Slow cooked chocolate cake recipe

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Learn how to make a chocolate cake in your slow cooker with this simple recipe. Just make the mixture and add to your slow cooker - easy!

Serves4
SkillEasy
Preparation Time10 mins
Cooking Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 10 mins
Cost RangeCheap

This slow cooked chocolate cake is a real treat and so easy to make in your slow cooker.

Slow cookers are much-loved for how they really bring out the flavours in food and this recipe for chocolate cake is no different. Unlike our classic chocolate cake recipe, this recipes contain just five ingredients - but after slowly baking away for up to two hours, they turn into a delicious, 5 star-worthy cake that’s guaranteed to be moist and cooked to perfection. This slow cooked cake can then be topped with either buttercream icing or served with a dollop of cream for a final touch. 

Read our tried and tested reviews of the best slow cookers.

Ingredients

  • 120g chocolate
  • 120g butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 140g sugar
  • 30g flour

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Method

  1. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bain-marie. Meanwhile, whisk the eggs and sugar until the mixture whitens.
  2. Gently fold the chocolate into the eggs, add the flour and mix well until you achieve a smooth batter.
  3. Place a few sheets of absorbent paper at the bottom of the stoneware of your slow cooker to isolate the mixture and soak up the excess humidity.
  4. Cook in the slow cooker for 1 1/2 to 2 hours - start on High. After 10 minutes, reduce heat to Low.  

Tips for making slow cooked chocolate cake:

If you don’t have a bain marie, simply place the chocolate in a glass or heat-proof bowl over a pan of simmering water and allow it to melt.

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Jessica Dady
Food Editor

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 11 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies