This is how to make Instant Pot angel food cake! Fluffy fat free cake right in your pressure cooker that tastes amazing! You have got to try this for dessert this week, it will be a huge hit at your house for sure.
I made this Instant Pot angel food cake the other day and it came out super fluffy! It didn’t last long when my family got home either. It became an after school treat right away. Definitely one of my favorite Instant Pot recipes here on The Typical Mom. (affiliate links present)
Ninja Foodi Angel Food Cake
I’m a sucker for angel food cake, probably because my Grandma made it for me as a child for each and every birthday. I love that it is a fat free cake too so I don’t feel guilty if I have an extra piece on “those days”.
You can use any brand of pressure cooker you have at home though. If you have a crockpot express that one works just the same as this, and for a Ninja Foodi you will use the lid that is NOT attached. They all work great as long as you use the directions listed below.
If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:
- Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
- Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
- I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
- You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.
For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.
Angel Food Cake Instant Pot
I have made many Instant Pot dessert recipes before but I must say this was the easiest and brought back a lot of memories too.
- Angel Food Cake mix – this is the one I use
- if yours has a separate pouch of dry egg whites you want to combine it all
- 7″ Angel Food Cake pan – seriously it is so cute – if that is out of stock this 6″ pan will fit in your 6 qt or 8″ pan will fit in your 8 qt IP
- Cup of water
- Instant Pot or pressure cooker – the one above is the one I have
- 1/4 cup Raspberry jam (warmed) – optional but great, I use whole fruit varieties
- whipped cream and/or powdered sugar is great too on top
Use a large bowl to whip it up light and fluffy. You’ll need to cover with foil too so you’ll need a bit of that. Doesn’t this just look amazing?? My favorite dessert of all time.
7 Inch Angel Food Cake Recipe
See how fluffy it is! It actually took me two tries to get the timing right but I knew I could do it. I started making just meals in my Instant Pot when I got it but soon I bought a 6″ bundt pan and made this amazing Instant Pot coffee cake and then the idea hit me….I could make just about anything in it if I had the correct pans!
I warmed a little raspberry jam and drizzled it on top for color and it added a lot of amazing flavor to this fat free cake too.
- One box will make 2 Instant Pot angel food cakes so if you just want one follow the recipe below.
If you want 2 then double this and use the whole box of cake mix and cook it twice….you get the drift. 😉 Here’s a video showing you how we make it:
Instant Pot Shortcake
You can see here how the middle section of your Instant Pot angel food cake just lifts off the sides once you loosen it and then you loosen the bottom where it is setting on the pan and gently turn it over on to your fingers. Then it should slide off without having to use non stick spray. Gently place it on a plate and enjoy.
Yes, if you use a 7-8 inch tube pan that will fit. You will use the same boxed mix with the ingredients listed to make the batter but only half will be used at a time. That means you can make 2 angel food cakes with 1 box this way. A great small batch cake to make for 4 people.
Here are a few other angel food cake recipes to enjoy!
I also have a big list of angel food cake mix recipes you can try too!
Boxed Angel Food Cake in Instant Pot
Here are quick directions, printable recipe card is below as well: Use half of your angel food cake mix box which is 1.5 cups. Put into a bowl. Combine this with 1/2 c water and 1/8 c water. I list them separately because most people don’t have an 1/8 c measuring cup so just use your 1/4 c and fill half way along with your 1/2 c water.
- Use a mixer to mix water and angel food cake mix for about a minute on high or until it starts to fluff up like meringue.
- Spoon the mixture into your 7″ angel food cake pan and cover with tinfoil.
- Put a trivet or a small glass bowl at the bottom of your Instant Pot or pressure cooker with about 1.5 c of water surrounding it so it can steam your cake.
- Place your cake on your trivet inside the Instant Pot and close your lid and steam valve. Set to manual, pressure, high, for 27 minutes cook time.
- Do a slow release (move steam valve slightly so steam comes out very slowly). Lift lid off quickly so the water inside doesn’t cover your foil.
- Carefully lift your pan out and set on a cooling rack. Remove foil and allow to cool.
Do NOT grease your pan. The non stick pan is enough for it to not adhere and it allows the cake to “creep up” as it rises.
Use a knife to loosen cake from pan on the sides of the pan. Push bottom gently and pull up on middle metal piece of pan to lift out. Use knife to loosen cake from bottom rim and a bit on the middle stem of the pan so it slides off. Put on plate and enjoy or add a bit of whipped cream to the top….that is delicious too. 1 angel food cake mix box makes 2 Instant Pot angel food cakes.
Instant Pot Angel Food Cake
Equipment
- 1 pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1.5 c Angel Food Cake Mix
- 1.5 c water, for bottom of Instant Pot
- 1/2 c water, for mix
- 1/8 c water, for mix
Instructions
- Use half of your angel food cake mix box which is 1.5 cups. Put into a bowl.
- Combine cake mix with 1/2 c water and 1/8 c water. (I list them separately because most people don’t have an 1/8 c measuring cup so just use your 1/4 c and fill half way along with your 1/2 c water.
- Use a mixer to mix water and angel food cake mix for about a minute on high or until it starts to fluff up like meringue.
- Do NOT grease your pan. The non stick pan is enough for it to not adhere and it allows the cake to “creep up” as it rises. Spoon the mixture into your 7″ angel food cake pan and cover with tinfoil.
- Put a trivet or a small glass bowl at the bottom of your Instant Pot or pressure cooker with about 1.5 c of water surrounding it so it can steam your cake.
