How to Bake a Cake With Diet Soda
When trying to lose weight, calorie-laden desserts can pose the biggest threat to your progress. Cakes baked with diet soda have long been a staple for dieters and busy people alike. By replacing the eggs and oil in the recipe with a can of diet soda you cut down on calories, cost and time. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- 9-by-13 inch baking pan
- Cooking spray
- Large mixing bowl
- 1 box cake mix
- 1 can diet soda
- Rubber spatula
- 1 tub of light whipped topping (optional)
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees or according to the directions on the boxed cake mix. Use the cooking spray to grease the 9-by-13 inch baking pan.
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Mix the cake mix and diet soda in the large mixing bowl. Pour the batter into the baking pan.
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Bake according to the package instructions or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle.
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Allow the cake to cool and use the spatula to ice it with the light whipped topping. Cut into twelve slices and serve
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Tips & Warnings
Baking cake with diet soda is a versatile recipe and can be customized by combining different flavors of diet soda and cake mix. Before you begin baking, decide which flavors appeal to you. Some suggestions include: Lemon cake mix with lemon-lime diet soda; chocolate cake and diet cherry cola; orange cake and diet cream soda; or yellow cake with diet ginger ale.
Add two egg whites to the recipe when mixing together the diet soda and cake mix if you desire a fluffier cake.
If you are not concerned with calories, regular soda can be substituted for the diet soda.
This cake tends to be slightly stickier than other cake recipes. If making cupcakes spray the liners with cooking spray to prevent them from sticking.
Although this cake is lower in calories, it should still be consumed in moderation.
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