Chocolate cake with diet soda

eates
eates Posts: 334 Member
edited September 24 in Food and Nutrition
My 3 year old and I made a cake for our Valentine's dessert tonight but I'm not sure how to figure out the nutritional info. We made a Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge cake but instead of the eggs/oil/water we used a Cherry Coke Zero. Anybody know the nutritional info or how to figure it out? TIA!!

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  • rose1617
    rose1617 Posts: 469 Member
    Do they list the nutritional info for the batter without oil, eggs, etc.?
    If so, just input that and then add a cherry coke zero.
  • Claudia007
    Claudia007 Posts: 878 Member
    when I made this, I used a box of devil's food cake and the box gave nutritional info for the mix only.
  • eates
    eates Posts: 334 Member
    when I made this, I used a box of devil's food cake and the box gave nutritional info for the mix only.
    I didn't even think to look on the box (doh!!) thanks!!
  • chiliflea
    chiliflea Posts: 695 Member
    sounds sooooo good! Do you have to adjust the cooking time at all?
  • eates
    eates Posts: 334 Member
    I made it in a heart shaped pan so I'm not sure how that affected it but the directions said 32-37 minutes and I cooked mine for 35
  • carrieliz81
    carrieliz81 Posts: 489 Member
    Does that work?? How do you do it?
  • chiliflea
    chiliflea Posts: 695 Member
    Great! thanks!
  • eates
    eates Posts: 334 Member
    This is my first time but I know others who make it like this regularly and love it. You just use the box mix and a diet soda. No eggs/water/oil/anything else. It's super simple and according to my cake box saves 100 calories per piece!
  • dancinggirl81
    dancinggirl81 Posts: 63 Member
    I didn't know you could use a soda instead of eggs/oil/water, does it work with other mixes/sodas?
  • HeatherShrinking
    HeatherShrinking Posts: 776 Member
    I didn't know you could use a soda instead of eggs/oil/water, does it work with other mixes/sodas?

    It works with most cake/soda mixes! I've heard you can do it with brownie mix and 1/2 a soda too.

    I've done diet crush/vanilla cake, sprite zero/strawberry cake and diet coke/chocolate cake. All turned out really well. If you but the batter into cupcake tins, you get the perfect serving size too.
  • cahira
    cahira Posts: 163
    Just about any combination will work. I've used diet sprite in the past when I didn't want a diet cola to affect the color of the cake.
  • 35again
    35again Posts: 46 Member
    Cool! I plan on baking a strawberry cake tonight for the kids for valentines day, I may have to try the Sprite option instead of traditional!
  • SamiSamiBoBlammy
    SamiSamiBoBlammy Posts: 868 Member
    How do you figure out how much soda to add to the mix?
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    One standard size box of cake mix + 1 12 oz can diet soda. Mix then bake according to box instructions for the type of cake pan chosen.

    After lots and lots of time doing this, I can say that Betty Crocker mixes work better than Duncan Hines.

    Also, try to fund diet sodas that don't use aspartame. Baking the aspartame found in diet sodas apparently does something to the acids in the sweetener that intensifies all of it's bad effects. I use Diet RC Cola, Diet Hansens, Zevia and Blue Sky sodas.

    Best combo ever is Betty Crocker Butter Pecan and Diet Hansens Root Beer.
  • Claudia007
    Claudia007 Posts: 878 Member
    I used a devil's food cake with coke zero. Used fat-free cool whip as frosting. WAY yummy and moist. I've also made "brownies" using the devils food cake and 1-15oz can of pumpkin. It does not rise, so it's more of a brownie, but they are VERY moist and VERY VERY delicious.
  • eates
    eates Posts: 334 Member
    This was a HUGE hit! The cake is SUPER moist. Even my husband who's not big on sweets liked it.
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