• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Recipe Index
  • Slow Cooker Baking
    • Slow Cooking Baking Tips
    • Slow Cooker Desserts
    • Make a Cake in a Slow Cooker
  • Slow Cooker
    • Slow Cooker Tips
    • Slow Cooker Recipes
    • Slow Cooker Recipes for Kids
    • Autumn & Winter Slow Cooker Recipes
    • Spring & Summer Slow Cooker Recipes
    • Top Ten Slow Cooker Recipes
  • Baking
    • Christmas Baking Recipes
    • Cake
    • Desserts
    • Biscuits
    • Pâtisserie
    • Bread
    • Traybakes

BakingQueen74

menu icon
go to homepage
  • Recipes
  • Slow Cooker Tips
  • Slow Cooker Baking
  • Subscribe
  • About
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • Recipes
    • Slow Cooker Tips
    • Slow Cooker Baking
    • Subscribe
    • About
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
  • ×
    Home » Recipes » Desserts

    Published on Feb 8, 2014. Modified on Nov 13, 2024 by bakingqueen74. This post may contain affiliate links. 1 Comment

    Slow Cooker Lemon Self Saucing Pudding

    586 shares
    • 104
    Jump to Recipe

    This slow cooker lemon self saucing pudding is a simple and delicious dessert with a layer of lemon sponge pudding with a lemon berry sauce which forms beneath it, amazing as a warm dessert!

    Lemon sponge pudding in slow cooker pot.
    Jump to:
    • What is a self-saucing pudding
    • Berries
    • Ingredients
    • Step by step
    • More slow cooker desserts
    • Recipe
    • Reviews

    What is a self-saucing pudding

    This type of dessert is known as a self saucing pudding and sometimes also as a magic pudding or pudding cake.

    It is a dessert where you make up a sponge mixture and pour over a mixture of boiling water and sugar, with flavourings of your choice, you then bake the sponge either in the oven or the slow cooker. 

    As the sponge forms into cake, the sugar and boiling water form a syrup and this appears under the cake layer as a delicious sauce once you spoon out a serving. So delicious!

    For this slow cooker lemon sponge pudding, you make the cake mixture up and then pour on a mixture of lemon-infused boiling water and sugar which makes the lemon sauce that forms underneath the pudding.

    Eating the lemon sponge with that delicious hot berry sauce is such a treat!

    It is perfect as a winter and spring dessert when the weather is cold.

    Berries

    I love a fruit pudding and decided to use a mix of blueberries, raspberries and blackberries in my self saucing pudding.

    It’s also great with strawberries in it.

    You can use whichever berries you prefer! I tend to use fresh berries in this recipe rather than frozen. But both will work.

    Ingredients

    Use this list to get together the ingredients you will need or as a handy shopping list. For the quantities see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

    • butter
    • self-raising flour
    • caster sugar
    • baking powder
    • lemons – for zest and juice, also keep the flesh for the sauce
    • blueberries, raspberries, blackberries – fresh or a frozen mix.
    • medium free-range eggs
    • milk

    Step by step

    Here is the method for making this recipe perfect every time. Get the quantities in the recipe card below.

    1. Remove and grease your slow cooker pot.
    2. In a bowl, mix the flour, caster sugar, baking powder, lemon zest and a pinch of salt.
    3. Add the butter and mix.
    4. Whisk together the eggs, milk, lemon juice in a jug, then pour this onto the dry ingredients and mix till smooth.
    5. Stir in the berries, then pour the mixture into the slow cooker pot.
    6. In a jug, mix together the water with the flesh from the lemons and leave to infuse for five minutes.
    7. Strain out the lemon, keeping the water, then mix in caster sugar and stir until dissolved.
    8. Pour this mixture over the batter in the pot.
    9. Cover and cook on high for approx 2 hours, or until the sponge is firm and no liquid areas remain. It takes just over two and a half hours on high to cook in my slow cooker, which is quite slow.Slow Cooker Lemon and Mixed Berry Self-Saucing Pudding

    Below is the finished product after serving. The sauce was purple from the fruit and the sponge was lovely and soft.

    Slow Cooker Lemon and Mixed Berry Self-Saucing Pudding

    More slow cooker desserts

    If you like this Slow Cooker Lemon Self Saucing Pudding, you might also like these other recipes:

    • Slow Cooker Chocolate Pudding (chocolate lava cake)
    • Slow Cooker Bread and Butter Pudding
    • Slow Cooker Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding
    • Apple Sponge Pudding

    For more desserts made in your crockpot, do check out my post on Baking and making puddings in a slow cooker too. There are lots of recipes, ideas and tips there and loads more slow cooker dessert and main meal recipes in my Slow Cooker archives!

