Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake

September 19, 2022
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.

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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

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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

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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!

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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.

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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.


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Dessert
Crock Pot
Yield: about 6-8 servings
Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake

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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Slow Cooker Apple Pudding Cake ~ Layers of soft cake & tender apples sit atop a pudding-like sauce that forms in the bottom of the slow cooker as this crock pot cake cooks. It's the hands-off convenience of  crock pot cooking for your dessert!  www.thekitchenismyplayground.com


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18 comments

  1. Oh wow! That looks delicious! Pinning to the Monday Funday board. Thanks for linking it up!

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    1. Thank you so much for stopping by and for the pin, Katie. Appreciate it!

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  2. I love this idea! The cake looks so moist and delicious, and I'm having fun with anything apple these days. Can't beat the slow cooker! Pinned and tweeted. :)

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    1. I know, the slow cooker is so convenient, isn't it? And yes, this cake is indeed moist and delicious. Thank you for the pin and tweet, Blair!

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  3. Love a good fall slow cooker recipe! Bet this smells divine!

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  4. I would love to have a serving of this awesome pudding cake right now. Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  5. Tracey this looks so good! I love anything apple this time of year and I love that this is made in the Slow Cooker! I can't wait to try it! Thanks so much for sharing at the Project Parade!

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  6. Cannot wait to try this!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!

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  7. I'm WILD about this recipe. I've made a crockpot apple crisp...we will be enjoying this one soon. Thanks much for sharing with us at Weekend Potluck. Pinned!!

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  8. When I was a young girl my mom said that when you peel the apple and get one long strip intact that you drop it from your paring knife onto the counter or table top and the initial formed is who you are going to marry. Maybe it was a trick to get us to help her peel!

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  9. I made this dessert last night with two changes- I had to substitute lime juice for lemon, as that was all I had, and being diabetic, I used truvia baking blend for the sugar. This was one of the best desserts I have ever had! My whole family loved it, even my son in law who does not like cooked apples! Next time I make this, I am going to try adding some dried cranberries or maybe some chopped walnuts or pecans. Thanks so much for the recipe.

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  10. Hi Tracey! Making this for some new parents, who are gluten free. Have you tried gf flour or had any bakers that made substitutions for gluten free? Thanks!

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    1. I have never made this gf; your question caused me to do some reading about gf flour. What I found was GF can be replaced regular flower 1 to 1. From King Arthur's web site, "Because they lack the structure gluten adds, some gluten-free baked goods may seem more crumbly than their wheat-based equivalent. Due to the combination of flours used, they also may become stale more quickly."


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  11. This was so easy and so delicious! The cinnamon was spot on. I will be making it again.

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  12. This just looks amazing! I'm featuring it today at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. Thanks for sharing it with us!

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