Drake's is a baking company in New Jersey owned by the Interstate Bakeries Corporation, which makes cake, such as Yodels, Devil Dogs, Yankee Doodles, Sunny Doodles, Ring Dings, Funny Bones, and Drake's coffee cake. Drake's is located in Wayne, New Jersey. Their mascot is a smiling duck, wearing a chef's hat and neckerchief, holding a spoon. Image File history File links Drakes_logo. ... Wikibooks Cookbook has an article on Baking Baking is the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by conduction, and not by radiation, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. ... Look up company in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC) (NYSE: IBCIQ) is the largest wholesale baker and distributor of fresh bakery products in the United States, and is the owner of the Hostess, Wonder Bread, Dolly Madison, Butternut Breads, and Drakes brands. ... For other uses, see Cake (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Drakes Devil Dogs is a pre-packaged cake snack widely available at convenience stores and vending machines on the United States East Coast. ... Coffee cake is a sweet food. ... Wayne is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, located less than 20 miles from midtown Manhattan. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Aythyinae Merginae Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. ... Some dogs are adorned with neckerchiefs or bandannas, as an extenion of their owners personality. ...

Origin and history

The company's founder, Newman E. Drake, baked his first pound cake in Brooklyn in 1888 at Grand Army Plaza with the help of former Brooklyn public library Martin Gomez. He sold it by the slice. Popularity increased, and soon a whole line of cakes was produced. The company's operations eventually spread to 13 states. This remote presence was because of the many people from the north who retired and moved to Florida; especially Jews. Drake's were at one time perhaps the only kosher snack cakes on the market; as most other bakers used lard (rendered hog fat) or beef tallow (even though this fat can be obtained from kosher beef, it rarely is, and in any event animal fat is still forbidden under kosher laws to be used with the dairy products commonly used in baking). In New York City and New England, Drake's became perhaps the most popular snack cake, rivaling national brand Hostess. In New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, they also rival that area's popular Tastykake brand. However, they remained largely unknown outside of these areas. They were, however, made known across the country in the late 1990s by television talk show host Rosie O'Donnell's professed fondness for them; she served the cakes to her audience members on The Rosie O'Donnell Show. At one point in the past, a legal conflict erupted, when Hostess began producing a cake that looked like Drake's popular "Ring Dings", and even named it "Ding Dongs". Hostess ended up having to change the name of this cake to "Big Wheels" in areas in which Drake's cakes were sold. Newman E. Drake (1860 in Andover, New Jersey–1930 in Newton, New Jersey) was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Drakes, an American baking company now owned by Interstate Bakeries Corporation. ... A slice of pound cake. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The circled U indicates that this can of tuna is certified kosher by the Union of Orthodox Congregations. ... Lard refers to pig fat in both its rendered and unrendered forms. ... Hog is a domestic or feral adult swine. ... Tallow is rendered beef or mutton fat, processed from suet. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the region in the United States of America. ... Hostess is a brand of the Interstate Bakeries Corporation in the United States, known for its line of snack foods, such as Twinkies, CupCakes, Chocodiles, Ding Dongs, HoHos, SuzyQs, Sno Balls, Donettes, Mini Muffins, Hostess Fruit Pies, Pudding Pies, Donuts and Leopards. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Tastykake is a brand of snack food manufactured by the Tasty Baking Company (NASDAQ: TSTY) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Rosie ODonnell (born March 21, 1962 in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an 11-time Emmy Award-winning American talk show host, television personality, comedienne, film, television, and stage actress. ... The Rosie ODonnell Show was a popular American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie ODonnell. ...

