Salted Caramel Date Short Cake
Mariana Orozco has dedicated her life to explaining and telling people that cooking is much easier than it seems.
Servings
6Portions
Servings
6Portions
Ingredients
To prep:
  • 8oz datespitted and chopped, 200 g
  • ¾cup boiling water
  • ⅓cup unsalted butterat room temperature, 80 g
  • ¾cup brown sugar
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 1tbsp date or molasses syrup or maple syrup
  • ¾cup Wheat flour
  • 1tsp baking powder
  • ½tsp baking soda
For the caramel sauce:
  • ¼cup unsalted butter50 g
  • ⅔cups muscovado sugar150 g
  • ¾cups heavy cream200 ml
  • saltto taste
Instructions
To prep:
  1. In a bowl, place the dates and soak with the boiling water. Process once they are completely smooth.
  2. In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar with a spatula until they are well incorporated and there are no pieces of sugar not covered with the butter. Add the vanilla and the egg, incorporate very well with the spatula, and also add the date, maple or molasses syrup. Add all the powders to this mixture and place in flan molds prepped with a bit of wax paper on the bottoms. Cover them individually with aluminum foil.
  3. In the Instant Pot® bowl, put 1 ½ cups of water, the rack, and, on top, the flan molds.
  4. Close and lock the Instant Pot® lid. Make sure the steam release handle is turned to Sealing. Press Pressure Cook, pressure level High, and set time to 25 Minutes.
  5. When done, press Cancel and let the pressure release naturally.
For the sauce:
  1. While the short cakes are cooking in the Instant Pot®, add all ingredients and heat until melted over medium-low heat. Do not stir or the mixture could crystallize, let it melt on its own and form the texture of sauce. Let cool slightly and serve over short cakes.