Pressure Cooker Blackberry Almond Breakfast Cake is the perfect solution for a high protein, whole grain, antioxidant rich breakfast. Not to mention, gorgeous, delicious, and chock-full of sweet, juicy blackberries!
Hello pretty Pressure Cooker Blackberry Almond Breakfast Cake. I owe my children's perfect parent-teacher reports all to you and your high protein, whole grain, antioxidant super powers that keep my kids brains clear and their behavior angelic.
It may sound like I'm bragging about my children, but don't let my gushing make you feel inferior. It's simply a selective memory and issues with accepting that my son is the one yelling potty words in Kindergarten to make other kids laugh. Heaven help me.
I'm gonna go ahead and keep pretending that life's answers to all children misbehaviors is a belly full of healthy, whole grain cake. Pressure Cooker Blackberry Almond Cake to be exact!
For this recipe, I make the cake bigger that my usual recipe (like this Berries and Cream Cake) so that my family can have their fill without fighting over the final slice. 8 inch springform pans fit like a charm in an 8 quart pot. But good news, I've also discovered this 8 inch springform pan and this push pan that will fit in a 6 quart pot and works perfectly for this recipe.
One other thing you're gonna need for this cake is a heating core. It doesn't cost much but it makes all the difference in the world in getting the center of breakfast cakes cooked to perfection. And trust me when I say, once you jump on the breakfast cake train, you will be making them at least once a week, if not everyday because the demand for them will be INTENSE. Without the core, I would add about 10 more minutes to the cook time. Check out this Pumpkin Breakfast Cake where I also use the heating core.
Breakfast cakes are good hot, cold, and warmed back up. Not a lot of foods you can say that about!
Enjoy!
Pressure Cooker Blackberry Almond Breakfast Cake
Pressure Cooker Blackberry Almond Breakfast Cake is the perfect high protein, whole grain way to start your day!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 75 minutes
- Yield: 5 servings 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Pressure cooker
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 cups greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon almond extract (or 1 tablespoon of homemade almond extract)
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 cup fresh blackberries (can substitute with thawed frozen blackberries)
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons sliced almonds
Instructions
- Lightly grease an 8 inch springform pan and heating core with nonstick cooking spray (directions for cooking without a heating core below).
- Beat together the eggs and sugar until smooth. Add the melted butter, yogurt, and almond extract and whisk until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Combine with the egg mixture. Pour half of the batter in the prepared pan and heating core (fill heating core half way). Sprinkle evenly with blackberries. Sprinkle blackberries with cornstarch. Carefully pour remaining batter over the blackberries. Sprinkle top of the cake with almonds.
- Add 1 cup of water to the pressure cooker pot and place a trivet inside.
- Optional: Make a tinfoil sling by folding a long piece of foil into thirds. Place cake pan on top and use this to lower the cake onto the trivet. This will make for easy removal once the cake is done.
- Secure the lid and turn pressure release knob to a sealed position. Cook at high pressure for 45 minutes.
- When cooking is complete, use a natural release for 10 minutes and then release any remaining pressure.
- Remove pan from pressure cooker using the tinfoil sling and place on a cooling rack.
- Optional: Sprinkle with turbinado sugar and place under the oven broiler for 2-3 minutes.
- Carefully remove the springform ring.
- Serve warm as is or with a drizzle of maple syrup.
Notes
- Without a heating core, add 10-15 minutes of cook time
- To make this easy to throw together in the mornings, I prep my wet ingredients and place it in the fridge. Then I bag my dry ingredients. In the morning I just dump the dry into the wet, whisk it up, and it's ready to go!
Keywords: instant pot cake, instant pot breakfast, fruit cake, make ahead
Can a Bundt pan be used instead?
Brandy, Yes! And you can cut 10 – 15 minutes off the cook time!
I just made this. Is the texture supposed to be spongey and moist? It’s not dry/crumbly like dessert cakes. Did I not cook it long enough?
