Description
This decadent soda cake delight is perfect for special occasions or when you’re craving something sweet. Made with vanilla cake mix, orange soda, and pure orange extract, it’s a treat that everyone will love.
Ingredients
Scale
- 15.25 ounces vanilla cake mix
- 12 ounces orange soda
- 1 teaspoon pure orange extract
- 24 ounces whipped white frosting
- 2 to 3 drops orange gel food color
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two 9-inch round cake pans with parchment circles, and lightly spray with baking spray (Baker’s Joy or a generic version). Set them aside.
- Add the cake mix to a medium-sized mixing bowl.
- Pour the orange soda over the cake mix.
- Add the orange extract.
- Use a handheld mixer on medium-low speed and mix for 1 to 1½ minutes until completely combined and smooth.
- Evenly divide the cake batter between the 2 prepared cake pans. Bake for 22 to 24 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes away clean. Allow the cakes to completely cool.
- Once the cakes have cooled, place half of 1 of the containers of whipped frosting into a small mixing bowl. Add 2 to 3 drops of the orange gel food color. Stir well until the color is uniform. Set it aside.
- Remove 1 of the cakes from the cake pan and place on a serving dish.
- Spoon the remaining ½ of the opened frosting container onto the cake. Using a silicone spatula or an offset spatula, spread the frosting evenly over the top of the cake.
- Carefully place the second cake layer on top of the bottom layer.
- Using the silicone spatula or the offset spatula, evenly spread the second container of whipped frosting over the top and sides of the cake.
- Using a decorator’s bag fitted with a star-shaped decorator’s tip, or a quart-size Ziploc with a small corner of the bag snipped off, hold the bag ½ inch above the surface of the outer edge of the cake. Using even pressure squeeze the bag in a circle to form a small rose shape. Repeat the pattern around the cake.
- Prep Time: 24 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes