Chocolate Twinkie Cake Food

CHOCOLATE TWINKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350; grease a 13x9 pan.
• In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, shortening, vanilla and eggs; beating until very smooth.
• In a separate bowl, combine remaining DRY ingredients; set aside.
• Pour milk into a measuring cup.
• In three or four portions, alternate adding flour mixture and milk to the sugar mixture in the mixing bowl, beating well after each addition; scrape sides of bowl, and beat for one more minute (or so).
• Pour into prepared pan, smooth out the top, smack pan firmly against countertop (removes bubbles), two or three times.
• Pop it into the oven; bake for 25-30 minutes (springy top or clean toothpick); cool 5-8 minutes on rack.
• While cake is cooling, prepare filling: Cream butter & shortening, then add sugars, then milk, vanilla and lemon extract; beat until very fluffy & creamy; set aside.
• When cake is cooled, use bread-cutting (serrated) knife and slice in half, depth-wise.
• Remove top half of cake (slide hands between two layers and lift up--voila!); liberally spread filling over the bottom section, keeping edges clean.
• Place top half of cake on filling, press gently.
• Cover and allow to sit for a day to develop flavors (and to test your willpower!); altho' we've had good results eating right away!
• This recipe is easily halved and made in an 8- or 9-inch pan, too (and much easier to do the filling!).
• Cut into rectangles to sort-of resemble the traditional twinkie-cake shape.

TWINKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Split Twinkies in half.
• Place in a 13 x 9 inch baking dish, filling side up.
• Mix 4 cups of cold milk and vanilla puddings together.
• Spread pudding mixture over the Twinkies.
• Layer the drained pineapple.
• Layer sliced bananas over pineapple.
• Cover with Cool Whip.
• Sprinkle with nuts and place cherries on top.
• Note: I used 1 package of vanilla and 1 package of banana cream pudding mix.
• You can use fresh strawberries also, or whatever you want.

THE ULTIMATE TWINKIE CAKE!

Steps:

• I listed the ingredients from a Duncan Hines cake mix, so you will need to follow the directions on which ever cake mix you use.
• Mix well,then pour batter into wax paper lined 9x13 pan. Then bake, let cool and remove from pan.
• Slice lengthwise with thread or knife. Spread filling between layers and sprinkle top with powdered sugar.
• Filling directions: Combine flour and water, cook until thick, cool in refrigerator, combine sugar,margarine,shortening and vanilla. Beat until thick and fluffy. Add cooled mixture; Beat again until fluffy and spread filling between layers. If it looks curdled, you need to beat it a little longer.
• Like I told you, you can make them into little loaf pans or mini muffin pans. Use a pastry bag to pipe the filling into the cakes.
• You could be creative and add cocoa or strawberry jelly to the filling.
• I try and sprinkle the powdered sugar on them just before I serve them as the sugar absorbs into the cake over a short period of time. You can refrigerate them (thats the way I like them, or frozen) but they are fine left out on the counter for a day or so.
• I am just guessing on the servings, it all depends on the pans you use. I think I get between 25-35 mini muffins out of 1 cake mix,1 dozen mini loafs and I am just approximating on the 20 slices in a 9x13. Also, to be honest, I am not sure the amount of time it takes to make them. The baking time is also a guess depending on which size pans you use. I make the filling while the cakes are cooking.

TWINKIE CAKE

Steps:

• For cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat all cake ingredients together with mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Place in a greased 9X13 pan.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Let cake cool completely.
• For Filling:.
• Place flour and milk in a small saucepan and bring to a boil on low heat stirring constantly until very thick (the consistency of paste). NOTE: this takes a while; you will think that it isn't going to thicken, but just keep stirring. Just when you think it isn't going to happen it will all start to come together and thick all of a sudden very fast. Keep stirring vigourously until the mixture looks like paste.
• Remove from heat and let cool completely in the refrigerator for a couple hours.
• When completely cooled add remaining filling ingredients and beat with mixer until the consistency of cool whip.
• To Assemble Cake:.
• Remove cake from pan.
• Slice in half and remove the top and set aside.
• spread filling onto bottom half of cake.
• Return top portion of cake to the top.
• Serve now or place back into refrigerator to chill.
• Store leftovers on refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE TWINKIES WITH HOMEMADE FILLING

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Mix cake mix, eggs, milk and pudding together.
• Fill the canoe wells and bake according to the cupcake directions on the cake mix box.
• Remove pan from oven and let cool for 5 minute.
• Using flexible spatula, gently remove each cake and cool flat side down on rack until completely cool.
• In meantime, prepar snack cake filling.
• Filling:.
• In small saucepan cook flour and milk over medium heat until paste forms.
• Stir constantly and do not allow mixture to brown.
• Remove from heat and cool for 1 minute.
• Add vanilla and stir until smooth.
• Press a piece of plastic wrap down on surface of the paste to avoid forming a skin and set aside to cool completely.
• In bowl of mixer beat butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy, scraping bowl to fully incorporate ingredients.
• Add cooled flour/milk mixture and continue to beat 5 minutes on medium-high speed until smooth and creamy.
• To fill snack cakes:.
• Place about 1 cup of filling into a clean pastry bag fitted with round pastry tube.
• Gently insert tube into underside of cake, about halfway through the cake.
• Using gentle pressure, squeeze a small amount of filling into cake.
• You'll feel the cake expand under your fingers.
• Do not overfill, or the cake will burst.
• Repeat for a total of 3 times (different areas) per cake.
• Store cakes well covered at room temperature.