I used a springform pan in my 8 QT instant pot.
I’m putting it in the oven for 10 min to see if that will help to change its texture.
Lisa, It is moist and spongy. I always tell people it’s like a cross between a cake and german pancakes. How did it turn out for you?
I’m super excited to try this recipe, but only have a 6-inch springform with heating core. How long would you cook it in a 6-inch pan? Thanks!
If you have a heating core you might be fine but maybe add an extra 5 minutes just to be safe. I’m crossing my fingers it fits for you! I’m guessing it might rise above the pan but be cooked enough by that point that it keeps its shape. Let me know how it goes! That’s gonna be one beautiful, tall cake if it works!
I use the Instant Pot 8 quart DUO. Is the “heater core” considered the inner pot?
Oh my – read the instructions closer. I see what it is.
I’m not quite sure what you mean. The heating core is just a baking tool you put in the center of your springform pan to make the cake cook faster. But if you don’t have one, just increase the cooking time to 55 minutes
Breakfast is sometimes tricky because all the kids want something different. Staples are oats, smoothies and cereal if we are on the go. They also love pancakes, sunrises, popovers and overnight kefir coffee cake when I have time. Breakfast wouldn’t be complete without frozen berries or fruit for them.
An 8 quart pot would be an amazing addition for our family. It would increase the amount of bone broth I could make among other things.
Thank you for hosting this. Love your blog.
Who won?
Karen, I announced it in the post last Friday. I’ll update the blackberry one!
Fruits, greens and seads smoothie
Hot buckwheat sereal with ceshew milk or potatoes waffles with avacado are the three most favorite breakfasts.
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Steel cut oats! I’m dieing to try them in a pressure cooker!
Easy things => eggs (any way), yogurt, cereal, breakfast burrito. No hard to please,
We make our own oatmeal packets that are ready to pour in bowl, add hot water and enjoy. They’re quick when prepped ahead of time!
Melissa, I’ve wanted to do this for a long time. It would be nice to have something my kids could throw together themselves too on crazy mornings.
We love scrambled eggs with swiss cheese wraps or oatmeal pancakes, which I eat every morning! I change up the oatmeal pancakes depending on what’s available to use. My favorites are chocolate chip (Ghiardelli chips Yum!) and pumpkin pancakes with organic maple syrup. I have to try your recipe – it looks so good!!
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I made this lovely breakfast cake this morning. I had to substitute frozen raspberries for the blackberries, no matter. We are gluten free so I substituted 1 cup of almond flour and 1/2 cup of cassava flour for the 1.5 cups of wheat flour. Cooked in our pressure cooker for 55 minutes with a 10 minute natural release. It came out lovely – smooth, tall, fluffy, yummy. 10 out of 10 would do it again 🙂
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Oh this would be something I am sure my grandbabies would love!!! As for us we are out the door at different times and so quick that we usually get to gather on the weekend. This recipes and your others are certainly intriguing! I would love to try!
We love pancakes, puffed pancakes, whole grain waffles, healthy breakfast cookies, yogurt (made in my pressure cooker!), and sometimes…well…cereal 🙂 I wish that I had an 8 quart so that I could make this cake big enough for my family!
My family loves French toast & scrambled eggs.
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My family loves pancakes. Me personally, not so much. I bet one of these breakfast cakes would make us all happy. Can’t wait to try it!
Breakfast is out favorite meal of the day. Whether its bacon/eggs, corn beef hash/rice, waffles or cereal, we enjoy it! Right now, my go to breakfast is a nice hot cup of Crio Bru.
tried this breakfast cake, and my kids loved it!!!! they also love eggs, need this pot to try some new recipes =)
Christine, I’m so glad they approved! I’ve got another one coming at ya Friday, it just might be my favorite yet 🙂
Im new to your blog and excited to look over your recipe file. Omelets seem to be the favorite around our house with French toast running a close second. My personal favorite, smoothie bowl with yummy granola.
