Slow Cooker Chocolate Cake

I got this recipe from a Relief Society activity and have wanted to try it for awhile. I made it just the other day and it is SOOOOO good. I would recommend making this cake when you are expecting company but know you won't have time make dessert later. It is so good, but it is very rich and you don't have to serve a lot of it, so it turns out to be WAY too much for a family of 3 to eat. It is really really good the second and third day as long as you heat it up in the microwave and serve with icecream. YUM!

It really turns out to be like a molten lava cake with the chocolate sauce at the bottom and the cake on top.

Slow Cooker Chocolate Cake

1-3/4 cups packed brown sugar, divided

1 cup all-purpose flour

6 TBsp baking cocoa, divided

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 2% milk

2 TBsp butter, melted

1/2 tsp vanilla 

1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1-3/4 cups boiling water

Vanilla ice cream

1. In a small bowl, combine 1 cup brown sugar, flour, 3 Tbsp cocoa, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine the milk, butter and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until combined. Spread evenly into a 3 qt slow cooker coated with cooking spray.

2. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top of cake batter.

3. In another small bowl, combine the remaining brown sugar and cocoa; stir in boiling water. Pour over batter (do not stir).

4. Cover and cook on high for 4 to 4 1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. Serve warm with ice cream. (Necessary!)