I got my crock pot cake pan!

Paulineh — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:45:03 +0000

I got my crock pot cake pan for Christmas and already have made a few cakes in it. The crock pot cake came out great in this pan. It fits perfectly in my old crock pot which is a round one but not the smaller one I also have. I love crock pot baking with this pan. They are much harder to find in Australia compared to in the US but I was fortunate to obtain one through an eBay auction. Rival in the US and Monier in Australia made these cake pans for use in their round crocks many years ago.

You don't have to have a crock pot cake pan to cook cakes in the crock pot. You can use an ordinary cake pan or other dish that fits your crock base. I just like having the vented lid which means I don't need to add paper towel over my cake when cooking to absorb the moisture. With it having a lid you can use it also to carry your cake in.

When buying a crock pot cake pan check the circumference of the pan and make sure it fits your crock pot. There is a deep size that you can get also which may not fit into even some of the larger pots because of the height so you see it is important to check for sizes before buying any cake pan. You need to be able to put the lid on your crock pot as well as the crock pot cake pan.

I love crock pot baking and they make crock pot cooking even easier. I store the cake pan in my crock pot so no extra space is required in my cupboard. A crock pot cake bakes well in the slow cooker and even rises well too. Why not get a crock pot cake pan yourself for your own slow cooker.

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Baking in the Crock Pot

Paulineh — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:55:08 +0000

There has been many a time when I wanted to bake a cake but I already had the main meal cooking in the oven. The solution was to use the crock pot and cook the cake in that so that's what I did. It is really a mini oven and bakes most cakes very well. Fruit cakes and self topped/iced cakes cook very well in the crock pot. I am amazed at how well the cakes rise in the crock pot.

You can use a crock pot cake tin or an ordinary cake pan or even the crock pot base itself to cook the cake. I know people who use empty coffee or soup cans. These are good for fruit cakes and rolls. I haven't had a bad experience yet so I am either lucky or the crock pot likes baking.

Here are 10 tips for crock pot baking:

Preheat the crock pot on high for 10 -1 5 minutes if you are using an ordinary pan.
Use several sheets of paper towel on the top of the cake pan and cover with the crock pot lid, except when using the crock pot cake pan.
Cook your cakes on the high setting.
Don't lift the lid during cooking, only at the end as you let the heat out.
Use a rack if you have one in the bottom of the crock pot base and if you haven't one you can use 2 or 3 egg rings as a substitute. This helps the heat to circulate around the pan for more even cooking.
Grease and line the cake pan to prevent the cake from sticking.
Only half fill the cake pan or cut the liner at least an inch above the top of the sides.
Use your oval based crock pot for cakes that can be decorated as faces, clocks, footballs etc.
Test the cake with a skewer and if cooked let it cook a few minutes before getting turning out.
Use prepared cake mixes in the crock pot for an improved taste over conventional cooking.

Enjoy baking in your crock pot especially during the holidays coming up. This will also save your oven space for other cooking.

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I got my crock pot cake pan!

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