I have only recently discovered the joys of a slow cooker – the ability to just throw everything into a pot, abandon it and come back hours later to a delicious meal.
Slow cookers aren’t just good for meat and stews though, you can cook a lot of things in there that you maybe wouldn’t think to; things like brownies, macaroni cheese, porridge, steamed puddings and cheesecake….
A slow cooker provides the perfect environment for making a baked cheesecake – low and slow cooking in a water bath; this prevents the top from cracking and ensures a silky smooth luxurious texture.
I made the base of the cheesecake with gingersnap biscuits which gives a fantastic flavour and I divided the cheesecake mixture in half, adding chocolate to one half and caramel to the other then swirled the two mixtures together for a marbled effect.
Once it is cooked the cheesecake is finished off with a generous coating of salted caramel which takes it to another level of pure indulgence.
It is the perfect dessert for any occasion, though the warming ginger and rich caramel make it particularly suited to winter and Christmas (I can’t believe it is nearly Christmas…I am so not ready!).
This was one of the most delicious cheesecakes I have ever eaten and even my cheesecake hating fiance proclaimed it to be tasty; it is also really easy to make, for the base you just blitz some biscuits and melted butter and press it into a springform tin and for the filling all you need to do is whisk the ingredients together.
The only slightly tricky bit is making the caramel, but you could even use shop bought caramel if you prefer.
It takes two hours to cook in the slow cooker, make sure that the tin is very well wrapped in foil so that no water can seep through then just leave it alone.
It does need to be made the day before you want to serve it, as it is best to let it chill in the fridge overnight, though a couple of hours would be ok so you could make it in the morning to serve in the evening.
You can find the recipe here, on the Domu slow cooker hub. Domu are also very kindly giving away a 6.5 litre Vonshef digital slow cooker to one lucky reader, all you need to do is complete the Gleam competition form below.
Slow Cooker Chocolate Caramel Ginger Cheesecake & A Giveaway
Ingredients
Caramel
- 160 g caster sugar
- 30 ml water
- 150 ml double cream
- 15 g butter
- pinch salt
Crust
- 110 g gingersnap biscuits
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 40 g melted butter
Cheesecake
- 350 g full fat cream cheese
- 100 g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 110 ml full fat sour cream
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 60 g dark chocolate melted
- 60 g caramel
Instructions
- To make the caramel, heat the cream until almost boiling. Place the sugar and water in a deep, heavy bottomed saucepan, bring to the boil and cook, swirling the pan, NOT stirring, until the sugar dissolves and the colour changes to amber. Remove from the heat and immediately pour in the hot cream - be careful as the caramel will bubble ferociously and rise up in the pan. When the bubbling subsides, add the butter and whisk until smooth then whisk in a generous pinch of salt. Set aside to cool.
- To make the gingersnap base, place the gingersnaps and ground ginger in a food processor and blitz to fine crumbs, add the melted butter and pulse until the mixture resembles wet sand. Grease a 15cm/6in round deep springform cake tin. Tip the biscuit crumbs into the tin, spread them evenly across the base and press down firmly. Place in the fridge to set while you make the cheesecake.
- Whisk the cream cheese until smooth then whisk in the sugar. Whisk in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; finally mix in the sour cream and ground ginger. Divide the mixture in half; whisk the melted chocolate into one half and 60g of the cooled caramel into the other. Place the remaining caramel in the fridge.
- Wrap the outside of the cake tin in a double layer of tin foil making sure that it comes just above the top of the tin and there are no cracks or tears in it that water could seep through. Put the kettle on and position a rack in your slow cooker – either a metal one or a bamboo steamer tray will work and failing that you can make one by scrunching a long strip of tin foil into a rope and shaping it into a flat coil, make sure that the cake tin sits level on top of it.
- Alternate poring the two cheesecake mixtures into the tin so that you end up with a marbled effect. Place the tin on top of the rack in the slow cooker and pour in enough boiling water so that it comes halfway up the sides of the tin. Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on high for 2 hours without opening the lid; when the cheesecake is cooked it should be set but still have a bit of a wobble in the centre. Switch the slow cooker off, replace the lid and leave the cheesecake in there for another hour.
