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(Easy Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes #214 – Crock Pot Fruit Cocktail Cake)
We’re having a cool day today. It’s only 100 degrees! I haven’t turned my oven on for weeks. When the desire to bake strikes, I’ve been turning to my slow cooker.
Recently I had a craving for one of my favorite cakes from child hood, Mom’s Quick Lunch Box Cake, an easy one-bowl cake made with fruit cocktail, topped with chocolate chips and chopped nuts.
So, I decided to adapt the recipe and bake it in my new Crock-Pot Casserole Crock Slow Cooker. If you don’t yet have the casserole crock, a large oval slow cooker should work.
Moist and delicious, this crock pot fruit cocktail cake turned out even better than I had hoped.
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As cakes go, this crock pot fruit cocktail cake is pretty healthy, with only 1/4 cup butter and no icing.
To bump up the nutritional profile even further, you could substitute white-wheat or whole wheat flour for all or some of the all-purpose flour.
According to my calculations each serving has 218 calories and 6* Weight Watchers PointsPlus, *10 WW Freestyle SmartPoints.
Enjoy!
Crock Pot Fruit Cocktail Cake
Ingredients
- 2-1/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 can, 16 ounces fruit cocktail packed in juice, undrained
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
Instructions
- Ideal Slow Cooker Size: Casserole Crock or 6-Quart
- Coat the slow cooker with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl combine the flour, baking soda, salt, brown sugar eggs, butter and fruit cocktail and beat with an electric mixer (affiliate link) for 2 minutes.
- Pour batter into the prepared slow cooker and sprinkle the top with chocolate chips and nuts.
- Place several layers of paper towels on top of the slow cooker and then set the lid in place.
- Cook on HIGH for 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hours, or until the cake is set to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Uncover and turn off the slow cooker. Let cool for at least 1 hour.
- *PointsPlus® for this crock pot fruit cocktail cake calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
If you liked this recipe for crock pot fruit cocktail cake, you might also like:
Slow Cooker Fruit Cocktail Cake with Cake Mix.
Slow Cooker Apple Cake
Skinny Slow Cooker Chocolate Pudding Cake
Slow Cooker Applesauce Spice Cake
