I’m almost certain soda cakes are an early slice of heaven.

Ingredients

Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan.

1 (18 1/4 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package chocolate or chocolate fudge pudding mix 1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
10 ounces Dr. Pepper

In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil, eggs and Dr. Pepper. Mix until all ingredients are moistened.

Pour into prepared 9×13 inch pan and bake for 30 too 35 minutes. Or in a tube pan for 45 minutes.
Cool completely.

Once the cake is cooled, I’ll usually make whipped cream (heavy cream, sugar, pinch of salt, almond or vanilla flavoring) and adding a dollop to each slice and garnishing with a maraschino cherry. (Bit of trivia. Did you know they actually make peppermint flavor maraschino cherries, that have been dyed green. Yeah. I’m apparently not a maraschino cherry connoisseur. I just know the red ones are good, and the vodka ones are even better.)

Can also make a glaze instead of piling on the whipped cream.

Glaze

Glaze

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Dr. Pepper

Mix together butter, sugar and Dr. Pepper in a saucepan and bring to a boil on the stove. Boil for two minutes. Pour glaze onto cake while glaze is still hot.

Other Variations

Mountain dew soda, lemon cake mix, lemon pudding
Cream soda, white cake mix, white chocolate pudding
Orange cream soda, white cake mix, coconut pudding – Add toasted, shredded coconut
Shasta raspberry soda, white cake mix, cheesecake pudding – Use raspberries as garnish. Could do the same, but find strawberry soda.

See the trend…

Go forth and experiment.

This recipe is one that I take to potluck events, and always get asked for the recipe. It’s simple!

Slow Cooker Eggnog Bread Pudding

3 eggs
1 1/2 cups eggnog
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cups white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 cups cubed bread, white or wheat (I leave the crusts on, but some people cut them off. Totally up to you)
1 cup raisins, or dried cranberries or dried blueberries or dried apple pieces

Put eggs, milks, cinnamon and sugars into large bowl and bead with wire whisk until well blended. Add bread and stir until bread is soaked. Stir in raisins and pour into a slower cooker that has been coated with butter. Turn heat on high for 2 hours, reduce to low heat and cook for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until a knife comes out clean when inserted into the middle of pudding.

Good warm or cold.

(pictures coming this afternoon after mine is done)

Go make this today!!!