Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Popcorn "cake"

Several of you have asked me for the recipe for the popcorn "cake." First of all let me say I renamed it cake because I put it in a cake pan to mold. Elleigh and I saw something similar on Giada and I adapted it from there. She put other things in hers and she made them into balls. So, here's what I did.

Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in the microwave. Mix in a bag of mini marshmallows and return to microwave until marshmallows are melted. Stir in popped microwave popcorn (I used light butter but whatever kind of popcorn you choose). Make sure to remove any kernals. I popped 2 regular sized bags but I only used about 1 1/2 bags. You can add whatever depending on how marshmallowey (I know that is not a word!) you want it. Stir in 1 bag of m&ms and place in a greased tube pan. Press down into pan to make it even. I let it sit in the bundt pan for about 30 minutes before dumping so that it could mold well. Like I said, you could make them into balls but I thought it was easier to dump it in the pan and then we just sliced it or you could put it in a rectangular pan or get creative and put it in a shaped pan (I just gave myself an idea!). I plan to make one at Christmas with Christmas M&Ms or it would be cute in the spring with the spring ones. It is fun to make with the kids!

1 comment:

JGWmom said...

I'm glad you posted this. I was wanting to know how you did it. I love Giada's show and recipes. She is so beautiful! How does she cook all that and look like that? LOL Anyhoo, thanks for posting! :)