How to cook a cake in a slow cooker

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Modern kitchen appliances free a woman from routine work, worries about burning a dish or poorly rising dough, saves time and gives more freedom. All these functions are performed by such a necessary thing in the kitchen as a multicooker.

Benefits of multicooker

She can cook, steam, bake and even fry. With it, you can cook almost all dishes, even birthday cakes. And the best part is that the multicooker does all this without much control from the hostess, who has time to do her own thing.

There are countless recipes for baking in the slow cooker. With it, you can bake cupcakes, a variety of cake layers and even excellent biscuits. If earlier it was a big problem to get a beautiful fluffy biscuit in the oven, with the advent of devices such as a slow cooker, everything has changed. Withoutspecial efforts, now any housewife, following the recipe, can bake an excellent magnificent biscuit.

Chocolate cakes are delicious and incredibly satisfying goodies that will delight everyone without exception. Everyone can make a chocolate cake to their taste using a slow cooker. The main thing is to show a little diligence and patience.

Classic biscuit is the basis of many cakes. Almost all creams and fillings are combined with it. As a birthday cake in a slow cooker, you can consider the following recipes, which are easy to prepare and always turn out.

Velvet honey cake

This cake is loved by many for its airiness, unique taste and ease of preparation.

This is one of the best slow cooker cake recipes.

For baking, you need the following ingredients:

• flour - 550 g;
• eggs - 5 pieces;
• butter or spread - 120g;
• coffee -10 g;
• honey - 30g;
• soda - 1 tsp;
• sugar - 130 g.

Creating a velvet cake in a slow cooker step by step.

To begin with, coffee should be poured with boiling water. In the absence of instant coffee, you can brew brewed coffee, only then strain to free it from coffee grounds. While the coffee is cooling, the whites separated from the yolks should be beaten with half the sugar. Continue whisking at maximum speed until a white, shiny mass is obtained.

Separated yolks grind until white with the remaining sugar. Pour warm coffee, melted butter, honey and soda into the mixture. Gradually add the sifted flour into the mixture, continuing to beat with a mixer. Lastly, carefully fold the beaten egg whites into the dough with a spoon.

Pour the dough into the multicooker bowl. On the panel, turn on the "Baking" button and set the time - 55 minutes or a little less, depending on the power of the multicooker. You can do other things or prepare one of the creams. After turning off the multicooker, do not immediately remove the hot cake from the bowl.

Because it is very fluffy and soft, it is easy to damage. After the signal, let the biscuit stand to cool with the lid open. Carefully remove the cooled cake by inverting the bowl onto a wide flat dish. The resulting cake is carefully cut into four parts, three of which are smeared with cream. As a cream, whipped cream with sugar, custard or condensed milk with butter are used. Grind the fourth cake in a blender along with nuts to a crumb state. The cream-soaked cake is sprinkled with crumbs and grated chocolate, giving it a velvety touch. An amazing honey cake is ready to please guests.

Biscuit with apples

According to this recipe, a cake in a slow cooker is prepared quickly and easily.

Baking requires the following ingredients:

• apples - 3 pieces;
• eggs - 4 pcs.;
• sugar - 200 g;
• flour - 250 g;
• a little vanilla.

Beat eggs until fluffy, adding sugar and vanilla. Beat for a few more minutes. Then carefully add the flour so that no lumps form. Put a layer of apples on the bottom of the multicooker, on toplay out the dough. Bake for 55 minutes. Gently turn the cooled biscuit onto a plate so that the apples remain on top. A photo of a cake in a slow cooker prepared according to this recipe can be seen below.

Banana cake

This dessert will delight you with its ease of preparation and excellent taste, in addition, it turns out to be the perfect consistency. A simple cake in a slow cooker is prepared using the following products:

• 2 eggs;
• 500 g flour;
• 140g butter;
• 3 bananas;
• 80g milk;
• a pinch of s alt;
• 170g sugar;
• 5g vanilla;
• 1 tsp soda.

Recipe for multicooker.

1. Mix flour with baking soda, s alt and vanilla.
2. Peel bananas and cut into small pieces.
3. Combine sugar with butter, beat with a mixer, add bananas.
4. Beat eggs, fold into banana mixture and milk.
5. Add the flour mixture in batches, kneading the dough until smooth.
6. Put into multicooker bowl pre-oiled.
7. Smooth the top with a spatula.
8. On the "Baking" mode, set the baking time - 1 hour.
9. Decorate the cooled cake with banana slices, optionally with icing, chocolate or nuts.

