Ohhhh- this cake was awesome!! We loved this cake! I took the advice of some others to have more of a rootbeer flavor and doubled the glaze. The rootbeer flavor was still pretty mild but delicious non-the-less! Also, instead of poking holes, I removed the cake from the bundt pan, poured the glaze inside and replaced the cake into the cake pan. This allowed the cake to soak up the glaze. Let it sit for a few minutes and flip back out and viola! A pretty cake that also is very tasty. The vanilla ice cream is a great touch. This recipe is soooo easy- my daughter almost made it by herself (she's sooo proud). Thanks for the unique but great recipe Karin!
My husband and I are diabetics who are always searching for desserts that are lower in sugars, but that taste good and this one is definately a keeper! I subsituted the regular rootbeer with a good name brand diet one and used a sugar subsitute in the glaze part. This lowered the sugar and didn't hurt the taste in any way. This has been one of the best recipes we've tried! Thanks to Karin for passing it along.
I've made this cake five times for two different occasions! Both times, the cake did not come out in one piece. I'm by no means a novice, so I am convinced it's the sugar in the root beer that makes this cake extra sticky. Remember to grease the heck out of your pan!!!
This is really yummy esp. with vanilla ice cream. I made double glaze as was suggested in other reviews. One thing I need to point out...you really do need to poke holes all over the cake or the glaze just doesnt get into the cake. I also take the cake out of the pan pour some of the glaze in the pan put the cake back then I poke the bottom and pour the rest of the glaze on. I noticed a lot o reviews said it wasnt rootbeer"y" enough so I added a tsp rootbeer flavoring to the cake batter and to the glaze. Yummmmmmm.
I also added Durkee imitaion Root Beer flavor. 2 capfulls into cake recipe. NOTE- it will darken the color of the cake batter. I also added 1 capful of flavoring into the glaze. Cake sold for 35 at cake auction! Great recipe easy to make!
I am not quite sure why I think this has nice smooth rootbeer flavor and everyone else thinks not. I did make more glaze. While in the pan I poured the first batch of glaze and then I made double the glaze but added more powdered sugar to make more of a frosting and while the frosting was still soft sprinkled crushed rootbeer lifesavers. Not bad way to fix up a box cake.
I used a DH white cake mix added Jello instant vanilla pudding and followed the recipe. For the glaze I used "Back to Basics snow cone root beer flavoring" to the XXXX sugar and it really adds zing.
Super moist. I also doubled the glaze. Even with doubling the glaze it still only had a hint of root beer flavor. My kind of dessert, easy and delicious.
The Root Beer Float Cake is such a hit! I have found that the men that "can take it or leave it" (cake) LOVE this one. I added about 2 tsp. of Root Beer Flavoring to the mix and it came out soooo good. With the added ice cream WHAT CAN I SAY!
It was good but wasn't as "rootbeery" as I'd hoped.
