away, right? Therefore I made Mini Pumpkin Cakes in Jar with the leftover batter. It will give you between 4-5 mini cakes from left over batter. 

In case you want to make just the mini pumpkin cakes in Instant Pot, then it will yield you about 12-15 Mini cakes in 4 OZ Mason Jars. You can find the detailed recipe in the RECIPE CARD below with timings etc.

I used my Mini Instant Pot to make 4 minis with leftover batter. 

How to make Dump & Cook Easy Pumpkin Cake in Instant Pot?

1.  Place inner pot inside IP. Pour 1&1/2 cups water in it. Set it on Saute Mode  high and heat the water inside till you work on the cake.
2. You mix the cake mix + Pumpkin Puree + Eggs + Pumpkin Pie Spice in a bowl. Blend on medium speed till smooth & fluffy for about 2 minutes.
3. Prepare the pan and line it with parchment/butter paper. Spray it with oil. Pour Cake batter in it – more than 1/2 and less than 2/3rd of the depthof the cake pan. Tap it on the counter. Level out on the top. 
4.  Place the cake pan on trivet and put the trivet inside the inner pot. 
5.  Put the lid on & set the valve on SEALING. Press Cake Button and do not change it from its standard setting – 40 minutes. Once the timer goes off, follow NPR. Open the lid. Take the cake out. Let it cool inside the pan for 10 minutes. Take it out and let cool on cooling rack.
6. Frost it with cream cheese frosting and sprinkle crushed pecans.
7.  The Cake is Ready.

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In my kitchen, you will always EAT HAPPY & STAY HAPPY.

Sonal