Instant Pot Badam/Kaju Katli (Barfi)

Recipe from here.

Prep Time 15 minutes   
Servings 4

Ingredients

    1 cup Almond Flour (can get from costco - blanched almond flour) (or) Powder cashews to get 1 cup
    1/2 cup Sugar
    4 tbsp Water
    1 tsp Ghee/oil
    few Saffron Strands Optional

Instructions

    Add sugar,ghee,water in the pot and mix it well.Let everything bind well.

    Close the lid, put in sealing mode and set for 'Manual/Pressure Cook 4 minutes'. Do a QR(Quick Release) by moving it to venting and wait until the pin drops down. Open the lid.

    Add 1 cup of almond flour to the sugar syrup and mix it well without any lumps.You got to be quicker while doing this step.

    Grease a plate with ghee/oil.pour the mix in the plate,let it cool for 5-6 minutes

    After 5-6 minutes,heat will be bearable,Roll it into a soft dough

    Grease the rolling pin with some ghee

    Roll it to a circle and shape it .Make sure no cracks in the dough.

    You almond katli/fudge is ready to serve.

Apple Cake (with Eggs)

Recipe from here.

[My Comments]:

• Was a bit too sweet. Could reduce the sugar. 
• Did not do the glaze. 
• Arranged cinnamon+ sugar dusted apple slices on top for decor, was a good idea. 
• Used 3 red apples for filling and 1 apple for decor on top. Felt like could do with more apple inside the cake. 
• Did not use bundt pan, used a springform pan. 

Ingredients

Baking spray with flour, or shortening and flour to grease the pan
For the Cake

    3 cups all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    2 teaspoons cinnamon
    ½ teaspoon nutmeg
    ½ teaspoon salt
    1 ½ cups vegetable oil
    1 ½ cups granulated sugar
    ½ cup brown sugar
    3 eggs
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    3 large apples, peeled and cut into large pieced (Note: The original recipe calls for tart green apples, but we used some red Cortland apples we had on hand and it was delicious!)
    1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

For the Glaze

    3 tablespoons butter
    3 tablespoons brown sugar
    3 tablespoons granulated sugar
    3 tablespoons heavy cream
    ¼ teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

•     Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan and set aside.
•     In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Sift two additional times and set aside.
•     In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine oil and both sugars, and mix until well blended.
•     Add eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Add vanilla and mix again.
•     Add the sifted dry ingredients to the batter and mix thoroughly. By hand, fold in apples and walnuts and mix until evenly combined.

•     Spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
•     Remove cake from the oven and allow to cool in the bundt pan for 20 minutes.
•     While the cake is cooling, prepare the glaze. In a saucepan, over medium heat, combine all of the glaze ingredients. Bring to a boil and allow the mixture to boil for 1 minute.
•     Remove the cake from the pan, onto a serving plate. Spoon the glaze over the warm cake.
•     Cool for a little longer before serving.