By the 1980s, Drake Bakeries was owned by the huge Borden food company, along with Cracker Jacks and Wise potato chips. In 1987, Borden sold the company to Ralston Purina, which owned ITT Continental Baking Company, makers of rival Hostess Cakes and Wonder Bread. This created a virtual monopoly in some areas, and it soon broke up. However, while this union lasted, Hostess was able to use the "Ding Dongs" name in the formerly restricted areas, but when the union was dissolved, instead of restoring the "Big Wheels" moniker, Hostess compromised with a new "King Dons" trademark for the affected areas. In the mean time, Drake's celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1988, by producing the world's largest Ring Ding cake. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Borden may refer to Places: Borden County, Texas Borden, Indiana Borden, Ontario Borden, England Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden or 16 Wing Borden) People: Robert Borden (1854-1937): Eighth Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920. ... For the 1960s British childrens television series, see Crackerjack. ... Saratoga chips Potato chips (British English or Hiberno-English: crisps) are slim slices of potatoes deep fried or baked until crisp. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Ralston Purina was a major American corporation best known for its production and marketing of animal feeds. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Products with the new Wonder Bread logo Old Wonder Bread Logo Wonder Bread (Canadian packaging) Wonder Bread slices (Canadian packaging) Wonder Bread is a North American brand of extremely soft white bread. ... A monopoly (from the Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service, in other words a firm that has no competitors in its industry. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

Drake's changed hands a couple of times afterwards, and was eventually picked up by the Canadian company Culinar. Among the highlights of this period, in the 1990s, was the introduction of a pastry called "Pick 'M Ups", which after taking on the Drake's label, became the only Drake's brand product to contain animal fats. A frosted chocolate cupcake that looked like Hostess' popular product, with a white icing swirl also appeared under the Drake's label, though Drake's never produced such an item on their own, and their own cupcakes were substantially different (see below). For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Drake's was finally sold in 1998 to Interstate Bakeries Corporation, which by then had bought ITT/CBC, thus taking ownership of Hostess and Wonder. This time, the resultant monopoly was not overturned, and as other companies such as Little Debbie had expanded a great deal, it was not as much of a monopoly as it would have been before. Now, in the New York City area, Drake's and Hostess operations have combined, sharing the same trucks, delivery routes, and store racks. Some Hostess cakes such as Twinkies and Ding Dongs (whose name is permanently restored) in the northeast are now even produced at the Drake bakery and bear a kosher certification symbol in those areas. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC) (NYSE: IBCIQ) is the largest wholesale baker and distributor of fresh bakery products in the United States, and is the owner of the Hostess, Wonder Bread, Dolly Madison, Butternut Breads, and Drakes brands. ... Hostess is a brand of the Interstate Bakeries Corporation in the United States, known for its line of snack foods, such as Twinkies, CupCakes, Chocodiles, Ding Dongs, HoHos, SuzyQs, Sno Balls, Donettes, Mini Muffins, Hostess Fruit Pies, Pudding Pies, Donuts and Leopards. ... McKee Foods Corporation is a privately held United States company headquartered in Collegedale, Tennessee. ... A Twinkie is a Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling created by Hostess, and baked by Continental Baking Co, which is owned by Kansas City-based Interstate Bakeries Corporation. ...

Expansion plans

Throughout its history, Drake's Cakes have attempted to expand to other areas, either through third party distribution deals, or shipping frozen cakes to far away areas, as was being done for Florida. In a two-party system a third party is a party other than the two dominant ones. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Distribution is one of the four aspects of marketing. ...

But expansion seemed to be difficult. In 1989, Drake's could be found as far away as Southern California, through a deal with a local distributor for the Von's supermarket chain. But the distributor soon died, and the distribution ceased. Not too long afterwards, distribution in the established Maryland and Washington, D.C., areas folded. Expansion plans continue, and Drakes were reported to be distributed or at least experimenting in various areas of the South (such as Georgia) and the West. Yet, as of fall, 2005, the IBC operations in Orlando, Florida have discontinued carrying the products. While Drake Bakeries had long sold in that state under their own operations; apparently, the huge IBC corporation feels that they are not profitable compared to its other popular brands. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... For the urban complex straddling the United States-Mexico border, see Bajalta California. ... Exterior of a typical British supermarket (a Tesco Extra) Exterior of typical North American supermarket (a Safeway) This Flagship Randalls store in Houston, Texas is an example of an upscale supermarket. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 90 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37°53N to 39°43N  - Longitude 75°4W to 79°33... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ...

Most popular products

Devil Dogs 

a devil's food creme sandwich whose wafers have rounded edges making the cake somewhat resemble a hot dog.