Eggs Benny, waffles, Dutch baby, homemade yogurt with granola and fruit, crumpets toasted with jam and butter…. and the list goes on! Honestly breakfast food is our family favorite any time of the day! Can’t wait to try this cake, looks amazing!
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Kezia, have you made yogurt in the Instant Pot yet? I’m going to post my update version of that recipe soon, but it’s the best yogurt ever ever ever! Let me know what you think of the cake!
Our favorite breakfast is baked french toast. It’s not exactly healthy, though, so we have to reserve it for very special occasions.
My favorite breakfast is your pumpkin and steel oats with the chocolate drizzle! So yummy on colder mornings!
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Thank you for the great recipe and can’t wait to try it… We eat a lot of poached eggs from the instant pot and a lot of steel cut oats so this will be a great and healthy addition to our menu……Would love that fagor cooker to add to my kitchen appliances…..Thank you
We usually have eggs or a protein shake for breakfast. I know it’s not exciting. But I’ve been reading your blog and I am looking into to purchasing a pressure cooker. It sounds amazing and you can cook so many different types of food in them. I’m looking forward to trying your recipes!! They sound awesome!!
It may not be the most nutritious breakfast, but a favorite at our house is popovers, served with butter and homemade jam. If I’m feeling virtuous, a bowl of fresh fruit on the side is nice. For regular days, though, I love having homemade quick breads, scones, or muffins to grab and eat. (And yes, I am a subscriber to Marci-Tidbits–congrats! I’m loving it so far. Thanks!)
I would love to make cakes muffins and stuff like this more often for family. Our mornings never bring anything more exciting than the basic cereal, oatmeal or pancakes. Making time in the morning or finding shortcuts to make better and delicious breakfast would be awesome! I love breakfast foods.
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Love making Belgium waffles in my waffle maker with tulery sausage
I try to eat veggies and protein for breakfast and have found one of the tastiest ways to do that is Shakshuka
We usually have muffins, but honestly we’re tired of them. I think this breakfast cake is definitely going to be tried soon.
We love apple cinnamon steel cut oats in the pressure cooker. I am anxious to try the Blackberry Almond Breakfast Cake.
My favorite breakfast to make is poached eggs, sautéed spinach and toast. But this looks amazing!
My family and I love making breakfast sandwiches. Eggs, cheese and sausage on a toasted bagel.
This recipe seems like a winner – I look forward to trying it. I think it would be good in the kids’ school lunches, too. Our favourite breakfast is a frittata with seasoned and roasted potatoes on the bottom, and roasted red pepper and onion. It’s a great way to serve up a nice big breakfast to a house full of people. Fingers crossed for the Fagor Multi Cooker – I’ve been dreaming of 8 quarts of pressure cooking magic!
French toast and sausage!
That looks scrumptious … and my blackberry canes just happen to be blessing us with summer’s last hurrah … daily! Oh yum! My kids are teens and as such make themselves their breakfast more often than not. Since we try to avoid eating carbs without protein to start the day, they like breakfast ‘sandwiches’ with eggs, ham, cheese … all folded in to a whole grain wrap or english muffin.
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Lately, my husband and I have been loving egg bites for breakfast. You put 1/2 piece of crumbled bacon in each buttered 8 oz canning jar, then take 8 eggs, 2 cups grated cheese, 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, & a dash of pepper & put it all in your blender and mix for 1 minute. Pour into 8 prepared jars just under half way full.
Put 1 cup water in instant pot. Put trivet in instant pot. Place 3 jars on trivet. (Will cook in batches) set on STEAM for 8 minutes. Then natural release after 10 minutes.
Egg bites may be frozen for later, BUT not in the jars!! Jars might break in the pressure cooker if they have been previously frozen.
Jeanine, Wow, I must make that! I love the addition of cottage cheese. This will be a hit around here!
