Instant Pot Carrot Cake Bread Pudding Food

STEAMED CARROT PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar, molasses, and eggs. Add flour and spices and stir just until blended. Fold in shortening , carrots, raisins, nuts, and bread crumbs. Spoon batter into half sized bundt pan sprayed with non-stick spray. Cover with foil and poke a hole in the middle of the tin foil. Prepare a foil sling for lifting the pan out of the pressure cooker by taking an 18" strip of foil and folding it lengthwise twice. Pour 1 1/2 cups of water into the pressure cooking pot and place the trivet in the bottom. Center the bundt pan on the foil strip and lower it into the pressure cooker. Fold the foil strips down so that they do not interfere with closing the lid. Lock the lid in place. Select High Pressure and set the timer for 60 minutes. When beep sounds, turn off pressure cooker and use a natural pressure release to release the pressure. Carefully remove the bundt pan to a wire rack to cool uncovered for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, unmold on a serving platter. Spiced Rum Sauce Stir brown sugar and butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth, about 2 minutes. Add cream, rum, and cinnamon and simmer until sauce thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Serve warm. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before serving.)

HOMEMADE CARROT CAKE (INSTANT POT)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, white sugar, and oil until no lumps remain. You can use a stand mixer or a hand mixer. Add eggs and vanilla and blend until combined.
• Sift in flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and cloves. Stir to combine. The batter will be very thick, like soft peanut butter or loose cookie dough.
• Add carrots, nuts, pineapple, and coconut. Stir well, then let rest for 5-10 minutes to allow the moisture from the carrots and pineapple to soften the batter. Stir once more.
• Evenly divide the mixture between two greased, six inch cake pans. Cover tightly with foil.
• To the Instant Pot, add 2 cups of water. Place one cake pan onto a silicone pressure cooking sling or trivet and place it in the Instant Pot. Place a trivet or other oven/pressure cooking safe rack on top of the first cake pan. I used the rack from my air fryer, but anything that will allow adequate airflow between the cake pans will work. Try two chopsticks, or the trivet. Place the second cake pan on top.
• Lock the lid, turn the knob to sealing, and cook on manual high pressure for 60 minutes. Allow a full natural pressure release, about 15-30 minutes.
• Carefully remove cakes from the pot, remove the foil, and let cool to room temperature. Replace with foil or cover with plastic wrap, then refrigerate for at least 5 hours, overnight preferred.
• Remove the cakes from the pans. The cakes will shrink a little bit and may stick, so I recommend sliding a knife around the edges of the pan, then shaking the pan from side to side (with the foil back on it) to dislodge the cake. It should then pop out perfectly.
• Ice the cake with cream cheese frosting and decorate with additional chopped nuts, coconut, frosting, and pineapple. I recommend crumb coating the cake by adding a thin layer of frosting to the entire cake, then freezing for 15-20 minutes. Then, frost with the remaining frosting. This will help lock in the crumbs and yield a beautiful cake!
• Combine all ingredients except the powdered sugar in a medium bowl or stand mixer and blend together until smooth.
• Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time. Incorporate each cup of sugar before adding the next. Add milk or cream as needed to thin.

OLD FASHIONED CARROT PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and 1 cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; stir into the creamed mixture until well blended. The mixture will be dry. Stir in the carrots, raisins and chopped walnuts. Pour into a well-greased pudding mold or coffee can. Cover the top with aluminum foil.
• Place the pudding mold into a large kettle or Dutch oven filled with 2 inches of water. Cover the pan, and bring to a simmer. Allow the pudding to steam for 4 to 4 1/2 hours over low heat. Remove from the mold. Serve with warm lemon sauce.
• To make the lemon sauce, mix together 3/4 cup of sugar, cornstarch and salt in a saucepan. Stir in hot water, butter, lemon juice and vanilla. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Serve warm over the pudding.

INSTANT POT CARROT CAKE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Before you start making Bread Pudding Cut up the bread slices into 1-inch pieces, spread on a sheet pan in one layer and let dry overnight. It is important to use dried bread, otherwise bread pudding will turn out soggy! Make Instant Pot Carrot Cake Bread Pudding In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract, and orange oil (or orange zest) until smooth and combined. Add the dried bread, grated carrot, raisins, and chopped walnuts to the eggy mixture. Mix well until everything is incorporated and all the bread is covered in the milk-egg mixture. Spray an oven-safe glass dish that fits into your Instant Pot with cooking oil. Transfer the bread mixture into the prepared dish. Add 1 cup of cold water to your Instant Pot and place a trivet inside. Cover the bread pudding dish with foil, place on the trivet inside your Instant Pot. Close the lid of your Instant Pot and turn the valve to Sealing. Press Manual or Pressure Cooker button (depending on your model) and use the arrows to select 25 minutes. It will take about 7-8 minutes to come to pressure. Once the Instant Pot beeps that the 25 minutes of cooking are done, do quick release. This should take about 2 minutes. Open the lid and carefully remove the cooked Carrot Cake Bread Pudding. Run a knife around the edges of the dish to loosen it from the walls. Cover with a plate and turn over. It should slide out easily if the dish wash sprayed with the oil well. Serve hot with maple syrup for breakfast or ice cream and whipped cream for dessert.

INSTANT POT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss together the bread, raisins and pecans until evenly combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together the half and half, cream, both sugars, eggs, egg yolks, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and butter. Pour over the bread mixture and stir until evenly combined. Transfer to a greased 7-inch round casserole or soufflé dish, pressing down firmly. Grease a piece of foil with cooking spray and cover the bread pudding tightly with the foil, greased side down.
• Place a wire trivet inside of a 6-quart or large Instant Pot and pour in 1 ½ cups of water. Carefully place the bread pudding inside, lock the lid and set the valve to seal. Pressure cook on high for 42 minutes. Allow the pressure to naturally release for 10 minutes before manually releasing any residual pressure. Carefully unlock the lid, lift out the bread pudding and set aside.
• Remove the trivet and pour out the water. Return the bowl to the Instant Pot and press the sauté button on low. Add the butter and allow to melt. Whisk in the sugar and cook until it has dissolved. Pour in the cream, bourbon, vanilla and salt and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and begins to bubble. Turn off the machine. Serve the bread pudding warm by scooping it into bowls and drizzling the sauce over it.