“I know you’re looking at this and thinking, chocolate cake? In a slow cooker?! It’s a very different cake from most and to be perfectly honest I have no idea why it works, I just know that it does,” says Lorna Cooper, author of Feed Your Family For £20 A Week.
“Give it a go – but I mean it when I say below, don’t stir it!”
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Nutrition Facts
Slow cooker chocolate cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 322
Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 22mg7%
Sodium 302mg13%
Potassium 434mg12%
Carbohydrates 61g20%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 44g49%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 260IU5%
Calcium 170mg17%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Slow cooker chocolate cake
Easy to make slow cooker cake
Servings: 8
Calories: 322kcal
Equipment
- Slow cooker
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 130 g plain flour
- 150 g white sugar
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tbsp salt
- 125 ml milk
- 75 g butter
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
For the topping:
- 100 g caster sugar
- 100 g soft brown sugar
- 25 g cocoa powder
- 350 ml hot water
To serve:
- Ice cream or custard
Method
- To make the cake, combine the dry ingredients in a bowl, then make a well in the centre.
- Add the milk, butter and vanilla essence to the well, and whisk until smooth.
- Pour the batter into the slow cooker.
- To make the topping, mix the sugars and cocoa powder together in a bowl and sprinkle evenly over the top of the cake batter.
- Pour the hot water evenly over the mix – and don’t stir! I know it doesn’t make sense, I know you’ll want to, but trust me, don’t stir!
- Put the lid on and cook on high for about four hours. Serve straight out of the slow cooker with ice cream or custard.
Nutrition
Calories: 322kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 302mg | Potassium: 434mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 260IU | Calcium: 170mg | Iron: 2mg
Feed Your Family For £20 A Week by Lorna Cooper, photography by Andrew Hayes-Watkins, is published by Seven Dials.
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