Chocolate, cream cheese, heavy whipping cream....need I say more? Throw an Instant Pot into the mix, and everything is perfect. Baking the chocolate fudge cake in the Instant Pot makes it super moist. Just wait until you try it.
Instant Pot New York Chocolate Fudge Cake
Cake Ingredients:
1 box triple chocolate cake mix
3 eggs
1 ¼ cup water
½ cup oil
1 C chopped Walnuts
½ C chopped pecans for topping
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CAKE:
Mix the vanilla cake mix, eggs, water, and oil in a large bowl.
Fold in the chopped walnuts. Grease and flour a 7-inch bundt pan.
Pour the cake batter into the bundt pan about ¾ way full
Add 1 cup water to the inner bowl of the instant pot. Place the trivet inside.
Make a foil sling and carefully lower the filled bundt pan on top of the trivet in the instant pot. Loosely fold the foil sling over the top of the bundt pan.
Close the lid and set it to sealing.
Cook on high pressure for 35 minutes.
Quick pressure release.
Let cool on a cooling rack for 30-60 minutes.
Use a knife to gently separate the cake from the sides of the Bundt pan and empty the cake onto a wire rack above a cookie sheet.
Cream Cheese Glaze Ingredients:
2 C powdered sugar
½ C cream cheese, room temp
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon whole milk
In a large bowl, whisk together the cream cheese, powdered sugar,
vanilla extract and milk until combined, creamy and smooth
Pour over the bundt cake
Allow to set in the fridge for 30 minutes
Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:
1 C semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ C heavy whipping cream
Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until it is slightly boiling
Pour chocolate chips into a heat-safe bowl
Pour heavy whipping cream over the chocolate chips and whisk until smooth
Pour the ganache over the cake and let sit for a few minutes
Sprinkle the chopped pecans on top
Allow the ganache to set before cutting and enjoying!
This super chocolatey cake has a layer of cream cheese glaze over the top and a layer of chocolate ganache over the cream cheese. Talk about decadent. Making the cake in the Instant Pot is fast and also a great way to achieve a super moist cake.
