There was just a big sale on the Kindle version of my cookbook Vegan Under Pressure. It has already come to my attention (again) that the publisher did not update the ingredient list for the Apple Raisin Walnut Cake. Sadly, there is no photograph for it – and I am too busy to make it and take one. So, you will have to believe me that it tastes good (and could look better, as its a dark cake due to the teff or buckwheat flour). However, the upside is that it is gluten-free and very tasty.
Still…if I were going to make it, as I have in the past, I either make it for an event so that it will get eaten up, or I slice the cake once it’s cool and wrap individual slices in waxed paper, and label and freeze, just for those times when you wish that you had a piece of moist and delicious cake.
Here is the recipe for you to enjoy. If you make it and take a splendid photograph, please feel free to send it to me, and I will add it to this post, and give you photo credit.
Or if you have made it, and would like to comment, please feel free to do so.
In any case, if you want a mostly whole food cake in your life, here you go.
Apple Raisin Walnut Cake (from Vegan Under Pressure)
Ingredients
- Vegetable cooking spray
- ½ cup teff or buckwheat flour
- 1 cup gluten-free all-purpose baking flour
- ¼ cup Sucanat coconut palm, or brown sugar
- ⅓ cup organic sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom optional
- ½ teaspoon grated lemon zest
- ¾ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- ½ cup raisins
- 2 cups sliced peeled sweet tart apples such as Fuji, Jonathan, or Rome
- 3 tablespoons ground flax seeds
- ½ cup apple juice or water
- ¾ cup applesauce
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar or lemon juice
Instructions
- Spray a 1½- to 2-quart casserole dish or glass container that fits into your pressure cooker with cooking spray and set aside.
- Combine the flours, flour mix, sugars, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom, if using, in a large bowl. Add the lemon zest, walnuts, and raisins and stir well. Stir in the apples.
- Combine the ground flax and juice in a medium bowl and stir well. Let sit for 5 minutes. Stir in the applesauce and vinegar. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until well combined. Pour into the prepared dish.
- Add ¾ cup water to the pressure cooker. Add a trivet or rack to elevate the dish above the water (see page 14). Create a set of helper handles (see page 15) (or buy some sling bands) to enable you to easily remove the dish, and set them on the trivet. Place the dish on the trivet and cover with foil or put on a lid.
- Lock on the lid. Bring to high pressure; cook for 35 minutes. Let the pressure come down naturally. Carefully open the cooker, tilting the lid away from you.
- Remove the dish and set on a cooling rack. Remove the cover carefully so any accumulated moisture does not drip onto the cake.
- Let cool for at least 20 minutes. The cake will continue to firm up as it cools.
Searching for a mind that uses teff was not what I had as a task this morning. What I have as a task is to find a basic idea to use the walnuts I prepared and then forgot. Now I am using the last of the teff to make this apple cake and feel humbled that I just didn’t reach for your book to begin the search. Good morning, Jill
I guess that things worked out for you Mary. Great combo- teff and walnuts.
I am excited to bake this cake tomorrow.
I love insta pot cakes and all vegan receipes
Thank you
I hope that you enjoy it. It’s not like ordinary cake.
Make my pear almond upside down cake, too. It’s one of my favorites, and it looks great.
I need advice! This recipe specifies that I bake the cake in the InstantPot under “high pressure,” however my InstantPot doesn’t have a setting labelled “high pressure.” It does, however, have a “cake” setting and a “manual” setting.
Which setting should I use to bake my cake?
If you don’t have high and low pressure, then you only have high pressure. It sounds like you have a model that has both so be sure that you are using high pressure with the manual button. I am not sure what setting the preset cake setting is but…take a look and see. Sorry for the delay in getting right back to you. I hope that your cake turns out OK.
Enjoyed your summit meeting with Jul Nov.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge so I can learn more for me to embark on a new way to eat.
Love the Instant pot and will be using more for beans, etc.