I've heard about people using soda to replace the wet ingredients in a cake mix but as someone who really doesn't drink the stuff, i never really thought twice about it. Until today...as I was scrolling through my newsfeed on facebook, I came across a picture that showed good combinations of cake mix and soda that should taste good. And now that I am faced with my son not being able to have dairy, eggs, nuts, and gluten I totally looked at this picture in a new light! I wondered would it work with the gluten free cake mix that I had just got at Aldi's? So I did what any crazy and desperate allergy mom does. I sent the husband to the store for soda!
Since my occupation is health and fitness and I am constantly preaching about clean ingredients, I couldn't, in good faith, just put soda in these things so I used a can of crushed pineapple too. And to top it all off, I found a pudding mix that only contained soy as one of the top allergens and since Gavin can tolerate when its in a product, I mixed it with coconut milk and used it for frosting. It was pretty creative in my opinion!
So I warn you, I probably belong far from a kitchen and am a pinterest nightmare on most occasions, but every once in awhile, I can pull something off. And today was one of those days.
So let me share my fun recipe!
Hawaiian Cupcakes with Chocolate frosting
Cupcake mix
1 box of your choice of pre-packaged cake mix
3/4 of a can of crushed pineapple
8 oz of Orange Soda
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine ingredients and mix until smooth.
Separate into cupcakes, mini cupcakes, or cake
Bake mini cakes for 15 minutes, regular cupcakes for 18 minutes
Frosting mix
1 box of chocolate pudding
1 1/2 cup cold coconut milk
Combine until smooth, refrigerate while cake is baking.
Once the cupcakes come out, let sit for two minutes and then move to cooling rack. Allow to cool for 15 minutes before topping with pudding.
