On 9/18/2017 4:04 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:58:23 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:37:59 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:33:05 -0500, Sqwertz >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 07:00:34 -0400, wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What's your favorite Drake's?
>>>>> http://www.famousfoods.com/drakes.html
>>>>
>>>> They look even more expensive than TastyCakes. TastyCakes tried to
>>>> make a comeback in this area a couple years ago, but they wanted $4-$5
>>>> box of whatever. Nobody was willing to pay then when a box of any of
>>>> the various Little Debbie products was $1.39-$1.99. And we have a
>>>> store brand line that's even less.
>>>
>>> Those are mail order prices, they cost a lot less at regular stores.
>>
>> But still not even close to being as cheap as Little Debbie. 12 Swiss
>> Rolls (Ho-Ho's) for $1.79.
>
> That's amazingly cheap considering all the goodies they put in Little
> Debbie Swiss Rolls:
>
> Sugar, Corn Syrup, Water, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour,
> Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin
> [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and
> Cottonseed Oil with TBHQ to Preserve Flavor (Contributes a Trivial
> Amount of Trans Fat), Dextrose, Palm and Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa,
> Soybean Oil, Eggs, Whey (Milk), Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium
> Aluminum Phosphate), Emulsifiers (Sorbitan Monostearate, Polysorbate
> 60, Soy Lecithin, Mono- and Diglycerides, Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty
> Acids), Salt, Corn Starch, Colors (Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1), Sorbic
> Acid (to Retain Freshness), Egg Whites, Natural and Artificial
> Flavors.
>
> I wish we good get them here!
>

Make your own. Just follow a regular cake recipe and add some Aluminum
Phosphate, Sorbitan Monomstearate, etc. I'd double the Polyglycerol
Esters of Fatty Acids though. You can never have too much of that yummy
stuff.