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Title: Dolly Madison's Zingers (Devil's Food)
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 20 Cakes

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Duncan Hines devil's food
- cake mix
1 1/3 c Water
1/2 c Oil
3 lg Eggs

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2 ts Water; hot
1/4 ts Salt
7 oz Jar marshmallow creme (2 c)
1/2 c Shortening
1/3 c Powdered sugar
1/2 ts Vanilla

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1 c Powdered sugar
1/4 c Hershey's chocolate syrup
2 tb Shortening
1/2 ts Vanilla
1 ds Salt

Former U.S. President James Madison's wife did not create this baking
company, despite the fact that her name is on every carrot cake, crumb
cake, and Zinger that comes off the production line. It was instead
company founder Roy Nafziger's brainstorm to use the former first
lady's name, since she was notorious for throwing huge shindigs
featuring a fine selection of desserts and baked goods. Nafziger said
his company would create cakes "fine enough to serve at the White
House." While I don't expect you'll be treated to a tray of Zingers
on your next stay in the Lincoln Bedroom, I will agree that these
little snack cakes are a tasty way to appease a sweet tooth. You can
craft a version at home by making little cake pans out of aluminum
foil that is wrapped around an empty prescription pill bottle. The
cake batter is easy, since you just use any instant devil's food cake
mix. I like Duncan Hines, but you can use whatever you want. As for
the frosting, it may not come out as dark brown as the original since
the recipe here doesn't include brown food coloring (caramel
coloring). But the taste will be right on. And I think President
Clinton would agree that as long as the sweet little treats taste
good, appearance is secondary.

Tear off a bunch of foil pieces about this size. These will be your
mini cake pans after folding two times and wrapping around a pill
bottle.

Empty prescription medicine bottles are actually good for something.

Use a toothpick or skewer to dig three caverns in the cakes where the
filling will live. Later you will cleverly hide these holes with
frosting.

Prepare the cake batter following the directions on the box. If you
use Duncan Hines brand, you will need 1-1/3 cups water, 1/2 cup oil,
and 3 eggs. Preheat oven to 350?F.

To prepare the cake pans that will make cakes the size of Zingers,
tear off 20 pieces of aluminum foil that are each about 8" wide. Fold
the foil in half and then in half once more so that you have a
rectangular piece of foil. Wrap this piece of foil around a small
prescription medicine bottle. Tuck in the ends and take the bottle
out, leaving the foil open at the top. This will form a little pan.
Flatten the bottom so that the mini pan stands up straight. Place
this into a baking pan and repeat with the remaining pieces of foil.
When you have arranged all of the foil pans in a baking pan, spray
the inside of all the pans with non-stick cooking spray. Fill each
little pan about halfway with cake batter. Bake cakes for 15 to 17
minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.
Remove the cakes from the oven and allow them to cool completely.

To make the filling, combine the hot water with the salt in a small
bowl and stir until the salt is dissolved. Let this mixture cool.

Combine the marshmallow creme, shortening, powdered sugar, and
vanilla in a medium bowl and mix well with an electric mixer on high
speed until fluffy. Add the salt mixture to the bowl and mix.

To make the chocolate frosting, combine all the frosting ingredients
in a medium bowl and mix well with an electric mixer until smooth.

To assemble your snack cakes first poke three holes with a toothpick
or skewer in the top of a cake and swirl around inside the holes
making little caverns for your filling.

Use a pastry bag with a small tip to squeeze some filling into each
hole. Careful not to overfill, or your cake will burst open. Sure,
it's exciting, but this mess won't make for a good clone.

Once the cake is filled, use a butter knife to spread frosting on top
of the cake over the holes. Drag a fork lengthwise over the frosting
making grooves just like the real thing.

Recipe by Roy Nafziger

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