Along with Rum Balls, very close.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 1 – 9×13 inch pan |
Ingredients
- ¾ cup shortening
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 5 egg whites
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 10 fluid ounces root beer, room temperature
- ¼ cup applesauce
- 2 (1.5 ounce) envelopes instant dessert topping
- 8 fluid ounces root beer, chilled
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg whites, eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add the flour mixture alternately with the applesauce and 1 1/4 cup root beer Beat well, then spread batter into a 9×13 inch pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
- To make the frosting: In a large bowl, combine the instant dessert topping with 1 cup chilled root beer. whip until fluffy then spread on cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 185 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 25 g |
| Cholesterol | 19 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 164 mg |
| Sugars | 17 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I am thinking the instant dessert topping is the one called dream whip, it is a powder in an envelope in the baking isle in the store. I have used this before years ago with milk. it works great.
I followed the recipe to a T, with fresh ingredients, and it turned out like a lead brick, absolutely terrible!
Tasted almost like cornbread and I couldn’t use the frosting because it was too liquidy
This is a GREAT recipe!! You need to follow direction just right in order for it to come out, but it is WONDERFULL. The “Dessert Mix” is b box of Dream Whip” powder found in the jellow isle–it has 4 packets in it.
I was so excited to make it and when I did it was like the root beer flattened and setteled on the bottom and turned to glue. I made it for a Labor Day BBQ. Sorry, I didn’t like it. The instant dessert topping is Dream Whip. You’ll find it with the box pie crusts.
I’d like to try this recipe. What is instant dessert topping?
I did not yet make this but really want to, what is “instant desseret topping”?
great with chocolate chips in the cake