Yankee Doodles 

chocolate cupcakes baked and sold in paper baking cups. Unlike most other snack cupcakes on the market, there is no icing, and the hole through which the creme filling was inserted is clearly visible in the risen center.

Sunny Doodles 

yellow cake version of the Yankee Doodles

Ring Dings 

Chocolate frosted hockey puck shaped chocolate cake with creme filling. Another version is filled with custard and labeled "Boston Creme Pies".

Yodels 

Chocolate frosted creme filled Swiss roll. Drake's also from time to time offers a non-frosted version, simply called "Swiss Roll". These are usually larger and sold as one in a single wrapping or four in a family pack, but for a while in the past, they too were sold as two smaller cakes in a single wrapping. Hostess has similar products known as HoHos.

Funny Bones 

Similar to the Yodels, but with squared off edges and corners rather than being a cylindrical roll, and filled with peanut butter flavored creme.

Fruit Pies 

These are unique among snack pies, in not containing lard (which is often used to make the crust more flaky), and in having two (half-sized) square shaped pies in a pack, instead of a single rectangular pie, as most other brands do. Fruit pies come in apple and cherry flavors.

Coffee Cake Junior 

A large single round crumb cake. Family packs contain smaller ones.

For a time in the 80's, Drake's also produced a line of imitation Twinkies, but filled with strawberry, banana, or chocolate creme, as well as vanilla. They were originally called "Shortcakes", but later (when only the plain vanilla were being produced), renamed "Zoinks!" (as in the popular cry of Shaggy, from the Scooby Doo cartoon, though there was apparently no official connection), before being discontinued for good. However, as was stated above, Drake's currently produces the real Twinkies for Hostess, as well as the Ding Dongs and a couple of others in the areas where the operations are consolidated. Drake's also distributes some third party products, however most of these, such as the honey buns and donuts, have been converted to the Hostess brand. For a brief period, a Hostess logo replaced the Drake logo on the other wise unchanged Drake label. Then, it was altogether replaced with a Hostess label. This article contains a trivia section. ... Custard is a range of preparations based on milk and eggs, thickened with heat. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Homemade swiss roll, filled with lemon curd Swiss roll is a type of sponge cake baked in a very shallow rectangular baking tray, and then filled, rolled up, and served in circular slices. ... Hostess is a brand of the Interstate Bakeries Corporation in the United States, known for its line of snack foods, such as Twinkies, CupCakes, Chocodiles, Ding Dongs, HoHos, SuzyQs, Sno Balls, Donettes, Mini Muffins, Hostess Fruit Pies, Pudding Pies, Donuts and Leopards. ... HoHos are cylindrical, frosted, cream-filled cakes that are made by the Hostess company and are distributed in the United States and Egypt. ... Peanut butter in a jar. ... Scooby (left) and Shaggy (right), as seen in Whats New Scooby Doo? Norville Shaggy Rogers is a fictional character in the American animated television series Scooby-Doo, about the adventures of four crime-solving teenagers and Shaggys pet Great Dane, Scooby-Doo. ... Scooby-Doo IS THE SHIT is a short ass-running American animated television series produced for your mom Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the present. ...

Drake's in pop culture

• Drake's cakes were served to audience members of The Rosie O'Donnell Show in the late 1990s

• Drake's cakes (specifically, coffee cake) were featured on the hit sitcom Seinfeld in the 1992 episode, "The Suicide".

• In January 2006, Artie Lange of The Howard Stern Show mentioned "Devil Dogs" frequently on the air as his favorite cake. He was presented with a case from a delivery driver from Drake's, and the amount left in the case is a regular bit on the show.

• According to Meltdown Memoirs, Drake’s coffee cake was used for special effects in the movie Street Trash.

• In the film Click, Adam Sandler's character Michael Newman becomes grossly overweight from eating Yodels for ten years.

• In an episode of The Simpsons, The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons, while at the Kwik-E-Mart, Homer learns he does not have enough money to purchase a Yodel and a winning lottery ticket worth $500. After a moment of nervouly debating, he decides to purchase the Yodel.

• Several Drake's food products are mentioned in the works of Stephen King.

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External links

• Official Website