Slow Cooker Lemon Spoon Cake is a delicious cake that is meant to be served warm!
Warm Lemon Cake with ice cream anyone? Yes, please! I made this Slow Cooker Lemon Spoon cake with a yellow cake mix, but I added a ton of lemon flavor with lemon juice, and zest.
Why make this lemon cake in the slow cooker you ask, and not your oven? Well, because I’ve never had a cake turn out so moist, it was almost heaven like.
This Lemon Spoon Cake recipe is great for company, just prepare and start the cake before guests arrive, and add lemon glaze right before serving.
How to make Lemon Spoon Cake:
- Mix together a yellow cake mix, eggs, melted butter, water, lemon juice, and zest until just blended.
- Grease a 6-quart slow cooker with non-stick spray and add the batter.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 2.5 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- When the cooking time up, make the glaze. Mix together lemon juice, zest, and powdered sugar until smooth. Pour over the hot cake.
I had planned to call this recipe Lemon Dump Cake (doesn’t this cake look like a dump cake?). I guess you can’t call a recipe a dump cake if you stir it. So Lemon Spoon Cake it was!
How to serve lemon spoon cake?
- Keep the slow cooker on warm until ready to serve
- Serve buffet style; let guests serve themselves
- Offer ice-cream and whipped cream for topping the spoon cake.
I hope you enjoy this warm lemon spoon cake and put it on your menu asap! You won’t be disapointed.
Love lemon desserts? Try one of these too!
- Two Ingredient Lemon Bars
- Lemon Blueberry Poke Cake
- Lemon Muddy Buddies
Outragous Lemon Lovers Trifle- Sour Cream Lemon Pie
Equipment
- Slow Cooker Size: 6-quart or larger
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounce yellow cake mix I used pillsbury
- ½ cup lemon juice (note you will need about 4 large lemons for this recipe)
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup melted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest packed
For the glaze:
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add cake mix, lemon juice, water, melted butter, eggs, and lemon zest, mix with a spoon until combined. Don’t over mix, some lumps are fine.
- Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray
- Pour batter in slow cooker, and smooth the batter down evenly
- Cook on high for 2 hours. The cake should be firm in the middle.
- Mix Glaze ingredients in a small bowl with a whisk.
- Pour over lemon cake
- Scoop into bowls, and serve with vanilla ice cream
You should allow a PDF format for saving to personal files…was disappointed that it wasn’t available…I do not own a printer…
To Barbara,
If you don’t have a printer and want PDF format, download CutePDF writer from the internet. It is free software which allows you to “print’ to a PDF format. I use it all the time. Hope this helps.
Thank you for this recipe! I have some wonderful fresh local lemons and was looking for a great recipe. I’ll try this tomorrow. It sounds wonderful and I love that it uses lemon juice & zest. Thank you again!
You combined my favorite two things, Lemon desserts and slow cookers. Thanks for sharing on Saturday Dishes. I pinned it.
Blessings,
Diane Roark
What a great recipe! I just love lemon! Pinning.
Thanks for sharing at Saturday Dishes- hope to see you back this weekend for some Asian Recipes!
I’ve never baked a cake in my slow cooker but you make that one sound so good and I love lemon!
what temp. and how long would you bake if since I don’t have a slow cooker
I used the same liquid measurements as the box called for, so try cooking it for what the box says for the size of pan you are using, that should work great.
Ok, you had me with the word LEMON, but then you reached out and grabbed me with “in the CrockPot. Bless your heart, I love you!!! Lemony and easy, lordy mercy!!!
Sister From the South,
LindY G
Can I use Lemon Cake mix?
Im making this as we text and i an using lemon cake mix. I assume cook with lid on? First time using crock for dessert.
Yes with the lid on 🙂
Can i double this recipe? If so, should I cook for two hours or longer?
Hi Diane. I’ve never tried, but I’m pretty sure it would burn on the edges far before it is done in the center.
Would the recipe change at all if you added blueberries?
I think adding blueberries would be fine!
I want to make this doubled the batch what how long should I cook it for
I don’t know if the center will get done in time before the edges burn with a double batch. I apologize I have not tried.
My slow cooker is round,how would you suggest adjusting cook time.
Hi, Bernadette. I’m unsure how the center would cook with the slow cooker being round. It would have to be tested out.