Slow Cooker German Chocolate Spoon Cake
24 Comments Jul 12, 2016
Updated Oct 29, 2023
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This decadent Slow Cooker German Chocolate Spoon Cake is a delicious spin on German chocolate cake, this is served this warm with ice cream!
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Hi all! I think you will love this Slow Cooker German Chocolate Spoon cake. This cake is warm, gooey, and full of standard German chocolate cake flavors, but I serve this warm with ice-cream. If you are like me and don’t turn your oven on in the summer, you will enjoy this recipe.
I start with a cake mix, but I dress it up a bit with butter instead of oil. I also add vanilla extract, and a dash of salt.
I pour the batter into a well greased slow cooker.
Then I top the batter with coconut, chocolate chunks, and pecans.
Cook on High for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Below is what it looks like after it is done cooking.
This cake isn’t the type that is cooled and sliced. You dig into it with a spoon, warm.
Top with ice cream. Best dessert I’ve had in a long time!
Try one of these other desserts in your slow cooker:
- Slow Cooker Chocolate Peanut Clusters
- Slow Cooker Gingerbread Cake
- Slow Cooker Lemon Spoon Cake
- Slow Cooker S’mores Cake
- Slow Cooker Blackberry Cobbler
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Slow Cooker German Chocolate Spoon Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 15.25 oz German Chocolate cake mix
- 1/2 cup salted butter, melted
- 1 cup water
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
- 1 cup milk chocolate chunks, or chips
- 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
Optional Toppings for Serving
- vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix the cake mix, melted butter, water, eggs, vanilla, and salt until just combined.
- Do not overmix, it is ok if there is small lumps in the batter.
- Spray the slow cooker well with non-stick spray.
- Pour the batter in to the slow cooker.
- Sprinkle over the coconut, chocolate chunks, and pecans.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
- Serve with ice cream and enjoy!
Nutrition
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Awesome I’ve actually made this several times, if I am careful I can turn it upside down over a plate and it comes out like a cake an I frost it like a German chocolate cake my kids all like it.
Mine came out dry and crumbled; I followed the recipe. Even the ice cream didn’t do the trick.
Yummy
Having some family over tomorrow night…long overdue because of Covid….plus German chocolate is my husbands favorite. This sounds absolutely heavenly!! Thank you for sharing!!
I’m German and we don’t have such a cake recipe.
Nope, this cake is named after a man named Samuel German, who knew? Thanks for bringing that up!
So Awesome to find this recipe Sarah, I’ve subbed your site which for me is a rare thing. And have just recently discover the wonderful things my two crockpots can do! I have had no oven for the last 6 months as we are remodeling, and am elated to find so many wonderful “baked” treats, that we have done without until now. It never occurred to me to try baking in it! Now, I’m sold – oven or no!
Re:” German Chocolate Cake “origin,
German’s (as in the surname) Chocolate Cake is the official name, and all of America, for ages, has just called it “German Chocolate Cake. The recipe is found on the back of every German’s Sweet Chocolate baking bar with which it is traditionally made. It is our personal family favorite- with a double recipe of the coconut pecan frosting and filling – which I will top this cake with in its warm, melty yummy goodness for the full experience-
Anyone double it? How much longer does it need to cook?
Made this today for a friend’s birthday at work. It was a hit! I’ll definitely be making it again. Thanks for sharing!
That is awesome. We love this cake too!
I put a crockpot liner in crockpot to save clean up time. I also put a couple of paper towels on top before lid to catch the water drops. Some crockpots get hotter on the edges so if your does put a piece of foil on that edge before putting in liner.
This looks and sounds incredible, yum!
xx Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes
How much butter???? 1/2 stick, 1/2 cup, 1/2 lb????
1/2 cup, thank you! I will fix that