Vanity Cakes

Do any of you remember in On the Banks of Plumb Creak When Ma makes vanity cakes? Lately I've been trying to find a good recipe. Have any of you successfully made them? I mean has anyone been able to get them to be actually hollow? If so, could you give me a recipe?

Thanks!

http://thisisbeige.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/laura-ingalls-recipes-vanity-cakes.html

Hmmm, there's a recipe, I did a bit of Googling, and apparently no one has exactly been able to make them hollow...

Oh well, even if they don't end up hollow, they look yummy Thanks!