Red Creaming Soda Cake

[alias_sqbr]

Mix:
1 packet cake mix (eg Greens vanilla cake)
about 2/3 can soft drink eg red creaming soda (enough to make a batter)(*)

Bake as directed.
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It's a bit flat and crumbly and the red creaming soda flavour is rather fake but it's fairly nice, relatively low fat, and dairy free (in fact, vegan!) And ABSURDLY easy.

I encountered the "use a can of soda in cake mix" idea shortly after going off dairy but couldn't find any dairy free cake mixes to try it with until now (not sure how I missed that Greens are).

I haven't been able to drink soft drink since I got reflux but the raising agents counteract the acid and it doesn't seem to disagree with me too much (I intend to freeze most of the cake and eat it over time) So, yay! *ponders the possibilities*

(*)Recipes I found online call for a full can, but looking at the weights given Australian cake mixes seem to be smaller than American ones

Comments

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

You've found packet cake that doesn't have powdered egg/milk?

[alias_sqbr]

Yes! I kept seeing people saying "most packet cakes don't have dairy or egg" and thinking "O rly?" but was bored and decided to check the ones in the deli I was passing and..lo! The vanilla-ish Greens one all seemed to be free of them, I didn't check the others.

Not that Greens is likely available in England, now that I think about it. You''l have to make one when next in Australia :)

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

Actually have seen Green's brand mixes in the shops here (not as many as you get in Oz of course). Will have to go check them out. Thanks for that!

[alias_sqbr]

Huzzah!

We non-dairy types have to look out for each other, even if our motivations are different :)

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

I saw some in my supermarket changing the prices! In the healthfood section.

[alias_sqbr]

For a moment I thought "Who was changing the prices? The cake? The cake was..?? Oh wait I get it."