from the can it be done dept....

[sdlee]

My sister gave me a small crock pot, works lovely and is the perect size for lil ole me....

in an old household hints book my mother had i found out you can mix up a cake bake half of it and freeze the batter for later cookin...

now i have a new thought, can I slap that baby in the crock pot before I go to work and have a delicously baked cake when I get home?

anyone have opinions?

anyone have recipes?

 

[soapnsuds]

Decadent Chocoolate Delight

I haven't made this yet, but it's out of my Crock-pot recipe book.

1 box chocolate cake mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup water
4 eggs
3/4 vegetable oil
1 box (4 oz) instant chocolate pudding mix

grease the inside of the crock-pot

combine everything in the crock-pot, mix well.

Cover; cook on LOW for 6-8 hours OR on high for 3-4 hours.
When done, take lid off and allow cake to cool 5 mins before removing from pot.

I was going to make this with mint choco chips, just to give it a bit of mint flavor.

Enjoy-

Laurent

 

[soapnsuds]

If chocolate isn't your thing:

Gingerbread Cake

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg lightly beaten
1 cup light molasses
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cut hot water.

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl. Add egg, molasses, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt. Stir in hot water and mix well.

Grease crock-pot, pour batter into pot, cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours.

Laurent

 

[toggleswitch2]

recipes

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,crock_pot_cakes,FF.html

 

[sdlee]

thanks guys,

just bumping annoying as that is but Im hoping for even more input. hey I tried the first one, works fantasticly yum yum and thanks again.

 

[DADoES]

I tried the Chocolate Delight, it flopped. Set at low. 7 hrs later one side was burned, the other was very mooshy and had a small raw spot, and of course it tore coming out of the crock. I saved about half of it from the middle, rest went to the dumpster. The saved part needed a few mins of microwaving. My crock pot apparently has either suddenly gone to heating very unevenly ... or has always heated unevenly, although I've not had a problem with anything else in it. I did substitute peanut butter chips for the chocolate chips, but that couldn't be the fault.

 

[frigilux]

Weighing in: I think Crock-Pots® are great for things like roasts and beef stew, but I'd never bake a cake (or anything cake-like) in one. Cakes thrive on short baking times at 350-degrees.

Want ready-to-eat cake? Bake and frost one conventionally, wrap individual pieces in plastic wrap, put them in a heavy-duty Ziploc® bag and toss it in the freezer. Defrost a piece in the microwave for 30 seconds and enjoy! I do this all the time.