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    Home » Recipes » Desserts (No Bake) » Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler

    LAST UPDATED: July 2, 2018 • FIRST PUBLISHED: January 22, 2016 By Toni Dash 15 Comments

    Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler

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    Spice cake is made even better with the addition of cherries, and the only thing better than freshly baked cobbler is making it in the crock pot! Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler is super easy to make and uses a cake mix, making it an even better short cut method. Gluten-free or regular mixes may be used.

    2 plates of Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler, one topped with whipped cream

    We have had an insanely busy January. It’s actually busier event-wise than December however with the good fortune to not be shrouded in the holiday mania of December. My daughter is at the zenith of her high school swim season and rounding the bend on college testing. My son has just wrapped up his robotics league season with a trip to the State meet, a Brain Bowl competition and will be wailing on the trumpet to the National Anthem at an upcoming Denver Nuggets basketball game. In between all of these events are extra practices daily, leaving January to feel like cresting that big hill on a roller coaster,  to only dive headlong back to ground level at a breakneck pace.

    All this to say, I love my slow cooker. I was thinking the other day at how far slow cooker recipes have come from the invention of the Crock-Pot in the early 1970’s. I think originally soups and stews were the mainstay of slow cookery. Makes sense. Fast forward to today and the variety of dishes made using a slow cooker has sky rocketed.

    3 bowls of Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler on a marble counter top

    I have a Slow Cooker Recipe board on Pinterest on which I collect slow cooker recipes (over 400 recipes currently!). They range from whole chickens to brownies and everything imaginable in between! The preparation is so minimal and I love the convenience of not thinking about it again until serving up dinner in between picking up and dropping off kids. It’s a perfect solution for families in fluid dining situations. I love family dinners as much as the next person but there are times that is difficult at best. With slow cookers I know there is something for everyone whenever they have the chance to eat it over a multi-hour period of time.

    I’ve always been intrigued by slow cooker dessert recipes. I made a Slow Cooker Light Almond Milk Tapioca Pudding which was a smashing success with Boulder Locavore readers, but had not tried a baking recipe until last summer when I first attempted a Slow Cooker Peach-Blueberry Cobbler.  Not wanting to use the oven more than needed in during summer’s heyday, I experimented with a cobbler that was delicious! I learned later the method I employed of using a cake mix is a riff on an old Boy Scout approach when cooking cobbler in a Dutch oven over a campfire (love that).

    bowl of Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler on a red and white gingham napkin

    Comforting Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler

    These wintery days seem perfect for a reprisal of the cobbler but with more seasonal flavors: Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler. Frozen, thawed cherries are used along with spice cake mix for a homey dessert that is great on its own or with whipped cream on top. Your kitchen will be filled with the comforting smells of Grandma’s cooking brought into a current age. It’s the perfect dessert to enjoy on a snowy day!

    I’m often asked about what slow cooker I use. My absolute favorite is a 6-quart Crock-Pot which is easily programmable for cooking heat and duration so I really can ‘fix it and forget it’; after the cooking ends, it automatically changes to a warm mode to keep the food warm without cooking it further. I had my first one for years and accidentally cracked the crock and am now happily on on my second one. They last for years too!

    2 plates of Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler, one with ice cream on top

    How to Make Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler

    2 plates of Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler, one with ice cream on top

    Slow Cooker Cherry Spice Cake Cobbler

    Homey, rustic slow cooker cobbler is easy to make and even easier to eat!
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
    Total Time: 3 hours 45 minutes
    Servings: 8
    Calories: 179kcal
    Author: Toni Dash
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    Ingredients

    • 4 cups frozen Cherries (pitted), thawed
    • 2 tablespoon Cornstarch
    • ¼ cup Light Brown Sugar
    • 1 15.25-ounce Spice Cake Mix (I used Namaste Gluten-Free Spice Cake Mix and weighed the mix to be 15.25 ounces which is a standard cake mix)
    • 4 ounces Unsalted Butter , cold cut into tablespoons then each tablespoon quartered, plus 4 tablespoons melted Unsalted Butter (not needed until 3 hours cooking so wait to prepare)

    Instructions

    • Spray the insert of a 4 quart (or larger) slow cooker liberally with no stick spray (alternatively it can be greased with unsalted butter).
    • Add the cherries; toss with the cornstarch. Sprinkle with the brown sugar.
    • Sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the top of the cherries.
    • Evenly distribute the small pieces of cold butter on the top of the cake mix.
    • Place one paper towel on top of each other on of the top of the slow cooker insert (fully covering the opening) and seat the lid on top of them (this helps absorb condensation from the cobbler to allow the top to become crisper). Cook on HIGH for 3 hours.
    • At 3 hours, drizzle the melted butter evenly over the top of the cake mixture and using a dining fork gently turn the butter into the dry cake mixture on the top. Remove the paper towel and continue to cook on HIGH for 30 minutes or until the top is cooked (no dry ingredients showing).

    Nutrition

    Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 162mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 400IU | Vitamin C: 4.9mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    TONI DASH
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    Toni Dash, is a Certified Nutrition Coach and the writer/blogger, photographer, recipe developer and creator of Boulder Locavore®. She has been developing easy to make, well-tested recipes since 2010. Her seasonal recipes bring excitement to the dining table for both gluten-free and gluten diners. Toni has been featured in numerous publications and on culinary websites for her creative, delicious recipes and travel features. For more details, check out her About page.

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    1. Becca Wilson says

      January 29, 2016 at 6:18 pm

      So much can be made in the slow cooker that I never even imagined! I will have to give this one a shot.

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      • Toni Dash says

        January 29, 2016 at 6:33 pm

        Isn’t that true Becca? I wonder if they ever dreamed what would be made in them a few decades after they were invented?

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    2. Kiwi says

      January 24, 2016 at 1:18 am

      Now this looks really good! Making cobbler in a slow cooker is brilliant!

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