Comments on: homemade devil dog, ding dong or hostess cake

By: CakeMO

CakeMO — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:53:12 +0000

This recipe is the BEST. Everyone I worked with loved it. Great recipe for the choco cake. Loved the addition of coffee :)

By: hiyam

hiyam — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:27:38 +0000

I made the cake (nine inch size) and it came out great; the problem was there wasn’t enough icing and I needed to make a second batch. I made and iced the cake the night before and left it out and it was moist the next day. I refrigerated left-overs but found that they got hard in the fridge.

By: Mondo

Mondo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:15:32 +0000

hey deb,
just wondering if it is possible to make 7 minute frosting w/o a hand held mixer. never tried to make it before.

thanks

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:06:19 +0000

Sorry to be going back to an old recipe – do you think this could be frosted the night before and kept a room temperature?

Thanks!!

By: debbie

debbie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:30:12 +0000

i am searching for a recipe to make little debbie coconut pies,they were little snack pies and oh soooo good ! do you have a recipe?

By: Morna

Morna — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:45:11 +0000

I love the look of this cake, just about to go and bake it for my boyfriend’s birthday. I was wondering though, would i be able to subtitute the hot brewed coffee in the cake mixture for just boiling water? (my boyfriend hates coffee). I f not, what alternative could I use?
Thanks so much x

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:11:19 +0000

Full recipe made about a billion (40+) cupcakes, perfect for a large birthday dinner! They took about 27 minutes to bake. We filled and frosted like the Hostess cupcakes, and piped on the birthday girl’s name (anna) with the marshmallow icing to look like the signature 7 loop swirl! Delicious.

By: Erin R.

Erin R. — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:05:53 +0000

Holy god! This picture is on the Harmons grocery store cooking class website! I knew I recognized that incredibly poofy frosting. Mmm, now I’m tempted to sign up for the cake class. (grin)

By: Fran

Fran — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:50:09 +0000

Full recipe worked great in three 8″ pans. Baked in 50 min.

Love the smitten!

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:41:44 +0000

I work at a law firm and we are currently prepping for a big trial and needless to say everyone is overworked and totally stressed. My solution for stress , err, everything, is chocolate. When I saw this recipe I thought it would be the perfect treat to lift spirits in the office. WOW was I right! This recipe is fantastic and that is by far the best choclate cake recipe I have tried yet (and I have tried lots!).

I only made one change to the recipe and that was form. I decided to make mine into cupcakes, rather than a full cake. They turned out so cute, looking just like the traditional hostess cupcakes but tasting far better!

They have been a huge hit – most were gone before 10am. Nothing like cake for breakfast.

Thanks!
Sam