Soda Cake

I do not have time, or patience, for baking complicated cakes, the kind that take precise measuring, delicate flavor pairings and fine-tuned focus. But these recipes can do wonders for the time-pressed, cake-driven baker.  Stir 12 ounces of a carbonated beverage into your prepackaged cake flour, plop the mixture into a pan and bake it in the oven as directed on the box.

I realise that the picture is a little small, so I have listed the various recipe options.

• French Vanilla Cake Mix + Orange Soda = Creamsicle Cake

• French Vanilla Cake Mix + Grape Soda = Purple Cow Cake

• Strawberry Cake Mix + Vanilla Cream Soda = Strawberry Shortcake

• Spice Cake Mix + Ginger Ale = Ginger Spice Cake

• Dark Chocolate Cake Mix + Root Beer = Chocolate Root Beer Float

• Cherry Chip Cake Mix + Dr. Pepper Cherry = Very Cherry Cherry Chip Cake

• Devil's Food Cake Mix + Diet Coke = Sinless Devil's Food Cake

• Lemon Cake Mix + Sprite = Zesty Lemon Cake

I made the Ginger Spice Cake for last night's choir practice, it was well received.