Campfire Cake - yep, you read it right

Campfire Cake

Before preparing cake make a HOT fire to ensure you have a good bed of coals to cook your cake in.



 

Ingredients and needed supplies:
1 Box of yellow cake mix
Eggs (however many the cake mix directions tell you)
1 15 oz. can of sliced peaches, reserve the syrup/juice
Vegetable or Canola Oil
Flour
Large Iron Skillet
Tin Foil

Directions:
Grease and flour the iron skillet.  Remove the peaches from the can reserving the syrup/juice.  Place the peaches in a pattern onto the greased and floured skillet.  (See above)
Use the cake mixes box and add the called for amount of eggs, oil, and cake mix to a bowl.  Instead of the called for water use the reserved juice/syrup from peach can...add water only if you do not get the full measurement.

 Mix batter until well blended and pour over the peaches in the iron skillet being sure all the peaches are covered.  Cover the skillet tightly with tin foil.

 Place the cake in your fire pit making sure there are coals on all sides of the skillet.  Bake cake in fire pit until done about 20-30 minutes.
Loosen the cake on all side with a butter knife and flip the cake from skillet onto a platter or cookie sheet.  Serve and enjoy!

our beautiful desert baked right next to our hobo packs

Hobo Packs

Hobo Packs

Ingredients:
1-2 lbs hamburger meat (browned in a skillet)
1 diced potato per person
1 large diced carrot per person
1/4 cup diced onion per person
salt and pepper to taste (or garlic salt is good too)
1-2 cans of brown gravy
tin foil

Directions:
Prep a fire.  Let it burn for a while to develop hot coals.  Divide the fire pit in half with the appropriate safe tools, one side the fire and the other side hot coals.  Or let fire completely burn out and use hot coals.
For each person tear a piece of tin foil about 16 inches long.  On each piece of tin foil layer the ingredients: potatoes, carrots, onions, meat, and pour 1/4 to 1/2 cup of gravy over the top (this will keep everything moist).  Wrap the ingredients up tight in the tin foil.  Using large tongs place each tin foil pack in the coals of the fire, potatoes on bottom.  Let each wrap cook for 30 to 45 minutes.  Carefully remove from coals, unwrap and enjoy.