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This is a detailed Red Velvet Cake Instant Pot Recipe with step by step pictures. It has many tips on how to get the right texture of the cake in the Instant Pot. This cake is made with Store-bought cake mix. Also, it is an egg-free red velvet cake. #instantpotcakes #redvelvetcake #eggfreecake #redvelvetinstantpotcake
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Red Velvet Cake Instant Pot Recipe

This is a detailed Red Velvet Cake Instant Pot Recipe with step by step pictures. It has many tips on how to get the right texture of the cake in the Instant Pot. This cake is made with Store-bought cake mix. Also, it is an egg-free red velvet cake. Microwave Option is also given.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Broiling Time5 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: eggfree cake, eggfree red velvet cake, instant pot cake recipe, red velvet cake, red velvet cake instant pot recipe
Servings: 8 Slices
Author: simplyvegetarian777

Ingredients

  • 1 Box Red Velvet Cake Mix Duncan Hines brand preferred

As per the ingredients mentioned at the back of the cake mix

  • 1 cup water
  • 3/4 cup Greek Yogurt for eggfree cake or 3 eggs as mentioned on the box
  • 1/3 cup Cooking Oil

Instructions

Prepare the Cake Pan

  • Take a baking parchment paper. Mark the bottom of the pan on the parchment paper with a pencil. Cut out the circle 1/2 inch more on all the sides. This is the bottom liner of your cake pan to avoid sticking of the cake at the bottom.Take some Melted Butter and Grease your pan nicely on all the sides. Now place the cut-out parchment paper circle at the bottom of the pan. Press it down.

Gather all the ingredients

  • I have used Greek Yogurt here to substitute Eggs. You may Use 3 eggs as mentioned in the recipe instructions.

Adding & Mixing the Ingredients

  • Take a large bowl and add all the ingredients to the bowl. Make a slightly thicker batter. The package instructions required 1 cup of water. I used little less than 1 cup and little more than 2/3rd of the water. Take an ELECTRIC WHISK or BLENDER and blend all the ingredients well into a smooth batter.

Leveling the Cake Batter

  • Pour the batter in the prepared cake pan. Make sure to fill the cake pan till slightly less than the 2/3rd of its depth. Leave the room for the cake to rise inside the aluminum cover. Tap it on the kitchen counter few times to release any bubbles or gap in between. Now take a butter knife and level out the Cake Batter.

Covering the Cake Pan & Placing inside the Instant Pot

  • Cover the cake pan with aluminum foil. Do not cover it tightly on the top. Try to create a Dome shape while covering the cake. Wrap it tightly around the sides. Place the inner pot inside the Instant Pot and plug it in. Now place the Trivet inside the Instant Pot. Add 2 cups of water to the pot. Now place the filled cake pan carefully inside the Instant Pot.

Making Cake in Instant Pot

  • Press the CAKE SETTING and set it at 40 minutes Normal. I think that is the DEFAULT setting on my IP.  Since I used it for the first time and that is what popped up. I made the cake in this setting.
    Close the Lid and set the floating valve to SEALING. Let the cake Bake/Cook in IP. Once the timer goes off, follow NPR that is Natural Pressure Release. Open the lid immediately after the pressure is released naturally. It might take 17-18 minutes for that.
  • Remove the Aluminum foil /cover from the cake pan. It will have that STEAMED LOOK.

Treating the Cake under the BROILER

  • This is where I put the OVEN BROILER on and tucked the cake pan under the broiler for 5 minutes to dry it up a bit. The trick worked. It air dried the soggy look of the cake. This is how I wanted my cake to look like BAKED. Now, most of the recipes do not call for this step and those people were pretty happy about it. But few recipes did this step and I incorporated. Pretty happy that I did. My cake was ready at this point.

Taking the cake out from the Pan and Slicing it Tips

  • Let the cake cool down in pan for 10 minutes before you flip it out and rest on cooling rack.
  • Place it on the cooling rack and let it cool completely to room temperature before you slice it.
  • Take a sharp knife and slice it.

Can I frost the Red Velvet Cake made in Instant Pot?

  • Absolutely yes. Cream Cheese Frosting goes best with Red Velvet Cake. Bring a pack of cream cheese to room temperature. Add 1/4 cup powdered sugar + 1 tsp Vanilla essence to it. Whip it with electric beater till light and fluffy. Spread it over.