Garbage Cake Recipes

DUMP CAKE I

Steps:

• In a 9x13 inch pan mix cherries and pineapple. Sprinkle dry cake mix over pineapple, and cherry mixture stir until just combined. Then sprinkle walnuts over top. Drizzle top with melted butter or margarine.
• Bake in a 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven for 35 or 40 minutes or until golden brown.

DUMP TRUCK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare cake batter according to package directions. Pour into two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. , Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , Using a serrated knife, level the top of each cake. Crumble removed tops; set cakes and crumbs aside., For frosting, cream shortening, butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in milk and vanilla until smooth. , Place 1 cup frosting in a small bowl; tint yellow. Place 3/4 cup frosting in another bowl; tint blue. Leave remaining 1/4 cup frosting white. Frost the top of one cake yellow; top with the remaining cake to form truck body., For truck cab, measure 2-1/2 in. from one end. Cut at an angle 1-1/2 in. deep and 1/2 in. toward the front of the truck. Remove cake wedge and save for another use., For dump truck bed, leave 1-1/2 in. of cake for cab roof, then cut 1/2 in. deep at an angle. Make a horizontal cut to the back of the truck. Remove cake wedge and save for another use., For wheel axles, place two Ho Ho's side by side and 1/2 in. apart near one corner of an 11x10-in. covered board. Place the remaining Ho Ho parallel to and 2 in. from the inside Ho Ho. Carefully arrange truck body over Ho Ho's. Frost the hood, doors and bottom third of the truck with yellow frosting. For wheels, attach doughnuts with plain frosting on each side of truck. , Spread some of the white frosting on the slanted windshield. Place the remaining white frosting in a pastry or plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner. Pipe the windows on the doors. Frost the rest of the dump truck blue., Cut thirteen 3/4-in. strips of licorice. Arrange eight strips on the front of the truck for the grille; set the remaining strips aside. For headlights, cut gumdrops in half. Place rounded half of each on outside of grille; discard the remaining cut gumdrops., Cut two 3-1/2-in. strips, two 1-in. strips, six 1-3/4-in. strips, two 1-1/4-in. strips and four 2-in. strips of licorice. Using the 3-1/2-in. and 1-in. strips, outline the windshield. Place two 3/4-in. strips on windshield for wipers. For doors, position two 1-1/4-in. strips for the door tops; place the 2-in. strips for the door sides. Decorate sides and back of truck with remaining licorice., Place M&M's on back of bed for rear lights. For back bumper, break candy bar into individual sections at perforations. Cut one piece in half widthwise. Place some of the chocolate, flat side out, on the truck back (save remaining chocolate for another use). Spoon reserved crumbled cake into truck bed for dirt.

CABBAGE CAKES

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the cabbage and onion; cook and stir until the vegetables are soft and fragrant, about 10 minutes. Season with pepper, and set pan aside to cool.
• Whisk together the yogurt, milk, vegetable oil, and eggs in a bowl until evenly blended; set aside. Stir together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour the wet mixture into the well, then stir until well combined. Fold the cooled cabbage and onions into the pancake batter.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and butter or oil if necessary. Pour 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto the skillet, and cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula, and cook until browned on the other side.

GARBAGE CAKE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple and put in bottom of 9 x 13 pan. Mix in cherry pie filling.
• Cover with dry cake mix and drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake 350 degrees F for 1 hour.

GARBAGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Stir all the ingredients, except frosting, into a large bowl in the order given.
• Mix slowly by hand at first, then beat with an mixer on medium speed for about 2 minutes.
• Pour into a greased 9x13 pan and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool, then top with frosting.

CABBAGE CAKES

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Stir in the cabbage and onion; cook and stir until the vegetables are soft and fragrant, about 10 minutes.
• Season with pepper and set pan aside to cool.
• Whisk together the yogurt, milk, vegetable oil, and eggs in a bowl until evenly blended; set aside.
• Stir together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients.
• Pour the wet mixture into the well; then stir until well combined.
• Fold the cooled cabbage and onions into the pancake batter.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and butter or oil if necessary.
• Pour 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto the skillet, and cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula, and cook until browned on the other side.