Mmmm. Twinkies. Finally, the Hostess Twinkies Bake Set got put to good use this weekend as Kim and Jason attempted the impossible dream of recreating the Twinkie at home. Although these delightfully golden, cream-filled cakes turned out pretty well (despite my attempt to have the goods wrapped in cellophane to sit outside in the sun for a few days before the first bite, for authenticity of course,) I don't think any of us will be touching another Twinkie for a while. Nevermind the fact that you have to walk for 41 mins to burn off a single cake, these recipes could really put Paula Dean to the test.
For example, Recipe 1: Sponge cake (difficult level = 3 Twinkie cakes out of 4) packs a little over 3/4 cup sugar and 8 tablespoons (1 stick) of butter. Add in the Vanilla Fluff filling (difficult level = 1 Twinkie cake out of 4) and you've added another 6 tablespoons of butter and 1.5 cups sugar. I'm just glad they didn't attempt the Whipped Vanilla filling with a whopping 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) of butter!
Oiiyyy I can hear myself getting fatter!
Maybe just one more....
And, yes, that is a cheap 1.75 Liters of Gordon's Gin in the background. De-licious.
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MMMmmm, gin and Twinkies. Don't knock the Gordon's...we just made our first hard liquor run in C-town and came back with 1.75 L of Gordon's Gin. $1 cheaper than Seagram's and infinitely classier in it's plastic bottle. Pops taught us well. The secret is not in the gin...it's in the pour (Dad: "You've gotta pour the tonic water over the squeezed lime...[sluuuuuuuurppppp]....AAAAhhhhhh.")
You and Kim might like the menu at Anthem here in Boston. We've been there twice, specifically to dine from their fine dessert menu which includes deep-fried Twinkies topped with whipped cream and ice cream. Yeah, it's good.
Deep-fried Twinkies?! We're on our way!
Raine...we'll need a dozen unfried Twinkies to fuel the second leg of our trip.
what kind of oil would one use to deep-fry a twinkie.... um, my friend wants to know.
i think i just puked a little.
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