I had a request from a reader for the Homemade Twinkies Recipe I posted a while back. Here is my recipe:
HOMEMADE TWINKIES
Yields: 16 Twinkies
Golden
Sponge Cake:
6
large eggs, separated
1-1/2
cups cake flour, sifted twice
1-1/2
heaping tsps baking powder
Dash
salt
1-1/2
cups granulated sugar
1/3
cup + 2 tbsp water
1
tsp vanilla
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2.
Separate
eggs – whites in smaller bowl and yolks in a medium sized bowl. Make sure bowl with egg whites is dry and
clean.
3.
Sift
flour, baking powder and salt twice. Set
aside.
4. Beat
egg whites until stiff. Set aside. With same beaters, beat egg yolks and sugar
until golden lemon color. Add water and
vanilla. Beat until blended.
5.
Add
flour mixture and beat until blended, DO NOT OVER BEAT.
6.
Fold
in beaten egg whites.
7. Spray 2 Twinkie cake pans with cooking spray. Spoon batter into prepared pans 2/3 full. Bake
for 15-20 minutes, or until top springs back when lightly touched. Remove from oven. Immediately invert onto cooling racks and
cool cakes completely.
Whipped
Cream Filling:
16 oz
Whipping Cream, chilled
3/4 cup
powdered sugar
Beat
whipping cream and powdered sugar in large bowl until stiff.
To Fill
Twinkies:
1. Fit pastry bag with writing tip.
2. Fill pastry bag with whipped cream.
3. Insert tip of decorating tip and squeeze
whipped cream into twinkie. You will
have 3 holes – one each end and one in center. As you squeeze the pastry bag, the whipped cream may
overflow to the top. After you are done
filling, use a knife and scrape off excess.
4. To keep fresh and store easily, individually
wrap in plastic wrap and chill.
Keep
refrigerated.
Twinkie Pan by Norpro - I purchased mine from Amazon.com. For this recipe, you will need 2 pans.
Baked Twinkies cooling on wire racks.
Baked Twinkies filled. I wrapped them individually with plastic wrap and keep them refrigerated.
These are delicious and disappear quickly. Enjoy & Bon Appetit!