- Move the cheesecake to a wire rack, removing the tin foil. Carefully run a knife around the edge then leave to cool in it's tin until it reaches room temperature, Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- When you are ready to serve, carefully un-mould the cheesecake and slide it onto a serving platter. Gently warm the leftover caramel until it is pourable then drizzle it over the top of the cake before slicing.
For some more ideas as to what you can make in a slow cooker, check out Slow Cooker Lamb Shank Rogan Josh by Supergolden Bakes, Slow Cooker Cuban Pork by Vikalinka, Slow Cooker Brownies by Creme De La Crumb, Slow Cooker Ratatouille by Amuse Your Bouche and Slow Cooker Peach Cobbler by A Spicy Perspective.
I am sharing this with Fiesta Friday, Foodie FriDIY, Foodie Friends Friday, Friday Favourites and Friday Features, Saucy Saturdays hosted by The Flavour Bender, Take Two Tapas, La Petit Chef and Mid-Life Croissant, Fabulous Foodie Fridays,
Katie skeoch
I’d make stovies first!
Julie is Hostess At Heart
This is just beautiful Hannah! I can only imagine how it smelled cooking away!
Tracey Peach
A Hearty Sausage Casserole 🙂
tracyknixon
A beef casserole with dumplings!
Hilda
I had never thought of baking in my slow cooker. This is very tempting.
Kevin Honey
A slow cooked hand of pork (if I can find one!)
ELAINE DALE
a nice stew and dumplings
baggiesbabe69
A lamb curry would be fab.
Yvonne Bradley
Love to try your recipe -looks lush
Fiona Paley
I would make a yummy stew now the weather’s colder.
S Edwards
turkey stew
Anthony G
I might have to give that cheesecake a go! *drools*
Sharon
Veg stew
comphem64
After seeing that cheesecake, I’ll have to try and make one!
Kat Glynn
Pulled Pork 🙂
karen cowley
Beef stew x
milli
lamb stew
Arl's World
Another amazingly delicious recipe! You should open up a restaurant! I will be your first customer 🙂
Nicki Ramsay
I had never thought about cooking anything sweet in a slow cooker. I would have a go at that cheesecake, it looks amazing
Joanne Beale
Beef Stew and Dumplings
Claire D
Beef Casserole
clair downham
lamb curry thankyou
KATHY D
Lamb stew with pearl barley and dumplings
laura stewart
beef stew xx
Tam B
Beef Stew with dumplings.
sally
Ingenious use of a slow cooker and mouthwatering to see the photos and read the script
Michelle Ferguson
A lovely beef stew
laura banks
sausage casserole
Steven Lane
Beef stew and dumplings
Gwyn Sharps
I’d make a beef malay curry.
Susan Smith
The ginger and caramel cheesecake on this page, didn’t know slow cookers did this sort of thing, it looks delicious
ldolly6
Got to be a lovely sausage & chilli casserole!
Joanneheathflp@gmail.com
Never thought to do sweet treats! I usually do all the traditional favourites that was until my slow cooker needed replacing! It would be great to have one again! I miss it!
jules eley
My kids favourite Winter vegetable Stew 🙂
Lynne OConnor
Sausage goulash
Janice Dunn
I’d make a delicious, tender beef stew
Donna Foxall
Id love to try gammon done with diet coke
Laura Nice
Beef Casserole!
Rose Elise
Spicy vegetarian chilli for sure, with a corn bread side like in America!
Jo Hutchinson
A spicy chilli con carne.
tiggerific1973
Spicy lentil and chicken stew
Heather Haigh
Beef stew and dumplings
edda
i’d go for a stew!
iain maciver
a chicken casserole
Lynne Durkin
Would go for a beef stew first x
don erwood
paprika chicken for me
Michaela Hannah
A gammon joint with winter veg
Tracey Belcher
Having seen your cheesecake I think I would have to try this first now! Cannot believe it is not even 7am and my tastebuds want salted caramel cheesecake!!!!
amy bondoc
my favourite, beef stew with dumplings yummy
Ashleigh Allan
pulled pork!
Mary Heald
Beef casserole
Lynsey Buchanan
Chicken & winter vegetable Casserole
Ruth Harwood
Lamb Hotpot xx
Helen Gossage
Irish stew
Dale Askew
A delicious sausage casserole
Emma Nixon
A beef stroganoff
tracey ryder
pulled pork
Fiona K
A sausage casserole
thegraduate71barbara daniels
Beef casserole
Andrea Storey
The first thing Id cook is this cake, Im having a hard time not licking my laptop screen!
caroline walliss
I’d cook a lovely beef stew.x
Steve
Beef and pork casserole would be my choice.