We eat eggs and muffins a lot around here. Steel cut oats are my favorite!! Nothing better!!
Probably my favorite is Belgian Waffles. I use eggs, milk, candied pecans and high protein waffle mix. But I don’t stop there. I also cook sausage links, eggs, toast and hash browns.
My boys love their scrambled eggs in the morning, and I like a little yogurt and fruit, but I think we’d all love this breakfast cake!
Breakfast is my favorite. I love french toast or yogurt with fruit mixed in.
I love my hot oat bran in the morning! French toast or pancakes make a great weekend breakfast (or lunch!).
We love eggs, pancakes with a side of sausage.
I love all sorts of breakfast foods, including traditional bacon and eggs, the unhealthy and delightful donut, and the more unique German Pancakes. One of our new discoveries was to make crumpets and top with either ham and a soft-boiled egg, or homemade lemon curd. Unbelievably good. I would love to have this pressure cooker to try out this breakfast cake recipe!
We eat oatmeal almost every morning, but also love eggs and bacon.
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Our go twos are smoothies or whole wheat cereal and lots of fruit! Thanks for the opportunity!
We love our homemade egg mcmuffins…. fast, easy, filling. A glass of orange or fresh apple juice and we’re ready for the day! 🙂
I love breakfast foods. Anything from eggs over easy and raisin bread toast to vanilla yogurt/fresh berries, and lemon curd, I love them all.
Yum of course mason jar steel oats
I love overnight oatmeal.
Our favorite breakfast is Mason’s jar steel oats YES YUMMY!!!
Hi, I’ve been a subscriber for a while now! Love your recipes and newsletter, we make pancakes on the weekends and on a regular weekday we love quesadillas!
Thanks …..Gina F
Hands down, my favorite breakfast is that wonderful Ham Wrapped Avocado Egg and Creamy
Lemon Sauce with Burst Parmesan Tomatoes recipe in your cookbook! Just the thought of that for breakfast makes me smile! I certainly could make that breakfast for a larger crowd if I won the Fagor Electric pressure cooker!! hint hint!
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Karen, if I had to pick a favorite out of the book, the Avocado egg would be it! I’d love if you won!
Love overnight oats! I also try to get a protein in like egg or sausage! Would love this pressure cooker! !
We’re a pancakes and French toast family
Today I baked our favorite breakfast, German pancakes, often called Dutch Babies.
I love coffee and a little bit of something sweet in the morning. This looks and sounds like a 5 star recipe can’t wait to try and hopefully win too !!
My favorite breakfast to serve is multi-grain pancakes and eggs.
Can’t wait to try this one!!! Almond flavor is my absolute FAV! Wedding cake and all! My boys love breakfast foods, but never really feel like eating mornings! It’s a struggle! Right now I am thrilled they both are loving omelets! A stray from the normal fried egg and a chance to get some veg and extra protein in! We actually had that for dinner last night!! YUM!
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I like to cook eggs and have some fresh fruit when I can; when I can’t I usually have a banana and fiber cereal. This pancake looks fantastic, though!
My favorite breakfast is homemade Greek yogurt with almost any seasonal fresh fruit.
This looks wonderful! I love the amount of protein that is in it. I have a 2 month old (!) and before she was born I filled the freezer with apple-cinnamon and cherry-almond steel cut oats that I made in the crockpot. It was amazing to have breakfast made on those hectic, sleep deprived mornings! I’d love to make this cake for a grab-and-go breakfast when I’m back to work.
French toast is a huge favorite at my house! I ask for it every year on my birthday 🙂
love french toast but mornings are crazy and start way too early in our house. Our go to is fruit smoothies or peanut butter toast
Cold Pumpkin pie – it’s the stuff that breakfast dreams are made of! I also really like Steel Cut oats, and smoothies. But you asked for my favorite…
Mandy, I’m actually trying to come up with a breakfast type pumpkin cheesecake! Sound’s like it might be right up your alley 🙂
Hi Marci
I am making this breakfast cake now and do you think 55 min without the heating core, I have a Instant Pot Duo Plus
Thank you
I make Chia Pudding for the baby on a regular basis (with breastmilk). It’s a nice change from oatmeal. I’m always looking for options to make for the family.
