Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake

Soft cake, tender apples, and a pudding-like apple sauce all baked up with the convenience of your slow cooker crockpot? Sure thing! -- When it's delicious Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake!

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Can you really make cake in the crock pot? You sure can! -- And, oh, this Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake is a great crock pot cake recipe with which to give it a try.

Making Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake is pretty easy, providing the usual hands-off convenience of  crock pot cooking -- but for your dessert.

All you do to whip up this tasty crock pot cake is put a few simple ingredients in a slow cooker -- layering them in without stirring. Then let them cook for about 2 and 1/2 hours. And that's it! The cake batter layer cooks up into a nice tender cake, and the liquid layer cooks up into a pudding-like sauce that compliments it.

Prep the Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake several hours in advance, then serve up its warm deliciousness straight from the crock pot at dessert time for one tasty fall-flavored comfort-food dessert.

Soft cake, tender apples, and a pudding-like apple sauce all baked up with the convenience of your slow cooker crockpot.

What's to Love About This Recipe?

• Crock pot convenience - With this tasty Apple Pudding Cake, you get the convenience of hands-off crock pot cooking for your dessert!
• Fabulous fall flavor - A combination of Granny Smith apples, apple juice (or cider), honey, and cinnamon delivers up fabulous fall flavor in every bite.
• Soft cake, tender apples, & pudding-like sauce in 1 dessert - Get 3 delicious components all in one dessert! Layers of soft cake and tender apples sit atop a pudding-like sauce that forms in the bottom of the crock pot as Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake cooks.
• Serve warm straight from the slow cooker - Prep the cake and get it cooking several hours in advance, then serve up its warm comfort-food deliciousness straight from the slow cooker at dessert time.

Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake Ingredients:

Three ingredient layers go into making a crock pot of Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake: 1. the cake layer, 2. chopped apples, and 3. the apple pudding sauce.

To make the cake and apple layers, you'll need:

• Granny Smith apples - Other varieties of tart apples (such as McIntosh, Braeburn, or Pink Lady) can be substituted.
• All-purpose flour
• Granulated sugar
• Baking powder
• Milk
• Unsalted butter
• Ground cinnamon
• Salt

To make the apple pudding sauce layer, you'll need:

• Apple juice - Apple cider can be substituted, and actually creates a bit richer apple-flavored sauce than juice.
• Melted butter
• Honey
• Granulated sugar
• Fresh lemon juice
• Ground cinnamon

How to Make Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake:

Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake is pretty easy to make. Just place 3 ingredient layers into the crock pot (without stirring them together) and let the crock pot do it's thing.

The first layer to go into the slow cooker crockpot is a simple cake batter mixed up from scratch with basic baking staples. The cake batter layer is then topped with a layer of chopped Granny Smith apples.

Next, whip up a simple mixture of apple juice (or apple juice for even richer apple flavor), honey, melted butter, and cinnamon and pour this over the cake batter and apples. Don't stir it all together!

Then turn the crockpot onto the HIGH setting and let it go.

The cake will bake up soft and puffy with tender apples on top, and will have a slightly-thickened "pudding" sauce on the bottom. The "pudding" sauce may be a bit thin when the cake is piping hot, but it will thicken up a tad as it cools.

Spoon the soft and tender cake and apples onto dessert plates, top each with a scoop of "pudding" sauce, and add a dollop of whipped cream if you'd like.

And then dig in as quick as you can. Because Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake delivers up warm comfort-food deliciousness with fabulous fall flavor in every bite.

Check out these other tasty apple sweet treats:

• Old-Fashioned Apple Cake
• Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings
• Caramel Apple Cheesecake Squares
• Simple Honey Baked Apples
• Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins
• Apple Currant Bread
• Apple Pie Cookies
• Mom's Apple Crisp
• More dessert recipes

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Dessert

Crock Pot

Yield: about 6-8 servings

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake

Soft cake, tender apples, and a pudding-like apple sauce all baked up with the convenience of your slow cooker crockpot? Sure thing! -- When it's delicious Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake!

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 3 HourTotal time: 3 H & 20 M

Ingredients

For the Cake Batter:

• 2 c. all-purpose flour
• 2/3 c. granulated sugar
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 c. cold butter, cut in small cubes
• 1 c. milk
• 2 medium-sized Granny Smith apples (or other tart apples), peeled and chopped

For the Pudding Sauce Mixture:

• 1 1/2 c. apple cider or apple juice
• 1 T. fresh lemon juice
• 1/3 c. honey
• 1/4 c. granulated sugar
• 2 T. butter, melted
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Instructions

Prepare the Cake Batter:

1. In a mixing bowl, combine flour 2/3 cup sugar, baking powder, salt, and 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut butter in with a pastry blender, two knives, or your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
2. Stir in milk until just moistened.
3. Spray a 4-quart or 5-quart slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Spread batter into the bottom of the slow cooker.
4. Sprinkle chopped apples evenly over batter.

Prepare the Pudding Sauce Mixture:

1. In a small bowl, combine apple cider, honey, melted butter, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
2. Pour over apples and cake batter. Do not stir.

Cook the Cake:

1. Cover and cook on HIGH setting for 2 & 1/2 to 3 hours, or until apples are tender.
2. Serve warm.

TRACEY'S NOTES:

1. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream, if you'd like.
2. Warming leftovers (if you have any!) in the microwave works well.

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