This chocolate cherry slow cooker pudding cake combines the best attributes of brownies and pudding. The result is tender and cakey, but also richly moist and even gooey.
The goal was a chocolate cake that combined the best attributes of brownies and pudding. Which is to say, we wanted it both tender and cakey, but also richly moist, even gooey. And the best environment for cooking such a cake turned out to be the slow cooker. It heats the cake slowly and gently while retaining all the moisture.
For extra decadence, we built our cake over a layer of frozen cherries, giving it a Black Forest effect. The resulting dessert has a cakey exterior, but a pudding-like center. Served warm with a dollop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, you’ll never believe this treat came from your slow cooker.
Feel free to mix up the fruit. If cherries don’t do it for you, substitute frozen blueberries, peaches or mango chunks. And feel free to assemble and refrigerate it the night before in the slow cooker crock, then just pop it in the cooker the next day.
CHOCOLATE CHERRY
SLOW COOKER PUDDING
CAKE
Start to finish: 4 hours 20
minutes (20 minutes active)
Servings: 12
20 ounces frozen pitted
cherries
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup cocoa powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
/ teaspoon salt
1 / cups (2 / sticks) unsalted
butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
6 eggs
8 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate
Mist the interior of a 6- to
8-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Arrange the cherries
in an even layer on the bottom
of the slow cooker.
Sift together the powdered
sugar, cocoa powder, flour and
salt.
In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the
butter, granulated sugar and
brown sugar until light and
fluffy. Add the eggs, 2 at a time,
beating well between additions.
Stir in the flour-powdered
sugar mixture in 2 additions,
then stir in the bittersweet
chocolate. Spoon the mixture
over the cherries and smooth
the top.
Cover and cook on low for
3 / to 4 hours, or until set up at
the edges and very fudgy and
pudding-like in the middle. Let
sit for 15 minutes. Serve warm.
Nutrition information per
serving: 640 calories; 280
calories from fat (44 percent
of total calories); 31 g fat (19
g saturated; 1 g trans fats);
160 mg cholesterol; 120 mg
sodium; 89 g carbohydrate; 5 g
fiber; 65 g sugar; 9 g protein.
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