DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CROCKPOT CARROT CAKE

What could be better then warm chocolate and cinnamon mingled together on a brisk autumn day...not much else I'm guessing!  The smell of this cake cooking in the crock pot was pretty overwhelming...my mouth was watering the whole time!  I love to make cakes this way.  I can do other things for 3 hours while it "cooks" and I'm not tied to the house for that half hour or more it takes to bake in the oven.

 

 

1 box Betty Crocker super moist devils food cake mix

1/2 cup egg beaters egg substitute

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

3/4 cup water

1 tsp Cinnamon

1 cup shredded carrots

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

 

Mix the cake mix, egg beaters, applesauce, water and cinnamon until well mixed.  Fold in the chocolate chips and shredded carrots.  grease a 3 quart crock pot well. ( I used Pam spray for baking)  Pour the batter into the crock and spread evenly.  Put 4 pieces of paper toweling over the top and put the lid on.  Cook on low for 3 hours.  Take crock out of base and set on cooling rack.  Cool completely and dump onto a cake platter.  Serve frosted or with vanilla ice cream.

 

 

 

 



PINEAPPLE ORANGE CAKE WITH PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

     With trying to change our diet to healthy clean eating we still craved an after dinner sweet or two.  I tinkered around in the kitchen and was able to come up with a few that were simple and would take that edge off.  The idea for this cake came from a few lone ingredients let in the fridge that needed to be used and some club soda left from the holiday drinks.  The results were yummy!

• 1 1/2 cups Betty Crocker super moist yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup Dole crushed pineapple with juice
• Juice and zest from 1 medium tangerine
• 1/2 cup club soda

     Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Measure out the cake mix and add to a mixing bowl.  Zest the tangerine into the bowl then cut in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl also.  Measure 1/2 cup crushed pineapple and incorporate all until mixed well.  Add the club soda and mix well.  Pour into an 8x8 greased pan and bake 30 minutes.

     Frosting

• 3 tbsp powered sugar
• 2 oz lite Philadelphia cream cheese
• 1/4 cup dole crushed pineapple with juice

     Warm the cream cheese in the microwave for 15 seconds.  Add the pineapple with juice and mix well, then stir in the powdered sugar until mixed well.  Frost cake when completely cooled.