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Do you love the taste of the classic Twinkie but don't want a sugar-high that leaves you as jittery as an addict going through rehab? I have been experimenting with alternative Twinkie recipes long before Hostess filed for Chapter 11. While it's not clear if the Twinkie will go by the wayside of the Dodo bird, it's time for a Twinkie re-do for the 21st Century. But it's not easy capturing the time-honored taste of the classic vanilla sponge cake snack. There's nothing like that first taste of sweetness that sends shock waves through your teeth and harkens the days of your childhood. In this recipe, the voltage of super sweetness is cutdown, while retaining the treat's guilty-pleasure payoff. The secret to combating that chalky vanilla sponge filled with preservatives: add some instant coffee and almond extract to the cake, mixed with some toasted chopped nuts or a liquor.
Ingredients
Cake
3 eggs
2 1/2 Cup sugar
1 1/2 Cup milk
1 1/2 Cup vegetable oil
1/2 Teaspoon baking powder
1/2 Teaspoon baking soda
1/2 Teaspoon salt
2 1/2 Cup flour
1/2 Teaspoon instant coffee
1 Teaspoon almond extract
Cream
2 Cup cold heavy cream
1/2 Cup powdered sugar
1 vanilla bean or 1 teaspoon extract
Preparation
Cake Step 1:
Wisk the eggs, sugar, milk, oil and vanilla together. In a separate bowl combine all the dry ingredients. A little at a time add the dry to the wet until smooth.
Cake Step 2:
Bake in the mold of your choice at 350 degrees until golden brown and is done in the middle when tested.
Cake Step 3:
When the cakes come out of the oven sprinkle a little sugar on the raw or sugar on top and for a little crunch.
Cake Variations
For fun variations to take this Twinkie to the next level try adding lemon or orange zest to the cake batter before baking or almond extract and some chopped nuts.
Cream Step 1:
Combine in a bowl and wisk until stiff.
Cream Step 2:
Inject into the cake using a baster.
How to Make a Twinkie Filling at Home
A “recipe cloner” Todd Wilber reverse-engineers specific foods ingredient by ingredient, until he creates a recipe that recreates the original. Here's his recipe for the Twinkie filling.
Ingredients
Marshmallow filling
1/4 Teaspoon salt
2 Cup (one 7-ounce jar) marshmallow creme
1/4 Teaspoon salt
1/2 Cup shortening
1/3 Cup powdered sugar
1/2 Teaspoon vanilla
Preparation
Step 1:
Combine salt with hot water in a small bowl and stir until salt is dissolved. Let cool.
Step 2:
Combine the marshmallow creme, shortening, powdered sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl and beat until fluffy, using an electric mixer on high speed.
Step 3:
Add salt water and beat to combine.
Step 4:
When the cakes are cool, use a skewer or a chopstick to make three holes along the bottom, moving the stick around slightly to create space inside the cake. Fit a pastry bag with a small tip and fill it with the marshmallow creme mixture (or scoop it into a resealable bag and snip off a tiny bit of one corner; pipe filling into each cake, using the three holes.
Found this on FoxNews.com. If anyone trys it, let us know how well in turned out.