Amanda A
Sausage Casserole – warm and filling
debbie smith
wowo ! looks amazing !!! i need to make this asap xx if i won id love to make slow cooked beef and chilli rice xx
Frances Heaton
Corned Beef Hash!
Ruth Robinson
harrissa spiced lamb and cous cous
glenn hutton
Scrag end of lamb and dumplings…
Sarah Davison
A lovely vegetable curry
Ian F
A red hot chilli con carne
Mary Judge
Can’t wait to try the cheesecake in my slow cooker!
Hilda Wright
Domestic Gothess?! What a great name! I’d cook some kind of veggie curry first I think!
Georgina
I would have to make Mozarella stuffed meatballs, my boyfriend keeps banging on at me to get a slow cooker to make them lol x twitter (George_ferrar)
Helen Adams
Beef Casserole x
Louise Brown
Sausages in cider
Jhuls
So interesting! I have never heard of cheesecake in a slow cooker. This looks so scrumptious, Hannah! 😀
Michelle Evans
I would make a lovely minted Lamb casserole with side baby veg x
Paul Chadwick
A nice beeef stew
Tina Hewitt
I am so tempted to try your cheesecake recipe
Angela McDonald
I’d firstly cook a sausage casserole!
Helen M
BBQ style pulled pork
pete c
it would be a tasty lamb casserole for me
claire blaney
I would be a chicken casserole
YOLANDA DAVIS
With this cold weather I’d like to make a beef stew with dumplings. Real comfort food.
Brian H
Shin of beef
elaine robinson
A beef casserole
Anne-Marie Wigley
a good ole fashioned chicken stew 🙂
Christine Quinn
A hearty Irish stew!
isis1981uk
A really tasty sausage casserole
Michelle O'Neill
beef stew x
Karen Lloyd
A tasty lamb curry for me.
Holly G
Lamb and root veg stew mmm
Philip Darling
Chilli all the way
Soph H
Some sort of casserole I think something lovely and wintery!
carol phile
Spanish chicken and chorizo stew
Michaela
Chicken casserole x
Terri-Louise Dudey
beef stew and dumplings
cherry20154
I have always wanted to make my own pulled pork, I’d make it slightly spicey and sweeten it with apple 🙂
amy fidler
a winter dish i love,called Halloween Chicken x
jayne hall
soup
Ann Willers
Rabbit stew
Iris Waldburger
That cheesecake looks delicious.
I would probably first try a stew
Lesley Bambridge
I have been wanting to try a Mexican Inspired Chilli Chicken.
Jess Powell (Babi a Fi)
I’d cook a stew 🙂
Marycarol
Love to make a nice slow cooked beef xx
Angela treadway
Sausage and baked bean casserole x
clairew137
veggie casserole
Hannah Wood
Veggie stew
Karen Richards
Beef stew
lyn burgess
First I’d cook a beef goulash.
Jill Webb
meat balls in tomato sauce
paul martin
sausage cassorole
Rachel Ray
Some kind of cake. I’ve heard you can make cake in slow cookers and I’m intrigued.
Or maybe fudge. Because mmmmm
sharon martin
a apple & cinnamon cake
Sarah mackay
A veggie curry
Rey Chunara
A lamb casserole
Isabel O
I think I would make an apple bread pudding, it’s a very wintery desert.
Angela Wilcox (@AngelaMWilcox)
A beef casserole
Sally Collingwood
Irish stew and dumplings
Lakes Mum
Soup!
Suzanne O'Neill
My gorgeous home made chilli con carne
darrell007
I’d love to make a nice curry – probably Lamb Korma
charlotte
i’d cook a lovely casserole in my slow cooker 🙂
mandydoherty65
A rich beef stew with herb dumplings
shell
stew and dumplings
C Kennedy
I’ d make a sausage and bean casserole, and that cheesecake!! It looks amazing
Pixiewolfe
the first thing I would cook is something with Chicken!
