Orange Crush Cake

[MrsRoach]

A lady from church gave me her recipe for Orange Crush cake after I begged and begged for it! I thought it would be fun to try to make it, but I wonder if it will work for other flavors, too. I thought about trying grape or maybe strawberry. It really depends on what type of soda I can get at the store. Does anybody have any suggestions about what other flavors to try?

 

[Ellyn]

Mountain Dew! Cream soda, maybe, or root beer (is there a difference?) Ginger ale... Dr. Pepper?

 

[ally79]

I have never heard of an orange Crush cake before, but I don't see why it wouldn't work with other flavors of soda as well. Would you mind sharing the recipe with us?

 

[MrsRoach]

Sure! Maybe you could give me some pointers and ideas for tweaking it!


Cake:

1/4 c. butter, softened
1 c. vegetable shortening
2 3/4 c. sugar
5 eggs
3 c. sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. Orange Crush
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Frosting:

1 tsp. orange extract

1 (3 oz.) package of cream cheese


Cream butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well and until light and fluffy. Sift flour and salt together; alternately add orange crush and flour to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla extract. Pour into 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Mrs. Dodgens at church gave me this recipe and while her cakes are perfect, I do like to try customize it and make it my own!