21 Easy Instant Pot Cake Recipes

What should I make for dinner tonight? This might just be the number one question that we ask ourselves almost daily over here.

Then you have come to the right place, we have rounded up 21 easy instant pot cake recipes that we have shared over the years.

Plus, there is such a variety of flavours in these recipes, so you are sure to find something for you. Most of these recipes are quick and easy ones made especially for busy weeknights.

21 Easy Instant Pot Cake Recipes

Fudgy Chocolate Cake

45 min

Cocoa powder, chocolate chips, eggs, flour, baking powder

5.08

Instant Pot Recipes

Instant Pot Cake

2 hr

Whole wheat flour, apple cider vinegar, coconut oil, almond milk, maple syrup

4.822

Well Plated by Erin

Instant Pot Cake (Box Mix Transformed)

1 hr 15 min

Cake mix, chocolate buttercream frosting, caramel bits

4.919

Pip and Ebby

Instant Pot Chocolate Cake

40 min

Cocoa powder, icing sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda

4.6294

Corrie Cooks

Instant Pot Confetti Birthday Cake

2 hr 45 min

Sour cream, vanilla bean, cake flour, heavy cream, baking soda

3.86

Food Network

Easy Instant Pot Chocolate Cake

1 hr 15 min

Almond milk, brown sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, powdered sugar, hot coffee

5.07

The Busy Baker

31 Easy Instant Pot Desserts

4.9103

The Kitchen Community

Instant Pot Banana Cake — Easy Instant Pot Cake Recipe

1 hr 30 min

Instant pot, brown sugar, parchment paper, heavy cream, bananas

4.446

A Pressure Cooker

Instant Pot Apple Cinnamon Cake

1 hr 15 min

Orange juice, pot, powdered sugar, cinnamon, baking powder

4.266

Whatsinthepan

Instant Pot Cake (Chocolate, Red Velvet, Vanilla)

45 min

Unsweetened cocoa powder, self raising flour, buttermilk, wine vinegar, butter

5.01

Recipe Vibes

Instant Pot Pound Cake

1 hr 40 min

Buttermilk, lemon juice, eggs, baking soda, baking powder

5.07

Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons

30 Best Instant Pot Desserts

Instant pot, instant pot rice, nutella, cheesecake, poached pears

5.02

Insanely Good Recipes

Instant Pot Lemon Cake

40 min

Lemon cake mix, powdered sugar, lemon juice, salted butter

4.626

One Happy Housewife

Instant Pot Chocolate Cake

35 min

Sour cream, brown sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, egg, baking soda

5.03

My Kitchen Love

Instant Pot Box Cake

33 min

Instant pot, box cake mix, olive oil, eggs, skimmed milk

5.03

Recipe This

7-UP Instant Pot Cake

50 min

Yellow cake mix, eggs, up soda

4.3101

Adventures of a Nurse

Instant Pot Chocolate Cake

45 min

Raspberry jam, unsweetened cocoa powder, butter, eggs, flour

4.73

The Typical Mom

Instant Pot Chocolate Cake

1 hr 22 min

Unsweetened cocoa powder, sweet chocolate chips, heavy whipping cream, butter, egg

No reviews

Baking Up Memories –

Fudgy, Flourless Instant Pot Chocolate Cake

3 hr 20 min

Brown sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate chips, butter, sea salt

4.49

Food52

Instant Pot Strawberry Cake

36 min

Strawberries, baking powder, all purpose flour, vanilla extract

4.330

Sugar, Spice & Glitter

Instant Pot Chocolate Lava Cake

17 min

Dark chocolate chips, eggs, flour, vanilla, mint leaves

4.431

Favorite Family Recipes

7 Related Question Answers About Easy Instant Pot Cake Recipes

Can you use any cake pan in Instant Pot?

RECIPE NOTES

Normal 8- or 9-inch round cake pans do not fit inside an Instant Pot, so you will need to get either a 6-inch round cake pan or a 7-inch round cake pan if you don’t already have one.

What is the cake setting on Instant Pot?

The Cake Maker setting on the Instant Pot is not “baking” by circulating dry, hot air around the food to cook it. Instead, it is utilizing the same function as Pressure Cook by heating water past its boiling temperature and using the resulting steam to cook the food.

Can you bake with an Instant Pot?

You aren’t really baking a cake in an Instant Pot, you’re steaming it. The cake will be moist — which works for something like bread pudding — but you won’t get a nice crust on the cake or the chewy edges that everyone fights over with baked brownies.

Can you make a cake in the Instant Pot duo Nova?

Of the Instant Pot models, the Lux, Duo Plus, and Ultra series include the cake setting for the 6 quart and 8 quart models. … You can still make a cake in your smaller Instant Pot using the manual (pressure cook) button.

What can I use instead of cake pan?

The first option you have when baking a cake without a cake pan is to use a sheet pan instead. The ideal sheet pan for making a cake will be flat and have sides that come up at least one inch all the way around the pan.

Can you bake in a pressure cooker?

Believe it or not, you don’t need an oven to bake a cake. You can spread any cake batter in a prepared pan that will fit in your stove top or electric pressure cooker. To use the stove top pressure cooker like an oven, remove the gasket and whistle.

Can you use oil in a pressure cooker?

What is this? Pressure cooking in oil is not possible to do in an ordinary domestic pressure cooker. If you wish to deep fry your food, you need to invest in a deep fat fryer or chip pan. Of course, if you want to fry off your ingredients before they cook under pressure, this is perfectly safe and acceptable.