KT Alderson
panackelty 🙂
Paul Ballantine
I’d cook a corned beef hot pot first
Amandeep Sibia
Lamb casserole
Kirsty Ward
a Casserole!
Kym Robson
A casserole with dumplings
Judith Allen (@JudeVFR400)
Rogan Josh
Julie
I would make a slow cooker chicken soup.
Suzanne Gaulton
A wintry rich beef casserole
kelly mobbs
I’d try the cheesescake above yummy! Great prize. Thanks for the chance xx
Lorraine Tinsley
A chicken as I’ve heard it tastes amazing
corinne peat (@corinne555)
I would make a lovely beef stew
judy kennedy
Pulled pork
Sarah Brokenshire
A red wine beef stew x
helen tovell
Sausage goulash
lyn west
I’d make a lovely healthy casserole with chilcken, loads of different veg, beans and red lentils
Emily K (@EmilyK1983)
It would have to be a warming wintry Beef Bourguignon for me!
Gemma Massey
Lobby
Graham Riches
Beef Casserole
Georgina davies
i would cook lobby!
Ella Dawn
I would do a lamb shank in mint gravy
Wendy Jones
chunky beef stew
spudley101
Beef casserole. Perfect winter comfort food.
myfancybathroom
My favorite cake! Chesse is very very delicious!
Angela - Patisserie Makes Perfect
What a fabulous looking cheesecake! I love it Hannah. If my slow cooker was bigger I’d definitely try making one of these. I shall have to make a small one!
hannahhossack
I did only use a 15cm tin so it might fit in a small slow cooker, or you could make individual ones! x
kate kathurima
pulled pork
Paul Scotland
Beef stew – yum
Rachel Butterworth
Pulled Pork
mycookprocessor
This looks amazing, Ive never thought of doing a cheesecake in a slow cooker but now the idea is in my head Im going to think about it until I try it. So it would definitely be some sort of cheesecake.
lacemaker56
never thought of doing sweet things in a slow cooker. Porridge sounds a great idea
Samantha loughlin
Lamb casserole
Laura Baker
Guinness stew
Honest Mum (@HonestMummy)
Oh wow, that looks incredible! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
squishylove1989
I would be cooking this tasty cheesecake recipe first! I didn’t realise you could make cheesecake in the slow cooker but this is certainly something I would be having a go at first!
Keith Hunt
irish stew
Richard Rowley
A beef stew
Dani @ House in Tillford
Wow did not realise you could cook sweet things in the slow cooker! You have opened my eyes!
Farhana
Lamb stew 🙂
Kerry Locke
A Rice Pudding
kimberley ryan
Beef stew and dumplings
carole n
chicken casserole
Kaci Soderstrom
Chicken korma
holly harmsworth
beef stew with dumplings 🙂 yummy
caroline scott
bbq pulled pork – it’s so soft and tender done in a slow cooker and you don’t need to worry about overcooking it
Jennifer Toal
Beef stew and dumplings
Anne Plumb
Pulled pork
Jon Sellers
Beef Stifado or Lamb Kleftiko
Ann Williams
Never tried cooking anything sweet in my ancient slow cooker, just casseroles and the like which are very warming to come home to this time of year.
lorrainestone
Pulled pork.
Lyla
Oh wow your cheesecake looks so tasty I think I’d have to give that a try first
kaye talvilahti
I’d def go for a stew xx
ROSEMARY SHEEHAN
Stewing steak is wonderful
Karen Laing
I would love to bake a cake,I only have a very small slow cooker but with this the possibilities are endless.I would be delighted if I won this x
Anni Large
I think I’d love to cook this first! My husband loves cheesecake and I had no idea that you could use slow cookers for things other than meat dishes!
Martina Evans
A lovely sausage casserole
spuddy11
beef stew with dumplings
Melanie Southey-Hill
Beef and veg stew 🙂
Robby Price
Irish stew
Alexander Winton
Scottish stovies
Julie Ward
Chicken curry because its easy
Lauren Old
A joint of ham
Rebecca Howells (@PeanutHog)
Probably a turkey and vegetable stew or a turkey and vegetable curry with the leftover turkey after Christmas!
Diane Carey
Hawaiian Pulled Pork
Eileen Tingle
A vegetarian stew
Catherine Bell
Thai green curry
Gemma Lewin
Slow roasted pork shoulder with heaps of veggies.
dawn f
id like to try a cake
Ray Becker
Irish stew
Teresa Lee
Spicy beef stew
Jenny Rogers
That cheesecake, or brownies. Who knew you could do that in a slow cooker!
