How to Salvage an Over-Baked Bundt Cake

O.K. It happens to us all. We're experimenting with asalvageable inside. Toss the cubes into a 13 x 9-inch
new recipe... We get sidetracked by something else...baking dish and pour some milk or soy milk over it...
We're using an oven we haven't used before... andto just about 1/2 the height of your layer of cubes.
our Bundt cake gets over baked. It's not burned, butThat'll be about 1 to 1-1/2 cups. Let that soak in the
it is now kind of dry and the crust is a bit too brown.refrigerator for about an hour or so, until all the liquid
What do you do? Throw it out?is soaked up. You may have to stir the mixture up
No! You can salvage that partially O.K. Bundt cake byabout half-way through.
transforming it into another dessert. Here are aNow take some instant pudding mix and follow the
couple of ideas.directions on the box. Just before it starts to thicken,
Make a Triflepour it over the cake cubes. Mix until all the cubes
You can cut off the over-brown crust and cube theare coated and/or soaked. Press down to even up
salvageable inside. Then layer it with fruit and puddingthe top. Put back into the refrigerator and let the
in a trifle dish. Make sure that you don't start or endpudding set.
with the cake cubes... that way you can make sureTop with whipped topping and serve!
that the fruit and pudding are moistening it up fromOf course, there are other ways you can salvage an
both sides.over-dry Bundt cake... make fancy french toast,
Make a Mock Bread Puddingmake a real bread pudding... let your imagination soar!
Cut off the over-brown crusts and cube the