Confessions of a Shortcut Chef: A Cooking and Recipe Blog » diet http://www.shortcutchef.com Quick recipes, shortcut solutions, and creative meal ideas for when time and money are at a premium Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:08:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Diet Sunkist Dreamsicle Cake http://www.shortcutchef.com/archives/176 http://www.shortcutchef.com/archives/176#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:32:06 +0000 Tiara Lynn http://www.shortcutchef.com/?p=176 Hardly as impressive as Meatcake, this strangely light recipe is sort of a miracle of science taught to me by my friend Samm. The concept is simple: Replace the eggs and oil in a standard box cake mix with a can of diet soda; ANY diet soda.

To be honest, I wasn’t entirely sure I believed her, but I decided tonight to give it a go. To make this lovely and fluffy cake, I combined:

  • 1 can of Diet Sunkist
  • 1 box white cake mix
  • 2 egg whites (for fluffiness)

And that’s it. Seriously. I beat it ’til it wasn’t too lumpy, tossed it in the oven for 25 minutes at 350º and ended up with a light, fluffy and tasty cake. I frosted it with some lemon frosting in a tub that I got for 99¢ in the scratch & dent cart at my local grocer (they always seem to have some type of frosting). I can only DREEEEEAM of all the new combinations I shall make for my new favorite shortcut dessert. I imagine there are some pretty fantastic things that one can do with a can of Diet Dr. Pepper…

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