- Place your cake on your trivet inside the Instant Pot and close your lid and steam valve.
- Set to manual, pressure, high, for 27 minutes.
- Do a slow release (move steam valve slightly so steam comes out very slowly).
- Lift lid off quickly so the water inside doesn’t cover your foil.
- Carefully lift your pan out and set on a cooling rack.
- Remove foil and allow to cool.
- Use a knife to loosen cake from pan on the sides of the pan. Push bottom gently and pull up on middle metal piece of pan to lift out. Use knife to loosen cake from bottom rim and a bit on the middle stem of the pan so it slides off.
- Put on plate and enjoy or add a bit of melted raspberry jam to the top….that is delicious too.
- 1 angel food cake mix box makes 2 Instant Pot angel food cakes.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Does water end up sitting on the top of the cake. I always have this happen on my cheesecakes
I use foil so that doesn’t happen.
I used an 8″ angel food cake pan, half the batter, covered, 27 minutes on high pressure, let it NPR. It overflowed, and then went flat. Could altitude have an effect on this? I am at 8,000.
My Instant Pot does not have a Manual setting. If I just set it on high pressure, will the timing be the same?
Pressure cook is the same as Manual 🙂
what is a instant pot I do not have a pressure cooker anymore..
It’s an electric pressure cooker that also has other functions. It’s extremely useful and can make cooking much easier and faster. It doesn’t do everything, but it can do many things and save you money. As long as you get the right model, you can make a gallon of yogurt for the cost of a gallon of milk and it’s super easy. People have complicated ways of using it, but if you stick to the easier ways, you’ll save a lot of time. Also, you can take a pound of dried beans and have them cooked without soaking in maybe an hour. It takes about 30 minutes once the pot comes to pressure, and the length of time depends on the amount of food (mostly water in the case of beans) in the InstantPot. You can cook perfect hard boiled eggs in a few minutes without having to watch the pot or use a lot of water. They are steamed, actually. You can cook pasta in one pot with the sauce. You can cook chicken and noodles in 5 minutes flat plus the time to come to pressure. I have not personally succeeded in making bread or cake in my InstantPot without it becoming heavy, but many have succeeded in making cheesecake well in it. I use mine for sous vide on Keep Warm after putting hot water in the pan. Works very well. It’s much safer than the old stove top pressure cookers. You do have a few safety rules that you must follow, but they are easy. You can only fill it so much, for example. Also, you have to use water to cook. You don’t want to cook cheese sauce or it will burn but you can make the noodles in it without training and then add milk and cheese in a specific way to make the most wonderful macaroni and cheese. It will really change the way you cook, and you can keep the steam out of your kitchen for the most part if you turn it off before things are completely cooked and let the remaining heat finish cooking them and then open it only after the pressure is gone. It’s a wonderful appliance. It’s on sale often if you look for it. Probably around the holidays and sometimes at other times, such as Amazon Prime Day. Just know the difference between the types because newer models do more and some models let you choose any temperature while others don’t. I have the 6-quart models, 2 of them though it’s so fast that I should have just gotten an extra pan and lid instead.
Could you do this in mason jars?
I made this in my 6 inch bundt pan. I had so much batter that there was no way to put it all in this pan. I filled it 3/4 of the way up and then let the rest of the batter sit that half hour to make another one after the first cake was done. The first cake rose up to the top of the aluminum foil so I may have put too much batter in my pan. The second cake turned out flat. My question is, is there that much difference between a 7 inch tube pan and my 6 inch bundt pan? If I make it again, I may cut this recipe in half.
I do not use a bundt pan for this, I use the angel food cake pan that you see in the recipe and there is a link to the one I use in the post as well. There is a difference in pans.
Where can I buy the angel food pan for the Instant pot? I have looked on Amazon and ebay, and googled it, and can’t find the small one anywhere.
It’s Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake Mix!!
There is a link in the post here for the pan that I use.
Does the 7″ angel food cake pan fit in a 6qt Instant Pot?
Yes, I have the 6qt and the 7″ link for the pan above is the one I have and fits well.
I found my 7″ pan at Joann Fabric
I am confused about the 1/2 cup + 1/8 cup note for the water. That type of notation would make me think that you are using dry style measuring cups vs. a liquid measuring cup (like the glass one shown adding water to the Instant Pot). You will get more consistent results using a liquid measuring cup. Dry cups must be filled to the exact top to get the full measure. I can’t do that without spilling liquid. You must be more steady than I. I would just measure out 5/8 of cup in a liquid measuring cup.
Yes!!! I believe they just didn’t know how to combine/convert? ?
I just bought 4.5″ pans. Any ideas of how long to cook these?
I’ve only used the pan linked in this recipe so I don’t know timing for others.
I just did an experiment with the 4.5″ non-stick angel food cake pans. I used 1/2 of the recipe above and cooked on high pressure for 15 minutes. My cake overflowed, but was cooked through. Next time I’ll use 1/3 of the recipe listed and try for 12 minutes. I also forgot to cover mine with aluminum foil–good thing with the overflow I had! Hope this helps.
Oops! Forgot to mention that I did mine in the 3 quart mini Instant Pot.
Oh good to know, thanks for the info!
Pan??
I don’t know if I missed it but several people have asked about the pan. Do you need to purchase a special pan? Please answer. So annoying not to know. It looks really good and I want to make a couple.
Thank you!
Feeling silly!
I’m replying to my own comment! Figured out the pan problem. Can’t believe I missed it. Sorry!
I can’t wait to try this!! I will use a bundt pan I bought