Sour cream cake

For such a cake, you first need to bake cakes.

Ingredients needed for it:

• 2 eggs;
• 100g sugar;
• 200 g sour cream;
• 1 cup flour;
• 1 tspsoda;
• nuts.

For the cream you will need:

• 400 ml sour cream;
• 100g sugar;
• vanilla;
• chocolate bar.

First, you need to beat the eggs with sugar until the mixture doubles in volume. We mix all other products, add nuts and knead the dough. If it turns out watery, you can add more flour. Divide the resulting dough into two portions and bake in turn in a slow cooker for 1 hour.

After the time has elapsed, use a toothpick to check the readiness of the cake, if it is still damp, add time and bake, checking for readiness. After baking the second cake, cut each of them horizontally into 2 more layers. Thus, the cake will turn out from 4 cake layers.

For cream, beat sour cream with sugar, adding vanilla. After applying the cream, sprinkle the top of the cake with grated chocolate and nuts, or you can put fruits or berries, put raspberries, strawberries or banana rings. The impregnation of the cake will take 2 hours, then you can treat your guests to it.

Diet cake

For those who want to lose weight, but do not want to give up sweets, you can bake a cake in a slow cooker, which not only has a wonderful taste, but also has only 216 calories per 100 g of product.

Products for the recipe:

• oat bran - 75g;
• eggs - 6 pcs;
• cottage cheese - 150 g;
• chocolate bar;
• cocoa - 30 g;
• milk powder - 35g;
• almond extract - 5 ml;
• cream cheese - 300g;
• sugar - 60r;
• soda - 1 tsp;
• prunes - 200 g;

How to bake such a diet cake?

1. Chocolate should be crushed, pour 100 g of boiling water, melt and cool.
2. Crack the eggs into the chocolate and beat the mixture a little.
3. Pour dry ingredients, almond extract, chopped prunes and knead the dough.
4. Send the dough into the multicooker bowl for 50 minutes in the "Baking" mode.
5. After 10 minutes after baking, remove the finished cake from the bowl.
6. Divide the cake into 3 layers.
7. Spread cakes with whipped cream cheese, cheese and powdered sugar.
8. Leave to soak for a couple of hours.

Zebra cake

This striped dessert has become one of the most popular not only for its amazing taste, but also for its very appetizing appearance.

Necessary products for making chocolate cake in a slow cooker:

• 600 g flour;
• 4 eggs;
• 250 ml milk;
• 1 tbsp l. cocoa;
• 200g butter;
• 200 g sugar;
• 5g vanilla;
• 1 tsp soda;
• lemon juice.

Add milk and butter to the beaten egg-sugar mixture and beat for a few more minutes. Separately combine flour, soda, hydrated with lemon and vanilla. Gradually add the flour mixture to the liquid and beat until the consistency of thick sour cream. Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces. Add cocoa powder to one of the parts and mix well. Turn on the “Frying” or “Baking” program in the multicooker.

Pour 3 tbsp. l. white dough in the center of the bowl. Then 3 tbsp. l. Pour the cocoa dough into the center of the white dough. It will pour on its own and gradually fill the bottom of the multicooker with beautiful circles. Continue to alternately pour the light and dark layer until all the dough comes out. Bake the cake in a slow cooker for 50 minutes. After stopping the program, do not lift the lid for about half an hour, otherwise the pastry will settle. To check the readiness of the cake in a slow cooker, stick a match in the center of the dough. If it stays clean and dry, then the cake is ready.

Remove the pastry from the bowl, inverting it onto a wide dish, and let cool. Sprinkle the top of the cake with powdered sugar, cut into pieces and serve with tea. It will look great. Or cut the cake lengthwise and smear each with your favorite cream, turning it into a birthday cake.

Helpful tips

1. Grease the bottom and walls of the bowl with oil so that the finished pastry easily lags behind the walls.
2. Not all models of multicookers have a temperature in the “Baking” mode of 180 degrees. Be sure to determine what temperature your slow cooker is baking at - higher temperatures shorten the cooking time.
3. The stage of soaking the cakes with syrup can be skipped, but then the cake will be dry - the icing or cream will not soak it properly.
4. Instead of cream, you can use boiled condensed milk.

Delicious cakes and wonderful pastries in a multicooker are prepared at high speed and excellent quality. They never burn, bake well, are easy to prepare and do not require much effort. The main thing is to follow the recommendations that are attached to each model of the device.