Party Panache, Root Beer Float Cake
How about a good old fashioned Root Beer Float?
Cake style!
I got the idea for this cake when HH bought some beer called Best Damn Root Beer
It really does taste just like root beer! But HH decided he prefers his beer to taste like beer 🍺
“Let’s keep it, it would be good for a marinade or something,” I said…..”hmmmm,
I wonder what it would taste like in a chocolate cake….
I wanted to flavor the icing too, and looked for root beer extract at the grocery. No luck, but Amazon prime to the rescue! I got it 2 days later, so handy.
I had used a similar chocolate cake mix for Chocolate Cake with Pistachio Ganache and knew it would make a perfect chocolate cake. I used the beer for the liquid, substituted butter for the oil, added an extra egg and used root beer and vanilla extracts
I also added a splash of root beer beer to the chocolate pudding mix included in the cake mix
The dark spots are where the rich dark chocolate pudding mixed into the batter
The icing “ice cream” balls are a plain buttercream icing flavored with root beer extract
Use a small scoop and roll the thick icing gently into balls and place them on cake
Pile them all around the top of cake, pressing them gently on to the cake and each other. Everything sort of sticks together
You can fill the center with real or maraschino cherries
or place them on top
and add straws!
How fun is this!
Just like the good ole days!
Root Beer Float Cake
Equipment
- Bundt pan
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box Triple Chocolate Cake Mix {Duncan Hines}
- 4 eggs
- 8 T butter 1 stick or 1/2 cup, melted
- 1 1/4 cups 10 0z., root beer or root beer flavored beer
- 1 tsp root beer extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Root Beer Icing
Root Beer Icing
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 box 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 4 T milk or cream
- 1 tsp root beer extract
Garnish
- maraschino cherries with stems
- fat striped straws cut in 1/2s or 1/3s
Instructions
- Prepare mix according to package directions substituting root beer for water, and adding an extra egg and the extracts. Bake according to package directions, checking for doneness near the end of baking time. Do not over bake. Cool cake completely and invert onto a plate for decorations
- Beat sugar and cream together with extract and add milk 1 T at a time until a thick consistency. Chill for 10 minutes. Use a small scoop and roll into balls in the palms of your hands, working quickly so the icing doesn’t melt. Arrange balls around the top of cake
- Garnish cake with cherries and straws
- Cake can be stored under a dome at room temperature or in refrigerator.
psst…this cake would be good without the root beer flavor, just good old chocolate and vanilla
Enjoy!
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Jenna, I love your root beer float cake and cute presentation with the straws and frothy balls of frosting and cherries! I love a doctored mix cake and some Amazon Prime! I bet your hubby preferred the Best Damn Root Beer in your cake 🙂
so cute! how was it? Did it taste very root beery? 🙂
Yes! >
That root beer cake looks fun and delicious! Great idea!
Thanks Sally! >
What a cute cake! I am sure it was very tasty. The husband and his family like root beer, me not so much. I think the way it is decorated just makes it a party!
It does have kind of a crazy flavor, but it was really good! >
Very cool! Love the pic with all of the cherries piled in the middle. Bet it was great:@)
Jenna, now that is a clever idea! I would have never dreamed that up! And, it looks fabulous and fun! Have a wonderful week!
Oh, mercy. I think I just gained two pounds reading this post, LOL!!
That’s the plus side of virtual cake, you get to imagine something calorie free! >
I’m not a fan of root beer, but I love, love, love the presentation! 🙂
You can definitely make it without the root beer Kim, and the presentation has endless possibilities… >
Oh my, I loved root beer floats as a kid and I’m sure I would have a freaking fit for this cake! I really shouldn’t have visited you right now, I’m craving something sweet and then meet this stunning cake! Thanks for sharing your recipe Jenna…………
Thanks Emily, it is a fun cake- >
Such a fun and cute cake. Who doesn’t love root beer floats Jenna? Thanks for sharing at DI&DI.
This is totally toooo cute! I have been smiling this entire post! Love and pinned:)
Happy Thursday too!
Jemma
oh, sweet! Thanks Jemma! >
My son would be crazy about this. You make everything look yummy and pretty. 🙂
Thank you Stacey! >