Root Beer Float Cake

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 14
Yield: 14 servings

Description

This root beer cake recipe has good old-fashioned flavor. The kids will love it. You can sprinkle crushed root beer candies over the top. This cake is best served with vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

all-purpose flour for dusting
1 (15 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle root beer
3 large eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons root beer

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
2 Make cake: Stir together cake mix, root beer, eggs, and oil in a large bowl until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow cake to cool in the pan for 15 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
4 Make glaze: Whisk together confectioners' sugar and root beer in a small bowl until smooth.
5 Use a skewer to poke holes in cooled cake at 2 inch intervals. Pour glaze evenly over cake.