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Clone Kitchen Presents: Hostess Twinkies
Submitted by Malcolm on May 19, 2009 – 5:04 pm2 Comments
The packaging describes the Hostess Twinkie as “Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling,” but we know what Twinkies really are: a celebration of injection-filling, and the dawn of shelf-stable desserts that can last for remarkably long times due to their lack of dairy-based ingredients, and wonderous soup of chemicals not available to the everyday household baker. Of course, a natural alternative is available, and we’ve got the recipe. The cake is slightly denser, but we don’t think you’ll notice, because the overall effect is delicious. Plus, you get to do your own pseudo-filling injection. Awe yeah, I said it.
Ingredients
Cake:
- Nonstick spray
- 4 egg whites
- 1 package of prepackaged golden pound cake mix
- 2/3 cup water
Filling:
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 7 ounce jar of marshmallow creme (we prefer Fluff)
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Method
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Using tinfoil and a roughly Twinkie-sized spice jar, make 10 molds by wrapping the foil around the jar, and spraying the inside of the mold with the cooking spray. Arrange on a cookie sheet or in a shallow baking dish.
- Throw away the cake mix directions. In their place, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. In a separate bowl, combine cake mix and water, and mix until thoroughly combined. Slowly fold in stiff egg whites, and fold until combined.
- Fill each mold with batter, leaving about a half an inch of room at the top. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until cakes are done and a toothpick inserted into the center comes back clean.
- For the filling, combine marshmallow creme, shortening, powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt in a medium bowl, and mix with an electric mixer until fluffy.
- Remove cooled cakes from molds by peeling off tinfoil. In the bottom of each cake, make three holes with a chopstick, and move around gently to create an empty space inside the cake. Using a pastry bag or resealable bag with the corner cut off, inject filling through all three holes, into cake.
- Serve and enjoy!
I love to eat Marshmallows every day he he he.-:,
i like to fry marshmallow in an open fire, they taste really great.’,’