Slow cooked desserts

[Koala77]

While we were away on our little holiday, our host and hostess served desserts to die with each evening meal.

One was a cherry upside down cake like dessert, and .... yummo!!! I'm waiting for her to send me the recipe for that one!

Another night she served a lemon chiffon pie with passion fruit poured over the top. I am also patiently awaiting the recipe for that as well. :D

She cooks all her desserts in her slow cooker, and I was wondering if anyone had equally as delicious dessert recipes, that they too cook in their own slow cookers.

If you do then share please as I have guests coming to dinner on Wednesday night! :eek:

[Twinkletoes]

Yum!!! Can't figure out why you were in such a hurry to return home with that kind of treatment!!!

I never thought about cooking desserts in a slow cooker.

Here are some crock pot recipes you can take a look at: http://www.thatsmyhome.com/slowcooker/desserts.htm

[Koala77]

Thanks Twink.

I do casseroles in my slow cooker, but I'd never thought of doing desserts. I certainly will now though as they were so easy to prepare, cook and serve. They'll even stay warm for you without spoiling in the crockpot/slow cooker.

I most definitely am on the look out for lots of good recipes now! :D

[Kitty]

Thanks for the website, Twink! I've already printed off a few recipes from it. :)

[tkrik]

Here is an awesome (tasting and smelling) slow cooked dessert recipe.


TRIPLE CHOCOLATE DECADENCE


1 1/2 cups water
1 package brownie Mix (or Chocolate cake mix)
1 large package chocolate pudding mix
1/2 cup chocolate chips
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup vegetable oil

Coat the crock with cooking spray. Place all ingredients in the order listed in your crock pot and mix well. Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours or on high 3 to 4 hours. Done when sides pull away from walls. Serve with cool whip, whipped topping, or vanilla ice cream. Serves 8.

[Jo*mar]

anyone try zucchini bread cooked in a crockpot??
I think I'll mix up a batch and take crockpot out on to patio to let it cook. It's gonna be 95* today here.
We do that with our Showtime rotisserie cooker too. {set it and forget it-LOL}

Crockpot Zucchini Bread
Ingredients:

* 2 eggs
* 2/3 cup vegetable oil
* 1 1/4 cup sugar
* 1 1/3 cups zucchini, peeled and grated
* 1 tablespoon
* 2 cups flour
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation:
In mixing bowl with handheld electric mixer, beat eggs until light and foamy. Add oil, sugar, grated zucchini and vanilla. Mix well. Stir dry ingredients with nuts; stir into zucchini mixture and blend well. Pour into a greased and floured 2 pound coffee can or 2 quart mold (whatever you use, make sure it fits in your slow cooker). Place in slow cooker. Cover can or dish with 8 paper towels. Cover and bake on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
Do not remove cover to check cake until it has cooked for 3 hours. Let stand 5 minutes before unmolding.
http://southernfood.about.com/od/crockpotdessertrecipes/r/bl19c13.htm

[DM]

Thanks for starting this thread, Anne!

I put the links for the recipes in my favorites. Great idea!!!

[lor]

Hmmmmmm..I wonder if you can cook/bake the same desserts in a crock pot that you do in a camping dutch oven? I have a simple recipe for a yummy dessert for the D.O. Put a can of pie filling in the bottom, over it put one cake mix mixed with one can of soda pop. Check it after 45-60 min. When I made it in the D.O. it took about 50 min. with coals ontop of the lid & some underneath. A crock pot is slower I guess, so it would take a little longer.

I just looked in my camping cookbook & it gives these suggestions:

1)cherries, choc cake, coke
2)apples, spice cake, rootbeer
3)fruit coctail (no liquid), white cake, 7-up
4)blueberries, white cake, cream soda
5) cranberries, butter cake, cream soda

But you can do whatever mixture you want. I think I did apple filling, yellow cake, 7-up.

