I think I’m going to start using this blog again, but it will mostly be for non-gaming related stuff for now. I’m guessing it’s mostly going to be used for keeping track of the things I cook and bake throughout the week.. because I’m sick of having to write down all the recipes for them on my phone, and this will act as a backup in case I accidentally delete them :)

As the title promised, this is how to make a cake with only one can of soda and a box of cake mix. That’s it. No eggs, no milk and no soy. Unless you’re allergic to Sprite (just drink Dr. Pepper, like a man) or anything in the cake mix, then you’re good to go.

I literally just watched a video from some redneck dude and followed the directions below, and they work perfectly.

How to Make 2-ingredient Soda Cake

You’ll need the following supplies:

• One cold 12oz can of Sprite for White Cakes (I use Coke for Dark Cakes)
• A box of dry cake mix from the grocery store
• One large mixing bowl
• A whisk thing or something to mix it up with
• A spatula
• A cake pan
• Maybe some paper towels if you’re messy
• An oven (mine is electric)

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. While it’s heating up, we’ll get the cake batter ready.

(Here’s a tip I learned from some dude on Youtube: NEVER trust the oven beep that says it’s at the requested temperature!! That thing LIES. To test his theory, I got a few of those in-oven thermometers and he was right. My advice is to set your temperature to whatever you want, start it up and then wait for exactly 20 MINUTES before putting your stuff in. Ignore the beep. The oven will not explode even if it’s on with nothing in it. At least it hasn’t yet. I’ve been doing this method for awhile, and *magically* everything comes out exactly as the packages say they will now)

Step 2: You just dump the cake mix into the bowl. Dry. The one I’ve been using that everyone likes is the “Great Value Confetti White Cake Mix” from good ol’ Wally World. It says it’s 15.25 ounces, if that helps.

Step 3: Pour the can of Sprite into the bowl on top of the cake mix. It will look kind of weird and foamy at first. But don’t worry, we have a whisk.

Step 4: Mix the cake dust and Sprite together with a whisk until there are no lumps left. It usually takes me almost 5min to get everything very creamy. Watch out for clumps of crap that want to hide at the bottom of the bowl.

Step 5: Once everything is mixed up, it will surprisingly look pretty much like regular cake batter. I can’t use eggs because my daughter and I are “allergic” to them, so I’m always trying to find cool shit like this so I don’t give anyone diarrhea (especially me) and I get sick of looking through all the Little Debbie treats only to find out they ALL have eggs and milk in them.

Step 6: Slowly pour the cake batter into the cake pan. I bet you didn’t see that coming. I don’t use any sort of spray to keep it from sticking, I just bought some extremely non-stick pans from Amazon. I doubt it matters if you do, though. You’re just not on my level, which is understandable.

I pour all of it out of the bowl, slowly filling the cake pan from one side to the other. Try to keep everything even. Pour around to fill in any low spaces if you spot them. You want it all pretty flat for best results. It can LOOK even, but still be pretty thick in some areas. Use the SPATULA to both smooth it out in the pan and salvage any remaining batter that didn’t pour out on its own. Try to get all of it in there. More cake for us. I will also kind of tilt the pan back and forth once everything is in there to perfect the flatness, because, well, I guess I have OCD or something, but I want it SMOOTH.

Step 7: Let it sit there for maybe 5min or so (it’s called resting, newbs) and then put it in the oven. Bake it for exactly 30min. No more, no less. Then pull the pan out (with high-heat gloves on or something) and put it on some hotplates or those plastic mats made for hot stuff so you don’t burn your countertop. I like those better and have tons of them.

Step 8: Test the cake to see if it’s done by taking a fork and poking it directly in the middle of the new cake. There shouldn’t be any sort of residue that gets attached to the fork. If there is, you have failed to heed my detailed and advanced instructions. Just cook it for like 5 or 10 more minutes and we good. Don’t forget to turn off your oven. I have a ritual of whenever I turn on/off the oven, I turn on/off the light. Maybe you can remember stuff, but that helps me.

Step 9:: Let it cool, and then cut it up and eat it.

I don’t like hot cake for some reason, so I have a little kitchen timer that I set and I’ll wait for about 30min to come back and cut it into pieces. I also use a plastic knife so I don’t cut off the non-stick surface of the cake pan. I also don’t even put icing on it. I hate icing. It’s just extra calories, anyways. It’s very moist and soft anyway and tastes DELICIOUS.

I will usually give everyone a piece, and then put the rest in a plastic storage container so it gets cold, which is when I will eat some. Cold cake is the best. It keeps in the fridge perfectly fine for at least 3 days, which is the longest any of it is in there before somebody eats it.

Well, that’s it for today’s recipe. Soda Cake. Easy enough. If I can do it, you can do it.

Good job baking a cake.

James