Yes, You Can “Bake” a Cake in the Slow Cooker! Since I began my 30 days of slow cooker recipes at the beginning of April, I have determined that there is one recipe, for sure, that I will experiment with. It’s my favorite cake, German Chocolate. My mother made the best German Chocolate cake, and I have her recipe. It’s the best I’ve ever had. What’s the Difference Between an Oven-Baked and Slow Cooker Cake? I’ve made a couple of cakes in the slow cooker, and it is a little different than baking them in the oven. The first one I made was a typeRead More →

Good Friday weekend I went to a cousin’s wedding with my daughter, Chrissie. That meant I also got to visit a couple of weeks with Chrissie, my son-in-law, and two little sweet granddaughters. During this time, I started my 30 Days of Slow Cooker Recipes for the month of April. Cooking in my slow cooker at home is different than using Chrissie’s large quantity cooker. Hers is larger than mine. But there are more people to cook for at her house, so it’s all good. Even the baby is eating now from the table food – and she loves my “flop” rice and pasta recipes.Read More →

A Two-Hour Crockpot Dessert Lemon is one of my favorite flavors – after chocolate. Chocolate Meringue Pie – that’s Number One. Lemon Meringue Pie is second. I like chocolate and lemon in more than just pie, though. Cookies, bars – mmmm. One year my hubby and daughter and I made lemon bars during winter holidays and made some extra money. That’s churches’ off-season for holding special meetings like we used to do. We had quite the assembly line with the three of us, and the lemon bars were mouth-watering delicious. Have you ever mixed lemon and berry in desserts? I get these crazy cravings sometimesRead More →