Depending on my mood my favorite breakfast can be fried eggs with hashbrowns and toast, oatmeal with raisins and maple syrup, or Greek yogurt with fresh berries. I really want to try your breakfast cakes but need a larger pressure cooker.
Already signed up. Favorite breakfast is either Ftench Toast or Waffles with eggs and bacon.
I love to feed my family homemade waffles for breakfast
I like grits in the instant pot, I haven’t made any other breakfast yet. We cook the grits first and everyone ( 7 kiddos) tops them their favorite way.
Our favorite breakfast is eggs, bacon, and hashbrowns. My kids also really enjoy simple fruit and yogurt for breakfast. This recipe looks tasty, definitely going to give it a try sometime soon.
We like eggs, cereal, and our favorite pancakes and waffles made with a multi-grain mix. This cake would fit right in.
My favorite breakfast to feed my kids is pancakes, eggs, sausage and yogurt! Yum! I would love to try breakfast cake though!
My favorite breakfast used to be a chocolate, banana, Peanut butter shake, but I think it’s going to be this Blackberry Almond Breakfast cake from here on out!!! 😀
This breakfast cake looks like a winner! I tend to favor a mixed grain hot cereal microwaved with cinnamon, chia seeds and a chopped apple topped with homemade yogurt after cooking for 3 min. It’s fast, healthy and tastes like dessert. But this cake! I must try this! Would love to win the Fagor pressure cooker.
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day!! Some things I love are sunny side eggs, sometimes on whole wheat toast or English muffin, cottage cheese with any fruit and some chopped pecans, I also am a sucker for a little bowl of cereal with milk!
It’s a toss up between French toast and pancakes and sausage.
Favorite breakfast is our own farm fresh eggs! The chickens are well fed, happy and free range 🙂
I can’t wait to try this recipe! We love oats with fresh fruit for breakfast! Also, that key chain sounds pretty impressive!!
Oatmeal and eggs
We love overnight oats and quiche! Both can be quick (especially as leftovers), and we’d love a pressure cooker to help us with some new recipes!
Quiche… but this is going to be my new favorite!
Before my disabilities forced retirement, I’d often experiment with breakfast because when I was younger (I’ll be 61 next week) I was one of the last’s grads of Miss Farmer’s School of Cooking, that closed in 1975. I went on and had many adventures and jobs after that. I have to admit, I never was big on breakfast until I had to take meds that required something in the tum or they wouldn’t settle well.
So for 40 years I’ve been boring breakfast eater: the usual suspects. My spouse is more inclined to be a “bruncher” and makes some fantastic one of a kinds with eggs and cheese, or cheese and potatoes, or bread and cheese, or home made yogurt. Disabilities meand I cook very little anymore, but spouse takes good care of me thank the good Lord
Steel cut oats AND Farro…..yum! I cook a batch of each and freeze in 1 cups containers so I can switch up and heat in the micro.
Thanks for the opportunity
LeAnn, do you do a mix of the 2? I’m intrigued!
I know my grandsons will love this blueberry cake. “A cake for breakfast, Nana!”
We love eggs, french toast, baked oatmeal, etc…
My absolute breakfast favorite is hot oatmeal like my grandmother used to make. She would add raisins into the liquid at the beginning and they would plump up by the time it was finished! Oh it is so yummy and the memories come rushing back of sitting at her table eating together…
Corned beef hash and eggs. Love your recipes!
I love a nice warm bowl of oatmeal with a little brown sugar on top, but right now I’m craving pumpkin spice anything. Your breakfast cake looks amazing. It’s making my stomach growl????????.
