Slow cookers are a tool which can make cooking almost effortless, as you can essentially set and forget, leaving your handy appliance to do the heavy lifting. From pork ribs, to stews and soups, slow cookers allow even the busiest families to bring a home cooked meal to the table. You might be saving your cooker for savory recipes, but they also have a valuable place in making desserts, especially cakes.
If you're a regular baker, you've probably already experienced the disappointment of an overly dry cake. While there are ways to save dry cakes like adding some layers to them, your slow cooker is the answer to getting a consistently moist cake with minimal effort. The premise of a slow cooker is to cook your food for longer on a low temperature, with the steam sealing the lid and preserving any moisture.
As a result, your cake will be slowly steamed instead of oven baked, with no risk of burning and a guaranteed moist texture. Tips for your slow cooker cake If your slow cooker is on the smaller side, you can bake your cake in a double lined case like this KitchenCraft cake tin liner , or you can line your pot with baking paper. If you have a larger slow cooker, you can also use a metal or silicone cake tin.
Since your cake needs some breathing room, you can place balled up aluminum foil, or a small baking tin in between the cake and the slow cooker base. Cakes will release steam when baking, which is why you should tightly secure a kitchen towel under your slow cooker lid. T.
