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5 from 8 votes

Crockpot Cake Recipe

This cake is like a chocolate lava cake but made in a slow cooker - a fluffy homemade chocolate cake that makes it's own chocolate pudding frosting!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings
Author: Dorothy Kern
Cost: $6

Ingredients

For the Cake:

  • 1 cup (124g) all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons (27g) unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ⅓ cup (79ml) vegetable oil
  • 1 cup (237ml) milk

For the Sauce:

  • 1 cup (237ml) boiling water
  • ¼ cup (20g) unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
  • Pinch salt

Instructions

  • Make the Cake: Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder in a large bowl. Add oil, vanilla, and milk and whisk until smooth.
  • Spray the insert of a 7-Qt slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Pour cake batter into insert.
  • Make the topping: add the cocoa, salt, and sugar to the boiling water and whisk to combine. Slowly pour over the cake batter in the crockpot insert.
  • Cover the insert with paper towels, place in crockpot and place lid on top of paper towels.
  • Set time for HIGH for 2 hours. Check cake after 1 hour and then again at 1.5 hours. Cake will look wet in center but the edges will look done and a toothpick will come out clean near the edge when done. All slow cookers cook differently, mine took 1.5 hours.
  • Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

Notes

  • For easy clean up, use a slow cooker liner.
  • You can use regular or dutch process cocoa powder.
  • You can use any kind of milk.

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