My husband loves my frittatas. We use up leftovers and fresh herbs. Love your website
This might be the strangest one – Scrambled eggs mixed with a little tuna and cottage cheese.
Lots of omegas and protein to start my day.
Steel cut oats done in my stove top pressure cooker. Interested in trying to do it in the electric pressure cooker someday.
I love grits, bacon and waffles! But this cake recipe looks WONDERFUL!
For a quick, portable breakfast, I love either boiled eggs or egg muffins. The protein is a must for me to make it through my mornings.
Our favorite meal of the day is breakfast! We love oatmeal, poached eggs, waffles, pancakes…You name it we love it…lol I love making poached eggs and oatmeal in my Fagor pressure cooker. It’s 4 years old and I could really use a replacement. I love the new look of the PC!
We love French toast for breakfast!
Our favorite breakfast is corned beef hash and eggs.
Favorite right now, pancakes with pure maple syrup. If I win, I’m sure this cake will advance to number one!
You can’t go wrong with cinnamon rolls for breakfast! This cake looks delicious. Who doesn’t need an excuse for cake in the morning? With this recipe you wouldn’t need an excuse.
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I would love to win an 8 quart Fagor Lux! Our favorite breakfast foods are eggs made many ways (I had an omelet this morning with peppers and onions and a bit of low fat Mexican blend cheese), steel cut oats, peanut butter toast.
Five kids, two with food allergies, means I’m making five different breakfasts at 5:30 am. I could make this gluten- and dairy- free and shave major time off my morning routine. Consider me intrigued.
Our family favorites are breakfast burritos, German pancakes, and crepes:) But on most days, we live on smoothies and bagels oR cereal LOL
Love to do breakfast casseroles when we have the whole family together.
It seems like pancakes are my “go-to” for feeding our family when we’re all at home together. Otherwise the kids just grab cereal. I would love some better options though and can’t wait to try this!
I love smoothies for breakfast
Thanks for the giveaway! Our favorite breakfasts are a sausage-egg bake that I usually freeze in portions and warm in a pan (we’re empty nesters; Coach’s Oats with blueberries, walnuts and a touch of cinnamon; French toast with my homemade French bread; and, of course, EPC “boiled” eggs.
PS thank you for your cookbook! We are all loving it!
I love your newsletter!! And I LOVE breakfast! I am a huge fan of hot cereal! Oatmeal, cream of wheat & zoom (really hard to find though!). However, I also love the breads… Pancakes, French toast & breakfast cakes!
Our mornings are really limited in time & I’m always looking for good & healthy ways to make breakfast easier but still yummy!!
Breakfast in our house has changed since I started using an instant pot. Steel cut oats, individual egg casseroles, Yogurt, squash polenta.
Oh what an 8 quart could do to make our lives even better! My husband could take it with him to the fire station and use it to feed all the crew, while I would still have one for all of us at home. Life is perfect already, but the 8 quart would improve it for us and our extended family as well!
I wish I had ideas for you but all our breakfast ideas are from your book. Pressure cooker eggs and steel cut oats in a jar. I’ve always been intrigued by the Fagor vs instant pot. Love to win this and do a side by side comparison.
This sounds delicious – a breakfast we love is quinoa cooked in a mix of water and almond milk, along with some salt, maple syrup, and cinnamon. Then when serving, add fresh fruit, a splash of almond milk to moisten, and honey and/or cinnamon. So filling! We prefer it cold, but it’s ok warm too… can be done in pressure cooker or stovetop.
First of all best of luck to everyone. I love my oatmeal in the mornings. I would LOVE to have the opportunity to win this. I enjoy cooking and would enjoy cooking a bit faster.
I have to say I am little embarrassed that our favorite breakfast is eggs! My boys love them and I love that they are super easy. They also love cake too! So if I tried out any of these recipes I know they would be a hit! Fingers crossed!!