Sunday 29 June 2008

Slow cooker treacle sponge

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:

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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.

slow Baker said...

I like to use the slow cooker for making sponge pudding and for cooking my Christmas pudding, great!

Anonymous said...

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.

Debbie said...

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 :)

Anonymous said...

I found that 3 hours is to enough time to cook this pudding properly.