Slowcookers

[genius101]

I recently found out you can bake a cake in a slowcooker - has anyone done this and are they as good as oven baked cakes???

[shaneystar2]

Yes ..I made a cake out of the Lakeland slow cooker book ..it was Golden Ginger Cake and very delish ..you cook it in a cake tin in the cooker in boiling water..bit like a bain marie.
It's a big recipe for me to type out on here and I am not the best typist ! This is the book where there are lots of cake recipes for the cooker
http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/product.aspx/ !10667

Also if you look here there are cake recipes

http://southernfood.about.com/library/recipes/ blcakemix.htm

[genius101]

Thanks, at work today I happened to spot a slowcooker cook book and it had so many things in it. I had only really considered cooking stews in it but hey it opens a whole new world

[shaneystar2]

The most brilliant piece of kitchen equipment ever ! I have so many gadgets lurking in the bottoms of cupboards but my slow cooker is in use all the time especially in the winter.
I never cook the Sunday roast in the oven anymore .The toughest bit of brisket or topside which would come out of an oven half the size it went in ,carves like butter when cooked in the slow cooker and a leg of lamb falls off the bone.
I even do jacket potatoes in it. And you can't beat it for stews casseroles and hotpots.It's a great time saver and although we are retired now I still use it just as much as when we were working.

[BBWCHATT]

Slow Cooker Carrot Cake

2.00 eggs
236.59 ml sugar
157.81 ml vegetable oil
591.48 ml flour
4.93 ml baking soda
2.46 ml salt
4.93 ml cinnamon
177.44 ml carrots, grated
118.30 ml nuts, chopped
1 (234 g) can pineapple in syrup, drained
4.93 ml vanilla
Beat eggs with sugar and oil. Combine dry ingredients. Add to sugar mixture and beat well. Stir in carrots, nuts, pineapple and vanilla.
Pour into greased and floured Crock pot bake pan. Cover and place in Crock pot. Cover. Bake on HIGH setting 2 1/2 - 4 hours. Ice with cream cheese icing.


Slow Cooker Beer Cake

157.81 ml butter
354.89 ml brown sugar
3.00 eggs
591.48 ml flour
7.39 ml baking powder
1.23 ml baking soda
4.93 ml cinnamon
1.23 ml nutmeg
354.89 ml beer
236.59 ml chopped walnuts
236.59 ml raisins
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg to creamy mixture alternately with beer. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Pour mixture into well buttered and floured cake pan that will fit into cooker. Cover tin with four or five paper towels. Put into cooker. Put lid on cooker loosely to allow steam to escape. Cook on high for 3 1/2 hours or until cake is done. Remove pan from cooker and allow cake to cool on wire rack for 15 minutes before removing from pan. Frost if desired.

[BBWCHATT]

Chocolate Pudding Cake

517 g chocolate cake mix
109.2 g instant chocolate pudding mix
460 g sour cream
4 eggs
235 ml water
180 ml vegetable oil
170 g semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. In a large bowl, stir together cake mix and pudding mix. Make a well in the center and pour in sour cream, eggs, water and oil. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 4 minutes on medium speed. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a serving plate. Serve warm.
Alternate cooking directions: Pour batter into a 5 quart slow cooker that has been coated with non stick cooking spray. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours. Spoon into individual dishes.