Who knew you could make a mouthwatering delicious & moist carrot cake in your slow cooker? This recipe for Crock-Pot Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a winner for sure!
Slow Cooker Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
This recipe was made as part of a blogging challenge among other food bloggers. In the challenge, the group of bloggers is given a set of ingredients and sent on their merry way to create a recipe using those ingredients. This month’s ingredients were carrots and ginger.
This carrot cake fits the bill, the ginger is a nice touch to a carrot cake I think, not too much but enough to tell it is in there.
I choose a carrot cake because…well because cake cooked in a crock-pot is a just little bit different and I really wanted to challenge myself in what I could make.
This carrot cake comes out super moist when it is cooked in the slow cooker. And I really just love baking in my crock-pot because it allows me to still make awesome baked goods without heating up the whole house. So that means I can make this recipe no matter what time of year it is…even in the dead heat of summer!
I hope you will give this recipe a try, it is one of my favorites!
Special Diets
More fantastic slow cooker desserts:
- Crock-Pot Lemon Buddies
- Slow Cooker Pineapple Dump Cake
- Crock-Pot Raspberry Almond Coffee Cake
- Slow Cooker Zucchini Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
- Crock-Pot Easy Peach Cobbler
Crock-Pot Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
Ingredients
Cake
- â…” Cup All-Purpose Flour
- ½ Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¾ Teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- 1 Teaspoon Grated Fresh Ginger
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- â…“ Cup Vegetable Oil
- 2 Large Eggs
- 8 Ounces Canned Crushed Pineapple (With Juice)
- ½ Cup Golden Raisins
- 1 Cup Finely Grated Carrots
- 1 Cup Chopped Pecans (Or Walnuts (Optional))
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 Ounces Cream Cheese (Softened)
- 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
- ½ Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
Instructions
Cake
- In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, spices, ginger root and salt and stir with a whisk to thoroughly mix.
- In a large bowl, combine vegetable oil, eggs, pineapple, raisins, nuts and carrot and whisk to combine well.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix by hand with a spoon or rubber spatula till everything is well mixed.
- Spray a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray for baking (or butter and flour).
- Pour cake batter into prepared pan and place in the bottom of a 6 quart or larger slow cooker.
- Cover the top of the slow cooker with 4 paper towels (in a doubled layer of 2 unattached sheets) or a thin kitchen towel, making sure the towel is not touching the cake in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove cake pan from slow cooker and let cool in the pan on a wire cooling rack for 5 minutes.
- Invert cake out of the pan on the cooling rack and let cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
- In a mixer, whip the cream cheese still fluffy
- Add powdered sugar a little at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Mix in the vanilla extract.
- Once the cake is cool, frost with cream cheese frosting.
Notes
Nutrition
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Oh my cake in the crock pot. I have heard about people doing that, but I have been skeptical. Yours turned out so well…it looks so moist and then of course the delicious icing…WELL DONE!
Thanks Rachel for stopping by, and the kind words. I am really pleased with how this recipe came out. This is a keeper for sure. Going to make this one again and again!
I’ve always loved using my crockpot but never done anything like this before. Sounds very interesting. I might just try it out one of these days. Do I need to change the paper towels in between?
Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment! You do not need to change out the paper toweling. Only a little moisture is absorbed really. The paper towels just help it bake a little better rather than steam since crock-pot cooking is a moist environment. Either way it makes for a moist cake.
WOW! I’m going to have to buy me another crockpot so’s I can cook dessert while my roast is crocking!
The ingredients of your carrot cake (pineapple, golden raisins & walnuts) topped with that yummy cream cheese frosting make this a classic, for surel
Thanks Melody for the comment. Having another crock-pot is always a good idea I think (I have four!). But there are often times I have two going at once.
I’ve never made a cake in a crockpot but is sure sounds easy and looks delicious. Great ICC recipe.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my Improv Cooking Challenge entry: Shrimp & Avocado Salad with Carrot Ginger Dressing
Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook
Hi Lisa, thanks for dropping by!
