twinkie cake

Name: Twinkie Cake
Cook time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 - boxed yellow cake mix; ## FROSTING: COOK MILK & FLOUR TOGETHER; 1 cup(s) whole milk; 5 tablespoon(s) all purpose flour; ## FROSTING: ADD COOKED FLOUR MILK MIXTURE TO THE REST OF THESE; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1/2 cup(s) crisco; 1 stick(s) softened butter; 1 tablespoon(s) vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 4 tablespoon(s) confectioners' sugar (optional)

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Jen B

Somewhere, IN

Updated on Jul 23, 2013

My mother-in law, Helen always made this. She gave me the recipe a long, long time ago. She wrote it on a piece of paper. I still have it in my recipe box. It's kind of funny, she always told me there was something different she did to it that wasn't on the recipe. I never wrote it down, and I could never remember what it was. She passed away a few years ago. I made this the other day and found the icing wasn't sweet enough, so I added confectioners sugar. I can't help but wonder if that was what she added to it. Thanks Helen, you taught me a lot of good things over the years.

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prep time

cook time 40 Min

method Bake

yield Maybe 8-depends

Ingredients

1 - boxed yellow cake mix
FROSTING: COOK MILK & FLOUR TOGETHER
1 cup whole milk
5 tablespoons all purpose flour
FROSTING: ADD COOKED FLOUR MILK MIXTURE TO THE REST OF THESE
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup crisco
1 stick softened butter
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons confectioners' sugar (optional)

How To Make twinkie cake

Step 1

Bake cake according to directions. Let cool completely.

Step 2

Gather all ingredients for frosting.
Step 3

Frosting: After cake has cooled, cook the flour and milk together over med low heat until thick. This takes me several minutes because I don't want to scorch the mixture. I just take it on and off the heat stirring constantly. It gets pretty thick, kind of like pudding. Let cool.
Step 4

Add the cooled flour and milk mixture with the rest of the frosting ingredients. Beat until fluffy. This takes a few minutes. This isn't sweet enough for us, so I add 4 T confectioners sugar while beating. This is optional. Cut cake in half, add all the frosting on top of this half , then place the other half of the cake on top of the icing.
Step 5

Keep cake refrigerated and covered. Enjoy!
Step 6

If you want your filling really white, use clear vanilla. If you don't have it, the regular is fine.
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