Here are the facts:
I had grand plans to make a Dr Pepper cake for a certain cute red headed boy for his birthday.
I had these grand plans because I wanted to impress this certain boy with my ninja-like baking skills.
I found a book. ย I found a recipe. ย I bought Dr. Pepper. ย I whipped up the batter. ย I threw together the frosting. ย I married the cake and frosting.
Aaaaand…
Gross. ย Icky. ย Yuck. ย Creepy moist. ย Too sweet. ย Thumbs down. ย Not good. ย Not cute. ย Not any way to celebrate a birthday.
Maybe the addition of marshmallows should have been a red flag.
I had to go with the ‘it’s the thought that counts’ defense… sort of unacceptable when your name is Joy the (freaking) Baker.
Now you know the facts. ย Now maybe you can help.
What’s your favorite soda pop cake recipe? ย I’ve got to redeem myself. ย Any suggestions?
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Hi Joy! I am from North Carolina and have a great recipe for Orange Crush Pound Cake (we do love our pound cake here!!). It’s terrific – you put a cup of Orange crush in the batter, and then once the cake is cooled, you glaze it with powdered sugar mixed with more Orange Crush. Or Sunkist, whatever you like. Makes a good base for strawberry shortcake, too.
Joy!I would love to have this recipe!
I have never tried a soda cake recipe, but I’m sure the cake doctors cook books would have one.. have you tried any of their recipes?
Joy, I made this exact same recipe and was very disappointed too. Tasted like a very bland chocolate cake. My sympathies.
I like the recipe for root beer flavored bunt cake from the book “Baked: New Frontiers in Baking.” I made it once and it turned out meh, then made it again with some alterations: the recipe calls for a chocolate frosting on top, but that made the thing alltogether too chocolate-tasting. I made with a very vanilla-flavored frosting instead, to get a root beer float kind of effect. Also, I added about 1/2 tsp root beer flavored extract that I got from a cooking supply store – I think it usually is for flavoring candy, it was the most wee bottle of anything I’ve ever bought. This intensified the root beer flavor quite a bit, which was a little too subtle the first time I made it. Result — AMAZING. Kinda weird, but amazing. Oh, and I made it in an octopus cakepan: I think that helped with its general awesomeness. https://www.flickr.com/photos/75923467@N00/3754695969/
I have a Dr Pepper cake recipe that does not include marshmallows. Yep = the marshmallow addition is a random one. Hmmmmmm.
Aww so sorry it didn’t work out!!
Here is my grandmas recipe, this is my dad’s and hubbys FAVORITE cake in the whole world it’s similar to a soda pop cake.
1 box white cake mix (or a from scratch white cake)
1 box strawberry Jello
1 Box Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
1 Tub of Cool Whip
Bake cake. Make Jello but DO not refridgerate or let set. Poke holes all over cake with large serving fork or wooden spoon. Spoon liquid Jello mix all over cake maybe half the jello liquid. Place cake in fridge for at least a couple hours until cake is cooled. Make instant Pudding, mix in half the tub of cool whip, spread on top of cake and put back into fridge. Keep in fridge until ready to serve. Refridergate leftovers – if there are any!! It’s the yummies summer cake ever!! The Best!
https://www.odlums.ie/index.php?page=chocolate-cola-cake
This cake is delicious i love it!!
I know that this is probably wayyyy late but I hear amazing things about the rootbeer bundt cake (which can obviously be dubbed into cuppies or I imagine a layer cake?) in the Baked book. For next time. It’s the thought that counts, dammit. Screw anyone who says differently ;)
Well my favorite is Coca- Cola Cake. Cracker Barrel makes it, it’s our family fav.
I have never had a root beer or coke or seven Up cake, and they sound good!
My neighbor in Carrollton, Georgia brought us an orange slice cake when we moved into the neighborhood. She had used a regular yellow cake ( any kind of cake would do fine) and then cut those orange slice candies with scissors she dipped into flour. I don’t remember what icing was used!! It really didn’t need icing! It was kind of her!! Other neighbors brought us homemade preserves, pickles, pickled okra, bouquets of flowers and ears of just picked corn!! It was the only time any neighbors welcomed us like this!!
I got onto this site trying to find a cake icing that is not so sweet. The canned icings are just icky, make our teeth shudder!!! I had to scrape off some Duncan Hines icing before we could eat the cake today, and the boxed cake was too sweet too, won’t make it again. Recently also cut down on salt, or did away with it entirely on some food, and lost lost 7 pounds in 10 days, know it was not fat but water!!!Whatever, my pants fit better!!! Cheers!