I checked out your amazing looking recipe for your Shrimp & Avocado Salad with Carrot Ginger Dressing. So delicious looking and a great use of the Improv Challenge ingredients! I cannot wait to give it a try!
This looks so yummy! I need to start making desserts in my crockpot. I would love for you to come by and link up to my Recipe Party at The Sweet Spot!
Thanks Paige for the comment luv! I have linked up at your Recipe Party – how fun!
I have yet to ‘bake’ anything in my crockpot, but I love the idea! This carrot cake looks amazing.
I’ve never made dessert in my crock pot, I need to change that. Your cake looks fabulous.
Mimi
Wow…I would never have thought to try to bake a cake in a crock pot! What a fabulous idea…and it looks moist and delish! : )
Great Post! Thanks for sharing! Come check out my Carrot Cake Ice Cream!
Cake in the crock pot? Sign me up!!!
Holy cow! Carrot Cake in a crockpot–who knew it could be done (I guess you did)?! Seriously good looking recipe.
Now, this is a unique recipe! I love it. Besides, is there anything better than carrot cake?
This looks fantastic, I have to say, and it just blows my mind when people bake in a crock pot. Well done! 🙂
I know that we will always learn something when you submit entries to the Improv challenge. This is wonderful! I cannot wait to see what else you come up with in the future!
I can’t wait to make this carrot cake!! Looks yummy! I have a crockpot but don’t have a loaf pan, can it be made without a loaf pan? Thanks for sharing this recipe
Maryann Hentz
Hi Maryann,
Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment! As far as if you can make this carrot cake in the crock-pot without a loaf pan I cannot say with 100% assuredness that you can, since I have not tried it. However I think it could be done. I I would just make sure to spray the crock with some non-stick cooking spray (like Pam for baking) and keep your eye on it. Give it a try and see how it turns out. If your not willing to try it they do sell aluminum foil loaf pans at many dollar stores. My local Dollar Tree sells a 2-pack for $1.00.
Well I tried this recipe yesterday, without a pan as i didn’t have one on hand. Cooked on high for four hours and then on low for a couple more as it was still too wet. Left it overnight to cool in the crockpot and this morning took it out. It looks terrible. And doesn’t taste very good either. Really a rather dark, gooey mess with a lot of oil on top and I followed the recipe exactly. Feeling disappointed.
I am sorry that your Crock-Pot Carrot cake did not come out as planned. However, if you baked the cake without a loaf pan you did not follow the recipe exactly as this recipe requires a loaf pan to come out properly.
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I am trying this really soon! As a matter of fact, if I didn’t have a dessert already lined up for dinner tonight, I would do this. Looks divine!
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Hi! Just wanted to let you know that included your recipe in my blog post today. http://blog.thredup.com/2013/01/09/making-peace-with-the-crock-pot/ It’s so YUMMY! Thanks for sharing 🙂 -Carly
Thanks Carly for including us. We are honored. I left a comment on your blog too (hope it goes through OK LOL)
Just wanted to double check you don’t add any water to the bowl?
Nope, no water in the bowl.
Hi, can’t wait to try this cake, just wondering though if using a round cake tin will matter? My crock pot round so I won’t be able to use a loaf tin.
I have not tested this recipe in a round cake pan so cannot really give a definitive answer. However I think it should work. If you try it out be sure to come back and let us know how it turned out!
Be still my heart !!! I’m going to try this on the weekend! ! I have 3 slow cookers and often have 2 going at once.
I’ve made cheesecake I’m jars in the slow cooker…turned out amazing. I’ve been craving carrot cake as of late…can’t wait to try this !!
I would love to try this for sure
Hope you try this slow cooker carrot cake Ken!
Hi,
Wow great so yummy.
Thanks!
Crockpot carrot cake is a very delicious recipe. I loved it
So glad you enjoyed it, Tania!
I’ve made cheesecake I’m jars in the slow cooker…turned out amazing. I’ve been craving carrot cake as of late
I hope you try this carrot cake recipe Emma, it is amazing!