Coconut cake - in my crock pot? It's more likely than you think

[flummoxicated]

I found a recipe for coconut cake for a crock pot over in what_a_crock  the other day. Here is the original recipe and here is how I altered it to cut some of the fat:

Coconut Crockpot Cake!

Combine:
-4 eggs (egg beaters)
-3/4 cup fat free sour cream
-1/2 cup veg oil
-1 cup water
-1 package Jello coconut cream pudding mix

Mix this all together until well blended and then add:

-1 box Coconut cake mix
-1 big handful sweetened shredded coconut (about a cup)

Mix to combine and then pour the mixture into a VERY well greased slow cooker

Cook on low for about two hours - there should be a bit of browning visible around the edges.

The cake will be set around the sides but still rather gooey in the middle - kind of like a lava cake.

If you like coconut, give it a try. I think next time I'm called upon to provide a dessert for a potluck, I'll bring this.

When I am not feeling lazy, I will try Alton Brown's recipe for coconut cake, which is more labor intensive, but does not use boxed stuff.

Comments

[murthandjoy.livejournal.com]

My sister makes a yummy coconut cake. Oh shame on you, your making me want cake.

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

I couldn't resist - sorry!

[vistillia.livejournal.com]

I found the Alton recipe to be a wonderful result, but a lot of work. And, despite beating my egg whites carefully into a meringue and adding it with the minimum number of folds needed, it never rose as it should have. I had two more dense 2 inch cakes rounds as opposed to two 4 inch, slice-able cake rounds. I used a different recipe to get more cake (this thing was a birthday cake that had to feed 20 people)

The Alton cake was an extremely pretty white, with good flavor. I still don't know what went wrong. And fresh coconut makes all the difference. I thought I didn't like coconut. I couldn't stop eating it fresh.

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

AB's cake recipe has reviews that either rave about it or say it wasn't worth the effort. I am trying to move away from recipes that used canned or boxed stuff because I don't want to be like "Semi-Crap Cooking with Sandra Lee".

[indywind]

Oooh, thanks for sharing the coconut love. I am going to have to try this.

Re: from scratch, I think Fannie Farmer has a coconut cake recipe; if so, it's likely to be less fussy than Alton Brown.

Or--I wonder if Mark Bitman has one? He is king of the simple, fine recipe.

[flaming-mo.livejournal.com]

Fresh coconut is always worth the extra effort! BTW, thanks for the new crockpot recipe, sounds yummy.