Dr Pepper Cake

Total Time Prep: 30 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
Yield 16 servings
Test Kitchen Approved
This Dr Pepper cake may just become your new special recipe. It's moist, delicious and unique thanks to the Dr Pepper mixed into the batter. Get ready to please the crowd!

Ingredients

  • 1 package German chocolate cake mix (regular size)
  • 1 package (3.4 ounces) cook-and-serve chocolate pudding mix
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 can (12 ounces) Dr Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • FROSTING:
  • 1 container (12 ounces) whipped cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 3-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of 3 greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease paper.
  2. In a large bowl, combine cake and pudding mixes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in Dr Pepper and vanilla.
  3. Transfer batter to prepared pans. Bake until top springs back when lightly touched, 20-25 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely.
  4. For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in cocoa. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until creamy.
  5. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and side of cake with remaining frosting.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 413 calories, 15g fat (8g saturated fat), 78mg cholesterol, 439mg sodium, 66g carbohydrate (48g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein.

This is my favorite go-to recipe for any time I have to take food anywhere. Everyone loves it. When it is baked in layers rather than in a single layer, it presentation will make people say wow. It is a crowd-pleaser! —Shannon Parum, Vernon, Texas
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