Wednesday, 14 September 2011

• 30 Uses for Leftover Birthday Cake

  This is a guest post from CakeSpy.

  

  Fact: when you have over 30 birthday cakes, you're bound to have some leftovers. And after my BYOC (Bring Your Own Cake) birthday party to celebrate my recent 30th birthday, I found myself with over 36 types of cake. What to do to maximize the leftovers in such a situation? Luckily, I had a few ideas. Here they are, in case you ever find yourself in such a situation:

  1. Enjoy it the morning after, straight from the fridge or freezer. It's not elegant, but it has its charms.

  
• Birthday Cake Bread Pudding.
• Leave it at the bus stop in a tupperware container with a note for someone to find it. I'd eat that if I found it at a bus stop.
• Birthday Cake French Toast.
• If it's cupcakes...Bake 'em in MORE cupcakes!
• Chocolate Covered Cake on a Stick. Hey, they do it with cheesecake and Key Lime pie!
• Use one of these tricks to bring it back to life.
• Cake Crumb Cookies. I'd never heard of them til today!
• If one of them was a cheesecake, make a Grilled Cheesecake.
• Make trifle.
• More specifically, make a "Russian Cake" or "Creole Truffle". 
• Share it with the public (that's what I do at my store!).
• BIRTHDAY CAKE SHAKE!
• Crumble it up and use it as an ice cream topping or mix-in.
• Use it as a cinnamon roll filling! Like this recipe, but with cake instead of cookie dough.
• Slice it into thin slivers and use it to line a pie plate. Prepare a batch of your favorite no-bake pudding or cream pie filling, and pour it into the cake-sliver "crust". Possible flavor combinations: Hummingbird cake with banana pudding filling.
• Crumble it and make cake pops, adding a little extra frosting or butter if needed to make the filling hold together; coat with melted chocolate or candy coating as in this recipe.
• Similar, but with booze: make rum balls.
• Make Birthday Cake Soup.
• Make "chocolate salami". No, I am not kidding. And no, I didn't invent it, but I'm glad it exists.
• Use two thin slices as the bookends to an especially decadent ice cream sandwich.
• Make a cake-plate sampler and share it with your next-door neighbors. Extra points if you give it to a neighbor you've never met before.
• Make cake croutons, the perfect topping for candy salad!
• Use it (cake only, no frosting) to line a tart or pie pan before baking (it will keep things from sticking).
• Make a charlotte, using sliced birthday cake in place of bread or ladyfingers.
• Crumble up an entire slice and bake into a batch of brownies. You'll be rewarded with crunchy bits and swirls of buttercreamy frosting. 
• Top it with jam and eat instead of toast for breakfast. Healthy!
• Birthday cake cereal. Cut it into half-inch cubes and put in a bowl. Pour milk over it and eat with a spoon. Better than granola!
• Cube it and entomb it in an awful but awesome-looking jell-o mold.
• Deep-fry it. On a stick, if desired.
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