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Chocolate Twinkie Cake

Packaged Twinkies make a good dessert but they lack that freshly made taste. Also known as chocolate Swiss roll in some places, Twinkies are chocolatey with a vanilla filling, and this recipe takes those elements and blends them together in cake form.
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Cook Time 1 hour
Chilling time 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Desserts
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix plus ingredients listed on the box
  • 1 tub chocolate frosting
For the Filling:
  • ½ cup shortening
  • ½ cup butter
  • 3¼ tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt

Method
 

  1. Follow the instructions on the package to bake the cake.
  2. Let it cool and then cut it in half across the middle.
  3. Put the flour, milk and salt in a pan and cook until thick.
  4. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the vanilla.
  5. Let it cool to room temperature and then refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  6. Cream the sugar, shortening, butter, and salt, then add it into the refrigerated mixture.
  7. Beat for 10 minutes or until fluffy.
  8. Spread it over the bottom layer of the cake and add the top layer back on.
  9. Spread the chocolate frosting on top.