Brats Dr Pepper Cake

Brats Dr Pepper Cake Brat is after my neice, she loves to make this cake also. This cake is so moist it's almost more pudding than cake. Also, you can replace the Dr Pepper with different flavored soda, and the vanilla pudding and German Chocolate cake with different flavors to make other cakes. For example strawberry soda and straberry cake and pudding mix for a Strawberry Soda Cake. The pudding will thicken the batter so make sure you mix it for about 5 min on med speed. I know it seems like a lot of liquid, but that's what makes the cake so moist. I've tried it, it's great! It's done when a tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Yields: 1 3LAYER CAKE

Ingredients

• Cake

• 1  box  German chocolate cake mix
• 1 (3 1/4ounce) box vanilla instant pudding mix
• 2⁄3 cup  vegetable oil
• 4  eggs
• 1 (12 ounce) can  Dr. Pepper cola
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

• Frosting

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1⁄4 cup  cocoa
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  lb powdered sugar
• 1  cup  chopped pecans or 1  cup maraschino cherry (optional)

Directions

1. Cake: Combine first 3 ingredients, beating with mixer until well blended.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Add Dr Pepper, mix well (about 5 min on med to med high speed will thicken that batter).
4. Pour batter into 3 waxed-paper-lined 9 inch cake pans.
5. (If you choose cherries, replace 1/4 cup of Dr. Pepper with 1/4 cup cherry juice).
6. Bake 15 325 degrees for 35 min.
7. Cool in pans 10 min.
8. before removing.
9. Frost when cool.
10. Frosting:Beat first 5 ingredients until light and fluffy.
11. (mix in pecans or cherries optional).
12. or (use cherries or pecans as decoration after cake is frosted).