Gourmet Cake Recipe: Root Beer Float

If you believe that there are three cake flavors: Chocolate, Yellow and Vanilla—or even worse, “white”—then you need to try this.  There is a world of gourmet cake flavors.  One cake flavor that always pleases is Root Beer Float.  Try this easy to make, no fail recipe:

•  2 boxes white cake mix
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 2/3 cups root beer
• 16 ounces plain vanilla yogurt
• 8 egg whites
• 1/4 cup vegtable oil
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 3 drams LoRann root beer flavor

• Mix together cake mix, flour, sugar, and salt
• Mix in remaining ingredients one at a time in order listed
• Make sure items are blended well
• Bake at 350 degrees until toothpick comes out of center clean

• 1 Dram = ~3/4 teaspoon , if you can’t find LoRann’s you may substitute another root beer extract
• This recipe yields a large amount and a Kitchen-Aid Mixer is probably desired.
• Bake, Decorate, and Celebrate has an excellent guide for pan conversions and cooking times
• Bake cake 2-3 days ahead of time, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and then foil, and place in freezer; this will make the cake extra moist.
• Level and frost while frozen. Serve thawed.

If you are not making a sheet cake or you plan on layering your cake, you will want to use a gourmet filling.  An excellent filling for the Root Beer Float cake is White Chocolate Truffle filling.  It is decadent and doesn’t get lost with the root beer flavor.

• 16 oz cream cheese, softened 
• 4 cups white chocolate chips (2 bags)
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla
• 2 cups powder sugar, sifted

• Beat the cream cheese.
• Melt the white chocolate and butter together in microwave; beat into cream cheese.
• Add vanilla and powdered sugar.   Beat well.   It thickens as it cools.
• You can soften it for a few seconds in the microwave if it gets too thick to spread. 

• Real white chocolate (i.e., Ghirardelli) and will make the filling very sweet.  For a less sweet flavor use white chocolate flavored chips (i.e., Nestle).
• Add butterscotch extract for a butterscotch filling and have a Butter Beer Cake, ala Harry Potter 

• Eat  
• Enjoy 
• Impress your friends