Nazrana Haque
a chicken korma! love a good korma! x
Paula Phillips
Rice pudding.
Eve Burke
Rabbit stew
Kim Styles
i would cook my signature dish – slow cooked smoked ham hock with winter vegetables, lentils and pearl barley
George grace
This has been on my wish list for years
Hugh Jones
A lamb tagine
Cerys John
A heart beef stew with dumplings!
jessica cook
a chicken stew with dumplings
Chris Fletcher
My famous Chilli con carne!
Karen R
I think I’d start with a lamb curry 🙂
Kat Allinson
A beef stew
kim neville (@kimneville2)
Beef Bourginon
Mickie Bull
Lamb Stew!
Rebecca Powell
A lovely winter stew
Emily Clark
Some ratatouille…lovely and warming for winter!
Patricia Avery
Pork and apple cobbler 🙂
tonkatol
I would slow cook a gammon joint to have with our turkey at Christmas.
EJ Dunn
Lasagne 🙂
joanna butler-savage
a stew with beef and winter veg
Kat Lucas
Irish stew with suet dumplings
gilla01
Stew, although that cheesecake looks great.
Terrie-Ann Wright
Definitely a beef and ale stew with dumplings
Sue Robinson
I would cook a tasty beef stew
Jane Gorton
BEEF/LAMB/CHICKEN/PORK CASSEROLE x (Depends on what’s in the freezer!!!)
Hayley Mulgrove
Lamb Curry yummy
Jane Middleton
chicken casserole with vegetables
HazelY
I was going to say a lamb stew but seeing that cheesecake recipe, I would have to make that first. It looks amazing!
Mandy S
Well looking at your blog about using a slow cooker for desserts I would like to try making a steamed Treacle Sponge, I would never have thought of it!
Kim Lam
A lamb stew
Zoe (@Manikally_Kaos)
Beef stew all the way
angela edmonds
a hearty beef casserole
Becky John
Traditional Welsh Cawl
David Price
Beef cheek stew. Have some waiting in the freezer
steven beasley
a beef stew
Liz
veggie stew
Claire Nelson
Slow cooked gammon
alice lightning
wow the things you can cook in aslow cooker,learn something new everyday, love chicken and bacon casserole with dumplings delicious especially on a cold day really lovely giveaway
Rennene Hartland
I would do this cheesecake it looks amazing
Barbara Handley
Beef stew and dumplings.
Maria Jane Knight
A self saucing chocolate orange pudding!
Claire Long
Veggie stew and dumplings
Brian Harrington
Chicken in red wine – with herb dumplings
Cheryl
Pulled pork
Sarah Gray
Staffordshire lobby. yum x
deniellenicol
A nice vegetarian stew
samantha walker
a lovely beef stew with dumplings too
Cathy O
Marmite vegetable casserole – my favourite.
Dee Sherwood Wallace
Veggie Chilli
Louise Hutchings
Has to be good old beef stew and dumplings yum
LORNA WILSON
Lamb Stew with dumplings!
Jason Tolliss
A lamb curry
Emma
A chicken
Amy Lambert
pulled pork!
Marjoleine Kok
I would cook a nice and spicy curry 🙂
✿ Kate Sabin-Burns ✿ (@KateDSB)
Beef and Ale stew
Mia Clarke
Pulled Pork
Karl Borowy
a ham joint
melanie stirling
lamb casserole
Beverley Cousins
It would have to be a Moroccan lamb stew.. 🙂
Eloise W
Sausage casserole
Caroline Signey (@Cazhow33)
A lovely beef stew
michaela atkins
lamb stew and dumplings
Jo McPherson
Beef stew and dumplings
Paul Whiteley
Slow cooked lamb shanks
Catherine Gregory
Beef skirt stew and dumplings
Tina Cleveland
Braised beef stew with savoury scones
Herbert Appleby
Chinese slow cooked pork belly with star aniseed
Tammy Neal
chicken stew and dumplings
Justine Meyer
lamb casserole x
Natalie Crossan
beef stew xx
Natalie Gillham
Beef stew as its my favourite 🙂