Strawberry-Glazed Pink Velvet Cake in Your Pressure Cooker
A bright, tender pink velvet cake with fresh strawberries, perfectly pressure-cooked and topped with a glossy strawberry glaze.
Equipment
- 1 Pressure Cooker With trivet
- 1 Cake pan To fit inside pressure cooker
- 1 Whisk
Ingredients
Cake Batter
- ½ cup unsalted butter very soft
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract clear or regular
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups cake flour
- 3 egg whites large
- 4-8 drops pink food coloring Wilton Pink Rose preferred
- ½ cup fresh strawberries diced
Instructions
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, then stir in vanilla and almond extract.
- Sift dry ingredients and alternately mix with buttermilk into the creamed mixture.
- Whisk egg whites to soft peaks and fold into batter.
- Add pink food coloring and strawberries; fold gently to preserve texture.
- Grease pressure cooker pan, pour in batter, and place on trivet inside cooker with 1 cup water underneath.
- Seal lid, cook on high pressure for 30 minutes.
- Let pressure release naturally, remove cake carefully, cool and glaze.
Notes
Cool completely before glazing. Store leftovers in airtight container for 3 days or freeze individual slices.