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A time and place for Twinkies
Published: 1/13/2012 4:31 PM
Last Modified: 1/13/2012 4:36 PM

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

News that Hostess Brands filed for bankruptcy protection has launched a furor among those who can’t imagine a world without Twinkies.

Other popular Hostess snacks include Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, Sno Balls and Hostess Cupcakes.

Children of my generation would often find a plastic wrapped Hostess snack in their Snoopy lunchboxes. In my family, the occasional snack was often the iconic Twinkie.

Yet, I cannot remember when I last ate a Twinkie, or Ho Ho for that matter. And I asked several moms who currently have young children and none of them choose to pack Twinkies in their school lunches.

That can’t be good for business.

I bet, however, stores are already seeing an increased demand for the treats. The goodies are probably flying off the shelves and into the shopping carts of my contemporaries who are fearful of loosing a sweet memory of their childhoods.

So if you find that your store is sold out of Ho Hos, or if you want to prepare for the possibility that Twinkies might someday go away for good, here are some recipes to curb your cravings.

Homemade Twinkie Cake

1 cup milk
5 tablespoons flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Crisco
1/2 cup cold butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 baked yellow cake

Directions:
1. Mix flour with milk and boil until thick. (It will be very thick) Cool.
2. Beat until fluffy and add other ingredients one at a time beating well after each addition.
3. Put between layers of cooled cake.
4. You can let the cake stand one day to develop flavor.
5. Cut into bars and wrap individually in plastic wrap.
- from Food.com

Ho Ho Cake
1 box chocolate cake mix, plus ingredients to make cake according to package directions shopping list

Vanilla Cream Filling:
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 regular can or 1 small can evaporated milk
1 stick of butter

Chocolate Glaze:
1 stick of butter
3 bars unsweetened baker's chocolate
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 1/2 Tablespoons hot water

Cake:
1. Prepare chocolate cake mix according to directions;
2. Pour batter into a 9x13 pan and bake according to directions;
Cool the cake completely.

Cream Filling:
3. Mix shortening, sugar, vanilla, evaporated milk and 1 stick butter with mixer at low speed, increasing gradually to full speed for 20 minutes; Spread filling on cooled cake;

Glaze:
4. Melt 1 stick butter and unsweetened bakers chocolate in double boiler; Add powdered sugar and enough hot water to make a smooth glaze that is spoonable but not too runny; Beat until glaze is smooth and shiny; Spoon on cake; Keep cake in refrigerator.
- from Allrecipes.com

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Food Writer Nicole Marshall Middleton joined the Tulsa World in May 1993 after graduating from Oklahoma State University. She has covered crime, city government and general assignment beats during that time - but mostly crime. But when she isn’t at work, Nicole is a devoted food hobbyist. She enjoys meal planning and cooking with her husband, Steve, every day of the week and on holidays it’s a family affair. When the opportunity to become the food writer at the Tulsa World presented itself in the summer of 2011, Nicole jumped at it. She is excited to explore a new side of Tulsa and make the transition from crime to cuisine. .

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