Mountain Dew Cake and Mountain Dew Pie (Patreon)

Look, I’m not in charge of the Mountain Dew-to-Gamers connection, but I do like playing with it. People specifically asked for these recipes when I noted I had made them, so…

Mountain Dew CAKE1 box Duncan Hines Orange Supreme cake mix1 box Jello instant pudding mix – lemon4 eggs1 teaspoon lime flavoring (or extract, I refer flavoring)green food Coloring if desired, to your preferred neon hue½ cup vegetable oil1 cup Mountain Dew (fresh and fizzy)

GLAZE1 cup sugar1 stick butter1/2 cup Mountain Dew

 Preheat oven to 325 Liberally coat bunt pan with nonstick spray Add all cake ingredients together and beat for 2 minutes Pour into pan and bake 50-60 minutes at 325 About 5 minutes before cake is done, make the glaze Add all glaze ingredients together in a sauce pan and boil for 2-3 minutes Once cake comes out, pour glaze slowly over cake Leave in pan for 20-30 minutes to let glaze soak in, or up to 24 hours in fridge Remove. Color will be much darker on the outside than within each slice. Enjoy

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Mountain Dew PIEThis is NOT a cheesecake, but an effort at pure Mtn Dew as a pie filling.1 frozen pie crust, in pan2 liters Mountain Dew (to make 12 oz. Mountain Dew Reduction)2/3 cup sugar8 tbsp flour6 tbsp butter, diced

 To make a Mtn Dew reduction, simmer 2 liters of Mtn Dew over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 2-3 hours. You should reduce the volume by at least half, and up to 65% or so. It doesn’t matter if the Mtn Dew is fresh, since you’ll lose all the carbonation anyway. Preheat oven to 395 Pour 12 oz of Mtn Dew reduction in the pie crust, while the crust is still frozen Mix the sugar and flour, then sprinkle the mix evenly over the surface of the Mtn Dew reduction. Yes, it’s powder on syrup. As best you can, scatter the diced butter evenly over the flour/sugar mix. Cover edges of crust with foil. Carefully move into over. Bake for 30 min. Reduce temp to 340, then bake for another 30 min. Remove from oven, and take off foil. Pie filling is now a hot sticky plasma, so be careful. Fully cool, preferably on a stone or tile countertop. Once fully cooled, chill covered in fridge for 6-24 hours.

<figure>(Reduced Mtn Dew. This was once 2 liters)</figure><figure>(Reduced Mtn Dew in frozen pie crust)</figure><figure>(Sprinkled sugar/flour mix over top, then diced butter)</figure><figure>(Foil)</figure><figure>(Done! And, Neon!)</figure>