Root Beer Float Poke Cake with White Cake Mix
Imagine serving a dessert that tastes like an ice cream root beer float but in cake form. That's what you get with this recipe for a Root Beer Float Poke Cake with White Cake Mix that you top with homemade whipped cream. And it's so easy to make.
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 13 1/4 ounces white cake mix equivalent to one box
- 1 1/4 cups root beer
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs large
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk one can
Whipped Topping Ingredients
- 2.3 ounces Dream Whip two envelopes
- 1 cup root beer cold
- 12 maraschino cherries for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Liberally cover a 9x13 baking dish in cooking spray or parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl whisk together the cake ingredients — cake mix, 1 1/4 cup root beer, vegetable oil and eggs — EXCEPT for the sweetened condensed milk. Whisk the aforementioned ingredients, minus the sweetened condensed milk, until light and fluffy and well combined.
- Pour the cake mix into the baking dish. Bake at 350 F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and set aside to cool completely.
- Once cool, take the end of a wooden spoon or large smoothie straw and poke holes in the cake. Using a rubber spatula, spread the condensed milk all over the top of the cake, making sure to get it into the holes you just poked so it can drip inside the baked cake.
- To make the whipped topping, in a bowl and using an electric mixer, combine the Dream Whip — both envelopes — and the 1 cup of cold root beer. Whip for about 4 minutes or until fluffy and and soft peaks form.
- Top the cake with the root beer whipped cream. Refrigerate the cake for three hours. Top with cherries as a garnish or cut into 12 pieces and put a maraschino cherry on each piece. Serve and enjoy.
Notes
This recipe calls for using a white cake mix for your poke cake. Truth is, if you want to make it and you only have yellow cake mix in the pantry, go for it. It's not going to affect that taste that much. Also, I know plenty of people who make this as a chocolate root beer cake so that's an option, too.
Speaking of alternate flavors, I could easily see making this cake work with Dr. Pepper as your fizzy drink source versus root beer. I don't think Coca-Cola would work because it would be too sweet. But Dr. Pepper, which has an almost cherry flavor, could definitely stand in for root beer if you want to go that way with this cake.
It used to be a lot easier to find Dream Whip in the stores. Now you need to buy it online and the cheapest price is at Walmart.
If you can't find Dream Whip, you can still make a root beer-flavored whipped topping for your cake. Follow my recipe for easy homemade whipped cream. And instead of one teaspoon of sugar and a half teaspoon of vanilla extract, add one and a half teaspoons of root beer to the heavy cream. Taste as you whip and add more root beer, one teaspoon at a time, until you have the root beer infused flavor you'd like.
If you don't have sweetened condensed milk on hand, here are some sweetened condensed milk substitutes you could consider trying.
Other Recipes Using Cola
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Calories: 374kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 6gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 335mgPotassium: 191mgFiber: 1gSugar: 47gVitamin A: 161IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 210mgIron: 1mg
Disclaimer
Please note that nutrient values, if included with the recipe, are estimates only. Variations can occur due to product availability/substitution and manner of food preparation. Nutrition may vary based on methods of origin, preparation, freshness of ingredients, and other factors.
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