Diet Soda Cake?!?!?!

[Theresa]

Ok, I'm probably the last to have heard of this...but I just HAD to share. I'm trying it tonight and will let you know the results!

http://www.stormpc.com/ww/Favorite_Food_Recipes.htm

http://www.grouprecipes.com/63949/diet-coke-cake.html

http://www.dlife.com/dLife/diabetic-recipes/1445/Amazing-Diet-Soda-Cake.html

http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/pdf/RECIPE_almostbrownies.pdf

[Digging4Truth]

Yep... good stuff.

Very moist...

[Sarah]

I've heard of it, but never tried it.

Waiting to hear what you think about it..........

[Theresa]

ok, I made this last night...

two things:
1. It DOES taste good - it's like brownies, just not as sticky

2. it is VERY light and fluffy - it will NOT handle transferring out of the pan you cooked it in - and frosting is a challenge - I'd suggest a glaze you can pour on it, if you want anything at all - it didnt need anything.

But for frosting I'd taken a tub of FF cool whip and added an envelope of SF chocolate pudding mix, it was very good - just too heavy to actually frost very well - the cake was very light and delicate.

I'll be making this again. Let me find the nutritional stats, it's well worth making!!!

[Theresa]

Tip: Make sure to let the cake cook completely before you try to cut it. Because you aren't adding eggs, the cake will be tender and can tear if you cut it while it's warm. Some people have started adding 2 egg whites to the mix. It doesn't raise the points any (less than 1 point) but they report that the cake is firmer and rises better

[Theresa]

FYI - this is still high in sugar - for diabetics you'd want to watch how much you eat - regular cake mix alone has about 18g of sugar per serving.

SF cakes have a lot of sugar alcohols in them which really mess up some people just as bad as the real thing..

But for *normal* people, this is a good alternative to the regular cakes and brownies.

[MissBrattified]

Thanks for the tips, Theresa! I'm going to try it!

[Theresa]

Thanks for the tips, Theresa! I'm going to try it!

if you cook it and serve it in the same pan with a frosting/topping that wont destroy it, I doubt anyone would even notice.

[ForeverBlessed]

I baked one using the cake mix by pillsbury that has splenda in it...so the lower sugar cake mix and diet soda. Then I let it cool, put cool whip free on it and put in fridge... it tastes like brownies to me.

I will do it again with two egg whites next time as it reminded me more of brownies than cake.

Not bad for someone on a diet but doesn't want to be left out. Lots of us are doing ww points right now and we had a birthday bash.

[commonsense]

I've never tried it, but I've run across the recipe before.

Today I made Texas sheet cake from a recipebook my mother gave me. It was compiled by Carolyn Sullivan, a former, maybe current ?, UPC missionary.
It's filled with yummy recipes.


The cake is done.

[ForeverBlessed]

I had to bake the cake again... I found that adding 4 egg whites with the can of diet soda makes it more like a normal cake. Much better in my opinion.

[Sherri]

I just baked one of these with Diet 7-UP and a spice cake mix. I did add two egg whites, and it just came out of the oven, but it looks like the texture of brownies. But that's ok - I love brownies too! Even if they are spice brownies. I have mixed up some fat free Cool Whip with vanilla and cinnamon to put on top when it's cool. I'll let you all know what we think in a bit!

[Sherri]

Ok, this is a REALLY good low fat/low calorie dessert!! I kind of wished I had done the chocolate because it would have been even more amazing. That will be my next effort. But the spice cake is really good too.

I actually messed up and only used 8 oz. of 7-Up instead of 12, which I didn't realize until I pulled out the 16 oz. bottle to drink the rest of it! So the texture was a little more like brownies than cake, but it was still really good!

[Theresa]

this is really a good low fat/calorie option. Adding egg whites is really helpful b/c otherwise it's so soft you cant do anything with it but eat it out of the pan LOL

[GraceAmazing]

So the egg whites are an ADDITIONAL ingredient and not taking the place of something else??? Want to make this, but I need to know that big important point! :D