Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:
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> "Arri London" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >
> > Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:
> >>
> >> > What else do you bake in the slow cooker if anything? The older leaflet
> >> > (came with the first slow cooker) said cakes etc could be baked in
> >> > coffee cans. The newer leaflet (for the present slow cooker) says cakes
> >> > can only be baked in their special 'accessory', which looks remarkably
> >> > like a...coffee can.
> >>
> >> I have done banana bread, zuchini bread, carrot bread, and pumpkin bread.
> >
> > LOL OK don't really like any of those things all that much. Would a
> > regular cake recipe work in the slow cooker?
>
> I know that my carrot cake recipe works. The real trick we have found
> (daughter and I do this together usually so it's a we) is to make sure not
> to over fill the jars and to keep the moisture level up by not opening the
> crockpot while the bread or cake is baking.

OK that makes a lot of sense. TY!
>
> Enjoy!
> (recipe is at the bottom)
>
> Cindi
>


> > TY! Got a cobbler recipe you wouldn't mind sharing? The idea of baking
> > in the slow cooker fascinates me.
>
> This one I have used two or three times and it is quite good. It's a take on
> the easy cobbler recipe I use in the oven. You can sub whatever fruit you
> like of course. If you use canned fruit, sub the fruit juice in the can for
> the water.

TY again. This sounds really good. Thought it would need to bake for
hours and hours. Two hours (or so) isn't bad at all.


>
> CROCKPOT BLACK AND BLUE COBBLER
>
> 1 cup self-rising flour
> 1 1/4 cup sugar
> 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
> 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
> 2 eggs, beaten
> 2 tablespoons milk
> 2 tablespoons melted butter
> 2 cups fresh or frozen blackberries
> 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
> 3/4 cup water
> 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
>
> Butter the pan of a 5 quart slow cooker well (I melt a quarter of a stick of
> butter and brush it into the crock pot). Combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar,
> baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Combine eggs, milk and butter;
> stir into dry ingredients, just until moistened. Spread this batter evenly
> over the bottom of the slow cooker pan. In a saucepan, combine berries,
> water, orange peel and remaining sugar; bring to a boil. Remove from heat;
> immediately pour over batter in slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 2
> hours without opening the lid. At two hours check the cobbler with a
> toothpick inserted in the batter, when it comes out clean it's done. Turn
> cooker off. Uncover and let stand for 30 minutes before serving. Serves 6 to
> 8.