Dr. Pepper Cake
1-1/4 cups boiling Dr. Pepper
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1-1/3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg
Pour Dr. Pepper over oats. Stir well and allow to stand for 15-20 minutes.
Meanwhile, cream shortening, add sugars gradually; cream well. Add eggs, beating until mixture is fluffy. Sift flour with salt, soda, nutmeg and add to creamed mixture - mixing well. Add oatmeal mixture and mix thouroughly.
Pour into greased and floured 9×9x2 inch pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 40-45 minutes, or until cake tests done.
Remove from oven, spread topping (recipe below) over cake. Place under broiler until until bubbly and lightly browned.
Serve warm.
TOPPING:
Mix 1/3 cup melted butter with 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup light cream, and 1 cup finely grated coconut.
Serves 12-16.
Dr. Pepper has always been my favorite soft drink, since I drank from a sippy cup. (And having just spilled tea down the front of my new top, I’m thinking that maybe I should have kept one such cup around!) About 5 years ago, after coming face to face with how many calories were in the 2 liter that I downed daily (!!!) - I moved switched to Diet Dr. Pepper: Frankly the best soft drink in the world!
So, when I came across an old Cookin’ With Dr. Pepper booklet from 1965, I was over the culinary moon. This recipe is one from the collection.
I’m tweaking a Baked Beans recipe from another book that originally used Coca Cola (my second-fave soft drink - awesome in it’s own right). The beans are heavenly when used with Coke, but I’m trying to make them just as good with the Doctor. So far, they turn out too sweet - even when I use the Doctor that’s on a Diet.
But I’m working on it. I’m also anxious to try a Barbecued Chicken recipe that uses Dr. Pepper. My sweetheart of a husband got me a new grill for Mother’s Day, and this recipe will probably be the second one I try out on it - AFTER grilled hot dogs. First dogs first!
Joi
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Joi, this sounds amazingly delicious. It reminds me of the Coca-Cola cake that we make at home. Coke in the cake and coke in the icing. Great stuff.
The Coca Cola cake sounds delish - I could go for one right about now! -Joi
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