I doubled this recipe made a bundt cake and piped the filling inside. The filling does taste exactly like Devil Dog cream filling. In the first step of the filling making I whisked the flour and milk constantly on the stove top until all the lumps were stirred out and the mixture was thick. Then I let it cool completely. I used my stand mixer for creaming the sugar shortening and vanilla. Then added the cooled flour/milk mixture. The filling came out terrific no problems. Tastes just like the treats I remember from childhood.
I doubled this recipe made a bundt cake and piped the filling inside. The filling does taste exactly like Devil Dog cream filling. In the first step of the filling making I whisked the flour and milk constantly on the stove top until all the lumps were stirred out and the mixture was thick. Then I let it cool completely. I used my stand mixer for creaming the sugar shortening and vanilla. Then added the cooled flour/milk mixture. The filling came out terrific no problems. Tastes just like the treats I remember from childhood.
This recipe is great but I made one small addition. In the cream filling I added 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream for fluffiness. I too found that it needs the double recipe for for filling. Everybody loves it and the kids fight for the bowl when you're done!
We don't have Devil Dogs where I live but we do have Suzy Q and they are like them.I Doubled the filling using butter as I was out of shortening and put cocoa in half of it and in the white half I added almond extract. After the first batch I made the cakes smaller than a tablespoon because they really puff up in the oven. I will certainly make these again!
The icing was good not toooo tooo sweet and the cake was pretty good too.
These are really good and super moist! I accidently added 1/4 tsp of almond extract and it turned out really yummy!!
These are pretty tasty. You do have to underbake them a bit so the edges don't turn crispy and I added a LOT more powdered sugar to the filling (and extra milk to compensate) so it wouldn't taste so much like shortening. Also 1.5 to 2 batches of the filling works pretty well. All in all great cookies!
These are great! Better than the real thing. They're always a hit at gatherings where there are children.
These were really good! Be careful with the baking times it is really easy to overbake. Mine turned out a little crunchy at the edges. They still tasted great but I was hoping for more cakey texture. The batter spreads quite a bit so provide plenty of space between each drop. I used 1/2 butter and 1/2 shortening simply because I was almost out of shortening. Definitely will make again!
i followed the recipe to the letter. The cakes didn't rise and tasted awful and the cream filling tasted worse.
