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Chocolate & Pear Pressure Cooker Cake

Chocolate and Pear - a match made in cake heaven! And no need for an oven. Our favourite cake recipe, adapted for the pressure cooker method - Pressure Cooker Chocolate Cake for the ovenless kitchen!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 8 slices

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup (95 g) plain flour
  • 1 ½ tsp (1.5 tsp) baking powder
  • 1 pinch (1 pinch) salt
  • ¾ tsp (¾ tsp) instant coffee powder
  • 4 tbsp (60 g) cocoa powder
  • ½ cup (100 g) sugar
  • 140 ml (140 ml) hot water
  • 35 ml (35 ml) oil
  • ¾ tsp (¾ tsp) vinegar
  • 1 (1) pear

Instructions

  • Wash the pears. Remove the core and slice.
  • mix all dry ingredients except sugar: flour, baking powder, salt, coffee powder, cocoa.
  • Mix sugar with the hot water, oil and vinegar until the sugar is dissolved.
  • Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients.
  • Pour into a heat-proof bowl that fits inside the pressure cooker on the trivet. Place pears evenly in the cake mixture. You can make nice patterns or let them stick out. Be creative :-)
  • Cover the base of the pressure cooker with two centimeters water (or the minimum required by your pressure cooker). Insert cake bowl.
  • Put lid on and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 191mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 1.6mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1.1mg
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