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:
- 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.