[Jo*mar]

My Crockpot Zucchini Bread is outside cooking - I'll let you know how it turns out:D

[Koala77]

Thank you everyone. The recipes all sound so yummy.

I'm definitely going to try the Triple Chocolate Decadence Dessert and the Zucchini Bread! :D

I also like the sound of the Dutch Oven recipes and will give some of those a try too. I imagine if they're cooked over the same times and temperatures as the other slow cooked dessert recipes, they should turn out OK.

But.............. I have some questions that may sound strange to you, but I promise you I'm serious!

What is 7up? I know it's a soda of some kind but we don't have it here in Oz, so what would be a close substitute?

Also what is Creaming Soda? Is that a yellow cordial (soda) as I think we do have one like that.

Lastly, what size bottles/cans of the soft drinks do you use?

[Jo*mar]

7 UP is a brand name of a clear soda pop with a bit of line/lemon
http://images.google.com/images?q=7up&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

cream soda has various flavors -
http://images.google.com/images?q=cream%20soda&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

[Koala77]

7 UP is a brand name of a clear soda pop with a bit of line/lemon
http://images.google.com/images?q=7up&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

cream soda has various flavors -
http://images.google.com/images?q=cream%20soda&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

Thanks Jo. That's an awful lot of different soft drink sites! :D

We do have a lime/lemon soft drink that I could substitute for 7up, and we have a yellow and a red creaming soda. The red is a raspberry I think, but I don't know about the yellow one. Maybe I could use lemonade instead?

Now I have to find out how many fluid ozs are in the cans or bottles that Lor's recipes use, so I can convert this to mls.

[lor]

Koala, There are 12 fluid ozs. in a can of soda pop.

Do you have "Sprite"? You can use that. Acually, you can use any ole soda pop & cake mix mixture, you want & any fruit.

[Jo*mar]

Crockpot Zucchini Bread

I think I should have waited the full 4 hrs - but had to go to the store so i took it out to soon.
looked and smelled good, but sank as it was cooling:(

so next time 4 hrs:)


I tried a Microwave Rhubarb dessert- it came out nice and tasty. Didn't have to heat up the oven and was done in 15 minutes +/- vs baking in a hot oven.

[Curious]

i love my crock pot. i use it in the garage. texas heat...i probably wouldn't even need to plug it in. :p

i'll have to try and figure out the cobbler recipe i use. bad monkey never measures.

i use it just about everyday. i even have a little one. great for those hot dips, but also for smaller sidedishes and for melting choccy!

[Koala77]

Hmmmmmm..I wonder if you can cook/bake the same desserts in a crock pot that you do in a camping dutch oven?

1)cherries, choc cake, coke......

I just wanted you all to know that this one is cooking in my slow cooker as I speak! I checked out the times for similar recipes, and am using them as a guide as to how long to slow cook this dessert.

DH has a date loaf in the regular oven, and we have a frozen dessert in the freezer on stand by just incase this one fails. :D

I have guests coming for dinner tonight, so I'll let you know tomorrow how it went. :)

[Koala77]

I'm so sorry your Zucchini Bread wasn't as good as you had hoped Jo, but I'm keeping your recipe and intend to try it soon. It sounds really yum, and my DH loves most things with walnuts! :)
I just wanted you all to know that this one is cooking in my slow cooker as I speak! I checked out the times for similar recipes, and am using them as a guide as to how long to slow cook this dessert....
Thank you Lor for those soft drink dessert recipes, and I wanted you all to know that the chocolate/cherry dessert worked out just fine. I used Sprite instead of Coke for this one, and it worked just beautifully.......in fact it was really, really yummy and my guests were most impressed. :D

I was going to put the mixture in 4 small individual dishes, but I ended up using just one large bowl which I placed in water in my slow cooker, and then I cooked it for about 6 hours on high.

I had intended serving it with vanilla ice cream, but ended up just pouring fresh cream over ........... and it was just fabulous.

Thank you very much Lor. I can't wait to try another one. :hug: