Christmas Recipes
Root Beer Christmas Cake
Root Beer Christmas Cake is delicious served with ice cream!
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup root beer
- 2 sticks (1 cup) butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows (optional)
Root Beer Frosting
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 4 tablespoons cream or milk
- 1 teaspoon root beer extract (or 1 tablespoon root beer from the can)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
Cake
- Mix flour and sugar.
- In a saucepan, combine root beer and butter. Bring to a boil and add to the flour/sugar mixture. Stir well.
- Add milk, baking soda, vanilla extract, salt and eggs. Blend well. If desired, stir in 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows.
- Bake in a 9 x 13 inch pan for 30 minutes.
- Frost with Root Beer Frosting.
Root Beer Frosting
- Work the butter and salt with a spoon or electric beater until fluffy
and creamy.
- Add in confectioners' sugar and cream (or milk), continuing to stir or beat. Add only enough cream or milk to achieve spreading consistency.
- Add vanilla extract, and spread over cake.