Things You'll Need
Charcoal briquettes
Matches
Knife
6 oranges
Grapefruit spoon
Mixing bowl
8 oz. yellow cake mix
Spoon
Aluminum foil
Grilling fork and spatula
Plate
Camping is an inexpensive way to enjoy the outdoors. Cooking over a campfire is practical, and affords the opportunity to prepare foods in a different manner than normal. Most foods cooked at home can be prepared over a campfire. A little creativity -- and willingness to try new things -- is all that's required to bake cake over a campfire.
Step 1
Lay a mound of charcoal briquettes in your campfire pit. Approximately 30 charcoal briquettes are enough to cook a small meal and bake a cake. Light the charcoal with a match; allow it to burn until the briquettes turn gray.
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Step 2
Slice the tops off of six oranges to create lids. Set the orange lids aside. Scrape out the inside of the oranges with a grapefruit spoon.
Step 3
Pour 8 oz. of yellow cake-mix in the mixing bowl. Add the amount of water specified on the cake-mix package. Stir the ingredients to form the cake batter.
Step 4
Fill the empty orange peels halfway-full with cake batter. Place the orange-peel lid on top of the orange. Wrap aluminum foil around the batter-filled orange to protect the peel from burning.
Step 5
Set the foil-wrapped oranges in the coals; allow them to bake for 20 minutes. Remove each orange with the grilling fork and spatula. Allow it to cool on a plate for 5 to 10 minutes before unwrapping the aluminum foil. Discard the orange peel lid. Eat the individual cakes directly out of the orange peel.
Tip
Save the orange fruit to serve alongside the cake.
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