I wish I had taken a photo of it to show you because it looked fantastic. Quite some time ago I had a go at baking in my slow cooker. I made a lovely carrot cake that was deliciously moist and scrummy. It got me thinking about using the slow cooker for a steamed sponge. The idea being you could just put it in and basically forget about it. Last Sunday we had the mother - in - law for tea. I cooked a lovely lasagne which she loves and I made a treacle sponge and custard for pudding. Here is the recipe:-
100g of Self raising flour
100g of margarine
100g of sugar (I used brown)
loads of golden syrup (sorry I didn't measure it)
2 eggs
I blitzed the flour, margarine, sugar and eggs in the food processor.
I greased a pudding basin with margarine and then poured about an inch of golden syrup into the bottom. I then piled on the sponge mixture. Covered tightly with a piece of pleated foil and then put into the bottom of the slow cooker. I put about 3-4 cm of water in the bottom of the slow cooker. Put the lid on and turned on high. I checked after about 3 hours to find it cooked right through. It was light and fluffy and very moist. I turned it out onto a serving dish and the golden syrup ran down the sides. It was a big hit with everyone.
6 comments:
I have tried this twice now and has been a real winner with all the family. I found cooking this on high in the slow cooker was enought however, it doesn't dry out so you can cook it longer. Thanks.
Great simple, recipe - works a treat! Have made this twice and it's going into the repertoire. Lovely winter pud. We serve it with ice cream.
I like to use the slow cooker for making sponge pudding and for cooking my Christmas pudding, great!
How's this going to sit with the New Year diet?! I tried it before Christmas and it was lovely. Going to do it again today when the newly fledged son returns for Sunday dinner. Mmmm.
Not good for the waistline I am afraid but a little of what you fancy does you good. It also works well with jam for a jam sponge. Treacle is my favourite though :)
I found that 3 hours is to enough time to cook this pudding properly.
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