This is my variation on a recipe I found when I was wondering what kind of a dessert I can make in Instant Pot. I added a few ingredients and replaced the white chocolate with dark chocolate and honey. The result was impressive, and it seems this cake is becoming a part of our regular repertoire.
Ingredients:
- 4 oz dark chocolate - I like to use 70%
- 4 oz full-fat cream cheese at room temperature
- 4 TBS honey or to taste
- 3 large eggs, separated
- very small pinch of salt
- 2 TBS sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- juice of one small to medium lemon
- 1 -2 TBS grand mariner, optional
Method:
- Add 1 inch of water in a pot, bring it to simmer
- Add the chocolate to a metal bowl that sits well on top of the pot and melt the chocolate, stirring occasionally
- Remove the bowl from the, add the cream cheese, and whisk it until you get a smooth mixture. A little speck of cream cheese here and there adds to the experience, but there should be no cheese chunks.
- Add the egg yolks, the honey, the salt, the vanilla extract, and the lemon juice to the chocolate cream mixture and mix well. The mixture may become smoother and shinier.
- Make meringue from the egg whites: Whisk the whites to a soft peak, gradually add the sugar, and continue whisking until you have a stiff meringue. Note that the bowl should not be greasy, that will possibly prevent meringue from forming.
- Add 1/4 of the meringue to the chocolate mix and fold carefully. Then add all of the remaining meringue and fold it into the chocolate mix.
- Grease a cake spring-form pan that fits into your instant pot, and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Fill the cake pan with the chocolate mix and smooth the top.
- To an Instant Pot pot, add 1 cup of water. Put the cake pan on top of the Instant Pot rivet, and lower it into the pot.
- Cook on high pressure for 17 minutes, then let the pressure drop naturally.
- Take the cake out of the Instant Pot and cool it on a rack.
- Remove the sides of the cake pan, separate the cake from the pan gently with a knife if needed.
- Invert the cake pan on top of a plate and remove the parchment paper.
- Cover the cake with plastic wrap, and cool it in a fridge - I like to do it over night.
- Serve dusted with icing sugar that will hide any imperfections. A good accompaniment can be a dollop of a slightly sour jam. Of course, one can always add whipped cream, but I think the cake is rich enough as is.
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