Slow Cooker Chocolate Cake

Slow cooker chocolate cake is now one of my favorite desserts because it’s so easy to make. It takes about five minutes to get the ingredients into the slow cooker and cooking. The dessert makes enough hot cake to feed a crowd. The cake recipe is popular at church potlucks, family gatherings, and as a family dessert.

 

This Crock Pot cake was a hit around here. The recipe includes the combination of a boxed cake mix, instant chocolate pudding, milk, and butter. The ingredients make a gooey, chocolatey dessert that can’t be beaten. But, best of all, there’s not an easier dessert to make. 

Once the cake is done cooking, just add it to a plate or put it into a bowl and add a scoop of ice cream for a super amazingly delicious treat. 

Step-By-Step Instructions

Start by spraying the inside of the slow cooker with some non-stick spray. This is more to help the parchment paper stick to the side. Add some parchment paper to the cooker. I trimmed off the top of the parchment paper with some scissors. 

Sprinkle the dry cake mix into the slow cooker and spread it out. I used a Betty Crocker Super Moist cake mix for the recipe. But any chocolate cake mix will do. 

Sprinkle the instant chocolate pudding over the top of the cake. Do not mix the ingredients together. I’ve made this several times and if you mix the pudding in with the cake, it won’t come out as pudding, it will end up baking with the cake. 

It tastes great when the pudding cooks up like it’s supposed to. The combination of the pudding texture and the cake texture is out of this world. 

Next, pour the milk over the top of the cake and pudding mix. You can take a wooden spoon and press the dry ingredients down a little bit, but it will cook fine, and it’s ok if the dry ingredients are on top of the liquid.

Finally, pour the melted butter over the top. There will still be some dry mixture on the top.

Replace the lid and set the Crock Pot on low for three hours. The center will not be completely cooked through when it’s done. If it’s super runny, let it cook about half an hour more. But with the pudding and the cake, it should be done in three hours. 

Scoop the slow cooker chocolate cake out while it’s hot and add some ice cream for a divine dessert!