I tried making this recipe twice. I thought I had done something wrong but each time the cake deflated to a dense pancake. My husband did not like the artifical strawberry flavoring from the pop either. This recipe was a waste of time and money.
I haven't made this recipe I just wanted to comment. I believe this is the exact same recipe from a Strawberry Shortcake Doll's recipe card. Am I wrong in believing this?
This cake is so simple and tasty. Everyone loved it. My husband said it was the best angel food cake he'd ever eaten. I thought the icing was too rich and butter flavored so I added 1/2 tsp. vanilla and it was great. Also I used black cherry flavored soda - I think any flavor of carbonated soda you like would work.
I don't know if I did something wrong but this cake was a complete bust for me. It was SO HEAVY and when I turned it over to let it cool it flopped out on the counter. Needless to say my husband was rushing to the store to by a pre-made angel food cake strawberries and whipped cream to celebrate the birthday of our new daughter in law. She enjoyed my thrown together concoction and we all laughed about my mess on the kitchen counter.
I made it without the honey and with Fanta Cream Soda instead. It tasted awesome it was light and fluffy. It wasn't too sweet either go figure.
Made this the way the recipe said to cake fell and didn't rise much. Made it again and omitted the honey turned out much better.
Delicious! 4 of us ate the whole cake in one afternoon.
After reading reviews I made this without the honey---I couldn't see any purpose to using it anyway. It was wonderfully high and light and having the different flavour was a nice change. I'll try it again with other flavoured beverages.
My daughter made this for the family (5 of us) and we ate the whole thing in one sitting. We did take the advice of others and did not use the honey.