Do you know that feeling, when you realise that you’ve somehow acquired a dreadful new habit? One that has appeared from nowhere but is almost impossible to shake off? The other night (morning) as I put my iPhone down at 1am to go to sleep, I realised that yet a-bloody-gain I’d been suckered in to the time sapping vortex that is Pinterest. I often feel like I’ve got no time to finish the jobs I want to, you know, all of the important stuff like having my eyebrows threaded and reorganising my stash of greetings cards. It turns out that perhaps I know where my time is going. But honestly, how can you argue with pure genius like this? This is slow cooker (or crock pot if you fancy) condensed milk caramel. It’s all over Pinterest, all of the cool kids are doing it. So today I’m not showing you anything new, but as I’m planning on using this crockpot condensed milk caramel in a couple of cakes I thought I’d share a few of my tips for making it. The general idea for this slow cooker caramel is an unopened tin can of sweetened condensed milk, cooked slowly until it turns to caramel. Yes, it’s actual, bone fide magic! You don’t need to use a slow cooker (or crockpot). Word on the street is that you can boil the cans on a very low heat on the hob for 2 – 3 hours for the same effect.
Tips for making the Slow Cooker Caramel:
Things I used to make the condensed milk caramel sauce:
NB! All of the tins say “don’t boil unopened” in case the can explodes.. Please don’t shout at me if for some crazy reason your can explodes. I’ve done this a lot of times and have never had one explode or heard of one explode. Please just be careful, make sure the pan doesn’t boil dry and the can is fully covered and use your lowest slow cooker setting, building it up gradually if it’s not well cooked enough.
How to make the Condensed Milk Caramel Sauce:
The condensed milk caramel sauce makes a fab (super easy but impressive sounding) gift too. What will you make with your caramel? Salted caramel sauce? Peanut butter caramel sauce?! Are you a salted or unsalted caramel person? Ice-cream, cake, or just with a spoon?
Pin the Slow Cooker Caramel for later:
Use the slow cooker caramel in this Rocky Road Layer Cake:
Use the slow cooker caramel in this Caramel Egg Cheesecake:
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