Cooking Mommy: Diet Soda Cake

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Diet Soda Cake

I found this new blog with Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes, and I am so excited about it! I have already printed out quite a few of her recipes to try. This was sort of the first one I tried. I say sort of because she suggested using 10oz of diet soda and 2 egg whites. I left out the eggs because of Daniel's allergy. Apparently this isn't a new idea either. If you want to look at her recipe along with some suggestions other users commented about, you can go to her Diet Soda Cake page. Seriously, this cake was so fluffy and moist and delicious, I would never even know it was made without the eggs and oil. I don't even like diet soda, AT ALL, but I couldn't taste even a hint of artificial sweetener in this cake. The only thing I would have changed is that she suggests putting some fat free cool whip on top, and I forgot to buy some, but next time I will. :-) I am also SUPER excited because this means I can make an egg-free cake for Daniel!!! :-)

Ingredients

12oz diet soda (I chose diet coke sweetened with splenda)

1 box cake mix (I used Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge)

Directions

Preheat oven according to directions. Mix together the cake mix and soda. Pour into sprayed 9x13 pan. Bake according to directions on back of box. I used the minimum amount of minutes. Allow to cool 10 minutes before slicing.

WW points: 1/12th of the cake (which is the size of a lasagna piece, which is a lot) is 4 points. If you choose a different kind of cake, different points. I also bought a Betty Crocker Milk Chocolate cake and that one is only 3 points.

Variations: Different suggestions by commenters: use cherry coke zero with devil's food cake, vanilla cake with diet sprite, chocolate cake with diet cream soda.... all different yummy possibilities.

2 comments:

Laura V.December 26, 2009 at 8:04 AM
Sounds great!!! I want to try this for sure!
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Laura V.February 13, 2010 at 10:31 AM
Mom made this recently, and I thought it was delicious! I think she did chocolate cake with diet coke. It sort of tasted like a brownie to me. And it was really good with whipped cream on top. :o)
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Allergies and Intolerances

My son, Daniel previously had allergies to egg whites and peanuts. I am lactose intolerant. My nephews have allergies to many foods. I will try my best to label things to help those with allergies since I know it's difficult finding recipes sometimes when someone in your home has common food allergies. Make sure you check labels yourself. If it's marked soy-free or nut-free, it only means it doesn't have the soy or nut protein in it, not necessarily the oils. Look for dairy-free, egg-free, gluten/wheat-free, nut-free, and soy-free labels.

Egg replacements

If you need an egg free recipe, I have some great egg replacements. Now these really won't work in recipes that require a lot of eggs, like a meringue or cheesecake, but they do work well in most recipes I've ever tried.

Egg replacement #1: use 1 Tbsp ground flax seed and 3 Tbsp of water in place of 1 egg. Why this works? I don't know, but flax seed is extremely healthy for you, full of lots of omega fatty acids, so this is my preferred substitute.

Egg replacement #2: Boil 1 cup of water and 1 packet of unflavored gelatin together. In it's liquid state, use 3 1/2 Tbsp of this in place of 1 egg.

I have found sometimes one works better than the other. The flax seed seems to work better overall, I believe, but my mother-in-law made Christmas cookies with the gelatin and you couldn't even tell the difference.