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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Slow Cooker Cake Recipe

Slow cooker cake recipes are great to have on hand. When your oven is in use making dinner items, making a cake in the Crockpot is a convenient option. Try this chocolate and peanut butter slow cooker cake for your next sweet treat.

Chocolate peanut butter cake in a bowl topped with vanilla ice cream

Slow Cooker Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cake

Even if your oven is unoccupied, it’s fun to experiment with cakes and breads in the slow cooker. Slow cookers are useful for more than just soups and typical dinners. We made slow cooker banana bread that was pretty darn tasty. Since then, we want to explore more dessert options in the Crockpot.

Peanut butter chocolate cake on a plate with vanilla ice cream

Chocolate peanut butter cake in the slow cooker is easy to make but must be watched. Each slow cooker is so different that you need to make sure it doesn’t burn. Keep a close eye on it the first time you make it to get to know the correct timing for this cake in your Crockpot.

The center of the cake won’t be set, but that is okay. There’s no egg or anything in the recipe to harm people if it’s at all undercooked or raw.

This cake is crumbly but moist and has a delicious rich flavor. There’s some crunch with the peanuts from the peanut butter. Try serving warm topped with some vanilla ice cream for the best indulgent experience.

Overhead shot of peanut butter cake with ice cream

Make this your next date night dessert. Since it feeds 8-10 people, save it for your next game night, Valentine’s day gathering, New Year’s Eve party, or whenever the mood strikes.

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Steps to make slow cooker cake
Yield: 10 people

Chocolate Peanut Butter Slow Cooker Cake

Peanut butter chocolate cake on a plate with vanilla ice cream

For a crumbly sweet treat, try this slow cooker cake. It has a rich chocolate peanut butter flavor that pairs perfectly topped with vanilla ice cream. 

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 dash salt
  • 1 cup chunky peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons hot water
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cup half and half
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 5 cups vanilla ice cream, optional, for topping

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix well.
  2. In a separate, larger mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, sour cream, butter and water. Mix well. Add dry ingredients to peanut butter mixture. Fold in chocolate chips.
  3. Generously grease a 6 quart slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray and spread/press batter into the crock.
  4. In a measuring cup, heat half and half for 60 seconds at 50% power. Repeat for a second heating. Add sugar and cocoa powder to the half and half and whisk well. Pour on top of batter.
  5. Place the lid on the slow cooker and heat on high for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until the edges begin to pull away from the side of the crock. The center will be jiggly and remain soft. Scoop onto a plate and serve with vanilla ice cream if desired.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

10

Serving Size:

1 slice

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 631Total Fat: 34gSaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 55mgSodium: 417mgCarbohydrates: 74gFiber: 5gSugar: 51gProtein: 13g

Nutrition facts are an estimate only.

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Have you made a slow cooker cake? Do you think you would like chocolate peanut butter cake in the Crockpot?

Ann Merklin

Monday 23rd of September 2019

This sounds like I need to try it! My mouth is watering!

Karly

Wednesday 3rd of July 2019

This looks delicious! I really need to try this!

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