Rocky Road Chocolate Cake (Crock-Pot)

Submitted by appleydapply

"This rich, gooey, cake from Southern Living is "baked" in a slow cooker. It's best served warm. Topping with chocolate or vanilla ice cream is a nice touch, but not necessary because the cake is so rich!"

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package German chocolate cake mix
• 1 (4 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1⁄3 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 1⁄4 cups milk, divided
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package chocolate cook-and-serve pudding mix
• 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 1⁄2 cups miniature marshmallows
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• vanilla ice cream (optional)

directions

1. Beat cake mix, next 5 ingredients, and 1 1/4 cups milk at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down sides as needed. Pour batter into a lightly greased 4-qt. slow cooker.
2. Cook remaining 2 cups milk in a heavy nonaluminum saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, 3 to 5 minutes or just until bubbles appear (do not boil); remove from heat.
3. Sprinkle cook-and-serve pudding mix over batter. Slowly pour hot milk over pudding. Cover and cook on LOW 3 1/2 hours.
4. Meanwhile, heat pecans in a small nonstick skillet over medium-low heat, stirring often, 3 to 5 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant.
5. Turn off slow cooker. Sprinkle cake with pecans, marshmallows, and chocolate morsels. Let stand 15 minutes or until marshmallows are slightly melted.
6. Spoon into dessert dishes, and serve with ice cream, if desired.

Reviews

[sjpayne1]

Awesome recipe! Came out very moist and yummy. Even better warmed up the next day. This was a hit at our dinner party. Very quick and easy to make. I used a 6 qt crock because I didn't have a 4 and it still turned out amazing.

 

[Chris McConnell]

Great recipe! It turned out perfect, but I cooked it for an additional hour.

 

[Mina in Toronto]

This was so good, it almost made me cry. I didn't have any pecans or any other nut for that matter, but it was still an awesome cake. I made it about a month ago and my stepdaughter still talks about it.

 

[Savanahsobell]

This cake was amazing! I didn't find it too rich, and I dont like overwhelming rich cakes. But light and fluffy and beautiful to look at as well. I had made a chocolate crock pot cake in the past, and it was such a let down, I didn't think I would ever try another... but I am sooooo glad I found this recipe! The only thing I can say is, I have a 6qt crock and it rose to the top, yet the recipe is for a 4qt. so I'm not sure what happened there, but it was such a great cake! I am so impressed! Thank you so much for sharing this!

 

[Sydney Mike]

Made this for my other half to take to a weekly meeting he attends & it was a big hit, at least with the chocoholics in the group, while the rest opted for the store-bought doughnuts ~ Their loss! I particularly liked the triple dose of chocolate in this one, & had I served it here at home, I'd definitely have topped it with even more (the chocolate ice cream)! Not something most would want a large helping of, but certainly a dream dessert for us -holics! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]