The History of The Twinkie
1933 - Twinkies are introduced by Continental Baking Company. The sponge cakes were originally sold without cream fillings for use in strawberry shortcakes. Cream filling is later added, when bakery manager James A. Dewar comes up with the idea to keep sales going after strawberry season is over. They originally had a banana filling but during WW11 there was a banana shortage and so they started using the cream filling.
The Sponge cake is also the same cake that is used to make a trifle, Boston Cream Pie or Tiramisu. Here is a recipe for a popular Twinkie cake .
As a note The Continental Baking Company started Wonder Bread, and sponsored the Howdy Doodie show.
With excerpts from The History of Food, by Chef Stephen Holloway
Here is a cake that is very similar to a twinkie
ALMOST TWINKIE CAKE
1 pk White cake mix
1 sm Vanilla instant pudding
1/2 c Oil
3 Eggs
1 c Milk
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Margarine; softened
2 ts Vanilla
4 tb Flour
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Crisco
1 c Water
Combine cake mix, oil, eggs, pudding and water and 1
tsp vanilla. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour
into a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350~
for 40-45 minutes or until cake tests done. In a
saucepan mix the flour with the milk. Cook until
thick, stirring constantly; cool. Add sugar, salt,
crisco, margarine and 1 tsp vanilla. Beat until
fluffy. Spread on the cooled cake. Store in
refrigerator.
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BY GOD, I'm gonna make one of those!!
