Drake’s Devil Dogs

Here’s a clone recipe for a favorite east coast

treat that could even fool Rosie O’Donnell. The snack

food – loving talk show hostess professes her love

for these tasty Drake’s goodies all the time on her

daytime show. And who could blame her? It’s hard not

to relish the smooth, fluffy filling sandwiched between

two tender devil’s food cake fingers. I’ll take a Devil

Dog over a Twinkie any day of the week. For this clone

recipe, we’ll make the cakes from scratch. This will

help us to create a flavor and texture closest to the

original, although the color will be much lighter than

the real thing (the miracles of food coloring). But if

you’re feeling especially lazy, you can certainly use a

devil’s food cake mix in place of the scratch recipe here.

Just make the filling with the recipe below and assemble

your cakes the same way.

Cake

1 egg

1/2 cup shortening

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup cocoa

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Filling

2 cups marshmallow creme (1 7-ounce jar)

1 cup shortening

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons very hot water

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. In a medium bowl, blend together the egg, shortening,

and sugar with an electric mixer. Continue beating while

adding the milk and vanilla.

3. In another bowl sift together remaining cake ingredients -

flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder.

4. Combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and beat

until smooth.

5. Spoon about a tablespoon of the batter in strips about 4 inches

long and 1 inch wide on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for

5 to 6 minutes or until the cakes are done. Cool.

6. In another bowl combine the marshmallow creme, shortening,

powdered sugar and vanilla. Dissolve the 1/8 teaspoon of salt

in the 2 teaspoons of very hot water in a small bowl. Add this

salt solution to the filling mixture and beat on high speed with

an electric mixer until the filling is smooth and fluffy.

7. When the cakes have cooled, spread about a tablespoon of

filling on the face of one cake and top it off with another cake.

Repeat with the remaining ingredients.

Makes 20 to 24 snack cakes.

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