I'm not sure if this qualifies as #BoredBaking as I can't really say I'm bored - I have way too many things I should be doing but can't seem to find the concentration or motivation for...
However, it definitely qualifies as a #FoolishImpulse as it was entirely prompted by a Thing I saw on Social Media crashing straight into my newly acquired knowledge of the contents of the deep corners of my kitchen cupboards following my recent kitchen audit.
So, I dared to ask the question...Can you make an eggless cake in a slow cooker??
I love my slow cooker. I use it a lot as nothing beats coming home to a hot meal you don't have to bother cooking. I am a supporter of the 'dump and go' methodology - in which no browning of meat at breakfast time ever needs to happen - as witnessed by my approach to baking potatoes therein.
My slow cooker is a compact and bijou 2.5L - perfect for one person, able to cope with a good sized baked potato, enough stew for at least 2 or 3 meals and even a teeny tiny whole chicken (if you squish the wings a bit) - but not ideal for large cakes. This did mean I had to take the idea of the eggless slow cookered cake and immediately mess with the recipe (instructions? Do 3 ingredients really count as a recipe when one of them is chocolate drops?). This version is an unholy mash up between The One I Saw on Social Media (2 1/2 cups self raising flour, 1 tin condensed milk, chocolate drops) and another I had a vague memory of seeing online somewhere (2 1/2 cups self raising flour, 1 tin condensed milk and some bananas).
So I give you: Cake with both bananas AND chocolate drops, because why not?
8) Put on high and leave for...well, there you have me.
However, it definitely qualifies as a #FoolishImpulse as it was entirely prompted by a Thing I saw on Social Media crashing straight into my newly acquired knowledge of the contents of the deep corners of my kitchen cupboards following my recent kitchen audit.
So, I dared to ask the question...Can you make an eggless cake in a slow cooker??
I love my slow cooker. I use it a lot as nothing beats coming home to a hot meal you don't have to bother cooking. I am a supporter of the 'dump and go' methodology - in which no browning of meat at breakfast time ever needs to happen - as witnessed by my approach to baking potatoes therein.
My slow cooker is a compact and bijou 2.5L - perfect for one person, able to cope with a good sized baked potato, enough stew for at least 2 or 3 meals and even a teeny tiny whole chicken (if you squish the wings a bit) - but not ideal for large cakes. This did mean I had to take the idea of the eggless slow cookered cake and immediately mess with the recipe (instructions? Do 3 ingredients really count as a recipe when one of them is chocolate drops?). This version is an unholy mash up between The One I Saw on Social Media (2 1/2 cups self raising flour, 1 tin condensed milk, chocolate drops) and another I had a vague memory of seeing online somewhere (2 1/2 cups self raising flour, 1 tin condensed milk and some bananas).
So I give you: Cake with both bananas AND chocolate drops, because why not?
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| Minimal ingredients |
- 1 1/4 cups of self raising flour (my cups are US cups due to a family tradition involving Betty Crocker's recipe books - no idea if the original meant UK cups)
- 187-ish g of condensed milk from the squeezy bottle (as google tells me an average tin is 375g)
- 2 small, elderly bananas only fit for baking with
- the rest of the bag of chocolate drops from the cupboard (BBE Feb 2020, so also #ArchivedIngredients)
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| Pleasantly origami-like baking parchment play |
2) Put the flour in the mixing bowl, put bowl on the scales, squeeze the condensed milk on top till you hit about half a tin's worth.
7) Cover with a clean tea towel and put the lid on - this stops condensation dripping on top of whatever you're baking in a slow cooker.
3) Peel and add the roughly chopped bananas.
4) Beat together till it looks like a cake batter. Took about 2-3 minutes in the Kenwood.
5) Stir in the chocolate drops (I did this by hand as the Kenwood can pulverise them if not watched like a hawk).
6) Spoon or spatula into the slow cooker and give it a shoogle to level it.
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| Promisingly cakelike |
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| Tea towel in place, dangly edges tucked out of the way on top |
You see the original versions said put on high for 2 - 2 1/2 hours, but I had halved the recipe and so had no clue what the change in volume and scale would mean for my endeavour. In the end I gave it an hour, checked on it (nope, still definitely not done), then gave it another half hour. After 1 1/2 hours it appeared cooked. Still quite pale on top but springing back grudgingly and a toothpick inserted into the guts of the cake came out clean, so I figured it was done.
I did learn that the elements in my slow cooker are a little uneven - one side was clearly more 'done' than the other. Something to bear in mind if I'm ever struck with the notion of making bread in the slow cooker instead of my perfectly good bread maker.
But I can answer my initial question. YES! You can make an eggless cake in a slow cooker. A perfectly acceptable cake, ideal with a cup of tea. Not what you'd call light and airy (think substantial tea bread) and a touch sweet thanks to the condensed milk but quite nice cake that did not require the use of any of my egg stash.
See - the things you learn on the internet!
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| Impulse driven cake |
This is magnificent cake science. Thank you for your report, agent.
ReplyDeleteThe difference between US and UK cup measures is negligible, so as long as you're using one or t'other, not mixing, it's all good. (Source: am Michigan Yankee in King Arthur's court)
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