Make a 'Throw-it-Together' cake - what to do with your leftover cake - make a whole NEW cake! lol!

Make a 'Throw-it-Together' cake - what to do with your leftover cake - make a whole NEW cake! lol!

What can you do with leftover cake??  Here's what to do - make a NEW cake!

You know me, I hate to throw anything away, I'm not a waster kind o' girl... I love to find a new life for something old - like the crazy cake I bought, thought was a'gonna be deelicious, and no, it totally wasn't, jus' a plain ol' cake, soo, I didn't eat it, but I also didn't want to just toss it out, you know?  Sooo, here's what I did...

See how much of the cake I had left?  Holy schmokes, it really was soo plain Jane, you know - I really, really wanted that cake, too, it looked really good in the store, and I thought it was a coffee cake with cream cheese icing, turns out to just be a pound cake with a lemon Greek Yogurt icing...ick. Yuck. Too plain for me - lol!

So here's how I 'saved' this cake - by throwing a bunch o' stuffs in it, make it delicious!

So I just cut the cake up into squares-ish...nothing fancy, just cut up whatever cake you have left over, including the icing, and toss it in an 8" X 8" buttered pan. I used a 9" X 13" pan, just because I had a ludicrous amount of extra leftover cake... and this is a great recipe for your leftover cake...

Then, I found a jar of unopened Maraschino Cherries in the cupboard, so I thought, well, I'll just throw that in, too...

So far, so good, right?  I just poured the entire jar of Maraschino Cherries in, including the liquid.

So then you need something to hold the whole thing, together, sooo, I used :

4 eggs

Splash of Milk - maybe a 1/2 a cup?  You can adjust that, depending on how many eggs you use, and how much leftover cake you have! lol!)

Splash of Vanilla

Then I poured in some sugar, maybe a 1/2 a cup

And some Brown Sugar, about a half a cup

And a bunch of Cinnamon... maybe 2 tablespoons...

Mix that really well, and pour over the cake pieces.

Pop in the oven at 350 degrees F for about 20 - 30 minutes, then take it out and sprinkle on the Brown Sugar Topping.  You can make more or less, depending on the size of pan...

Brown Sugar Topping:

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup melted butter (or margarine)

Using a fork or a pastry cutter, mix it roughly to create 'crumbs'.

You can totally skip this stage, I just really like this topping : )

Use your fingers to sprinkle on the topping - will be much easier than pouring it straight from the bowl... a good little trick is to sprinkle from the outside, in, so you have a nice even topping.. or do whatever you like! lol!

Looks yummy, already, right?  I love the Maraschino Cherries - who knew?  Looks super fancy! lol!

And there it is, all done!  And no cake wasted!  Yahoo!  Think I'll go have one more piece!  I like it with a little (okay,you got me, a lot!) of whipcream - yum!  Or would be very nice with a nice scoop of ice cream : )  

Oh, was just thinking - if you have any fresh fruit, or canned fruit, or maybe canned pie filing, you could totally try that, too...would be delicious, and be sure to use the liquid, too.  I wonder if I could have added a cup of some nice juice, too?  Hmmm... that's the fun part of a 'Throw-it-Together' cake - just throw in whatever you have in the house! lol!  : >  

Enjoy!!! Your Not-Wasty-Ailsa! lol! : )