    Pin for later

    Image of lemon sponge in slow cooker pot with text Slow cooker lemon berry self saucing pudding.

    Recipe

    Lemon sponge pudding with berry sauce beneath it.

    Slow Cooker Lemon Self Saucing Pudding

    A delicious lemon sponge pudding cake with a lemon berry sauce layer under it. Great as a winter dessert.
    4.80 from 5 votes
    Print Pin Rate Save Saved!
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Slow Cooker
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 2 hours hours
    Total Time: 2 hours hours 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6
    Calories: 482kcal
    Author: Lucy Allen | BakingQueen74

    Ingredients

    • 100 g butter melted
    • 250 g self-raising flour
    • 140 g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
    • 1 tsp baking powder
    • zest and juice of two lemons
    • 250 g blueberries
    • 125 g raspberries
    • 150 g sweet blackberries
    • 3 medium free-range eggs
    • 150 ml milk

    For the sauce:

    • 250 ml boiling water
    • 100 g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
    • The flesh from the two lemons used for zest and juice
    UK Measurements – US Measurements

    Equipment

    mixing bowl
    mixing bowl
    jug
    jug
    oval slow cooker
    oval slow cooker

    Instructions 

    • Remove and grease your slow cooker pot.
    • In a bowl, mix the flour, caster sugar, baking powder, lemon zest and a pinch of salt.
      250 g self-raising flour, 140 g caster sugar (superfine sugar), 1 tsp baking powder
    • Add the butter and mix.
      100 g butter
    • Whisk together the eggs, milk, lemon juice in a jug, then pour this onto the dry ingredients and mix till smooth.
      3 medium free-range eggs, 150 ml milk, zest and juice of two lemons
    • Stir in the berries, then pour the mixture into the slow cooker pot.
      250 g blueberries, 125 g raspberries, 150 g sweet blackberries
    • In a jug, mix together 250 ml boiling water with the flesh from the lemons and leave to infuse for five minutes.
      250 ml boiling water, The flesh from the two lemons used for zest and juice
    • Strain out the lemon, keeping the water, then mix in the 100 g of caster sugar and stir until dissolved.
      100 g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
    • Pour this mixture over the batter in the pot.
    • Cover and cook on high for approx 2 hours, or until the sponge is firm and no liquid areas remain. It normally takes just over two and a half hours on high to cook in my slow cooker, which is quite slow.
    Did you try and love this recipe?Then please leave a star rating and comment below to let me know how you got on!

     

    More Desserts

    • Syrup sponge on a white plate, custard and golden syrup behind.
      Slow Cooker Syrup Sponge
    • Turquoise serving dish of rhubarb sponge with a serving taken out in a white bowl in front of it.
      Rhubarb Sponge Pudding
    • Apple Sponge Pudding
    • Close up of a bowl of berry crumble with strawberries in a white bowl.
      Summer Fruit Crumble

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Sarah says

      October 15, 2022 at 9:22 pm

      Really delicious recipe. Tart abc not too sweet. Will definitely make again!

      Reply
    4.80 from 5 votes (4 ratings without comment)

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Hi, I'm Lucy! I'm a slow cooker addict, food blogger and also a busy working mum of two. I hope you'll enjoy the recipes I create and post which are perfect for busy families.

    More about me →

    Popular

    • Shepherds pie in slow cooker pot, garnished with herbs.
      Slow Cooker Shepherd’s Pie
    • White bowl of fish curry topped with red chilli.
      Slow Cooker Coconut Fish Curry
    • Turquoise serving dish of rhubarb sponge with a serving taken out in a white bowl in front of it.
      Rhubarb Sponge Pudding
    • Scoops of Blackcurrant Sorbet in a metal tin with fresh blackcurrants.
      Blackcurrant Sorbet

    Seasonal

    • Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken with Asparagus
    • Broad bean filo tart with mint leaves.
      Broad Bean and Feta Filo Tart
    • Cake dusted with icing sugar on a white plate, a slice cut out.
      Strawberry Yoghurt Cake
    • Slice of blackcurrant cake in the foreground.
      Easy Blackcurrant Traybake

    As Seen In

    Footer

    ^ back to top

    About

    • Privacy Policy
    • Accessibility
    • Advertising

    Subscribe

    • Subscribe here

    Contact

    • About

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2013-2025 BakingQueen74 / Lucy Allen • All Rights Reserved

    Rate This Recipe

    Your vote:




    A rating is required
    A name is required
    An email is required

    Recipe Ratings without Comment

    Something went wrong. Please try again.