Slow Cooker Carrot Cake

Slow Cooker Carrot Cake is the perfect dessert recipe for spring, summer or fall. Just whisk the ingredients & let your crockpot do the rest. Just add cream cheese frosting.

Do you love carrot cake? It is a HUGE favorite in this house. My family can’t get enough of it.

But did you know that you can use your slow cooker to bake a cake? Yep – check out this Slow Cooker Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

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Now, I have used the slow cooker for making dinner rolls & melting chocolate for treats & of course drinks. But baking a cake is a whole new world.

I mean, really, I’m willing to wait a little longer if that means that I can have my oven free for other things like the holiday turkey or ham.

Slow Cooker Cake

Or when it’s summer & I don’t want to turn on the oven, but I really want cake. Yep- this recipe is perfect for that.

Now there are a handful of recipes floating around out there that produce something similar. I have tried many and adapted each one each time I made the cake.

Then from there, along with my family recipes for carrot cake that we have been making for years, we finally came up with this recipe that works perfectly.

Here are some commonly asked questions

Can this recipe be doubled?

Yes, that works fine. Just increase your cooking time to about 3 – 3.5 hours, checking with the toothpick test & adjusting your time accordingly. (this is because every slow cooker seems to cook at a different temp & all but one of mine all tend to cook hotter than others)

You will want to also double your frosting to make sure you have enough to cover the whole cake.

What size slow cooker did you use for this recipe?

I used this small 3 qt cooker – it offered more than enough room for the cake to rise. In fact, you could still put a double batch of batter in this one & be just fine.

HOW DO YOU MAKE Slow Cooker Carrot Cake?

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt & nutmeg.
2. Add oil, applesauce, vanilla & eggs – stirring until just combined.
3. Fold in carrots & raisins (if using)
4. Generously grease the bottom & sides of the slow cooker – or use slow cooker liners for easy release.
5. Pour the prepared cake batter into the cooker.
6. Cover the top of the cooker with a piece of foil & then place the lid on firmly.
7. Cook on low 90 minutes – 2 hours, checking with the toothpick test after 90 minutes. Mine was just slightly over 2 hours.
8. Unplug the cooker & remove the insert. Place the cake (still inside the insert) on a wire rack to cool for a minimum of 30 minutes.
9. If you used a liner for your cooker, gently pull up on the liner & remove the cake, placing on the wire rack.
10. If you did not use a liner, use a butter knife or offset spatula & scrape in between the cake & the insert to separate.
11. Place one hand on the top of the cake & use the other hand to carefully tip the insert upside down to remove the cake. (you will be holding the cake flat on one hand)
12. Set aside the insert & grab the wire rack & invert it onto the cake & flip it back to upright so that the cake is now resting by itself on the wire rack to continue cooling.
13. Allow the cake to cool at least 60-90 minutes before decorating.
14. Prepare the frosting in the meantime by whipping cream cheese & butter together on med-high speed until smooth.
15. Add vanilla & then slowly add the confectioners’ sugar.
16. Beat slowly until combined & then whip on high until smooth & fluffy.
17. Use an offset spatula to spread the frosting on the cake.
18. Press chopped walnuts & chocolate jimmies into the frosting as desired to decorate.
19. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

Slow Cooker Carrot Cake

To make this recipe you will need…

***Cake

• granulated sugar
• brown sugar
• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• table salt
• nutmeg
• vegetable oil
• unsweetened applesauce
• vanilla extract
• egg
• shredded carrots
• raisins (opt)

***Frosting

• cream cheese
• butter
• confectioners sugar
• vanilla extract
• chopped walnuts
• chocolate jimmies

Everything you love about carrot cake made right in your slow cooker.

CARROT CAKE IN SLOW COOKER

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• granulated sugar
• brown sugar
• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• table salt
• nutmeg
• vegetable oil
• unsweetened applesauce
• vanilla extract
• raisins
• confectioners sugar
• chopped walnuts
• chocolate jimmies
• slow cooker

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