2 Ingredient Cake

2 ingredient strawberry cake with soda pop is amazing and so easy to make! It’s an egg free dessert and super moist, plus it’s lower in calories however you won’t miss a thing because this cake is delicious!

Easy Strawberry Cake Recipe

Believe it or not this comes out super moist. There are a lot fewer calories since you need no eggs or oil to make it. If you use a light version of everything you can really call it a skinny cake! This 2 ingredient cake reminds me of the strawberry cake in a mug we make pretty often, just in a larger form so you can share. 😉

I have to tell you I was a bit skeptical when my friend mentioned she had made this and it was pretty good, so I had to try it myself.

It’s not as though I am necessarily watching my weight, but if I could have a bit more…..I’d be down with that. 😉 It’s one of our favorite dump cake recipes. The reason we love this idea is it is so easy, so much so that my girls would make it almost on their own when they were young!

Ingredient Notes

First off you are going to use either a 13×9″ pan or a I prefer using a pretty bundt cake pan for cakes myself. If you wanted to make soda cupcakes then a muffin tin would be your choice.

Box of cake mix, flavor of your choosing but in this case you can see the one we chose since it was summertime.

Can of soda, we used lemon lime but if you could find strawberry soda that would be even better. People have asked about club soda, I haven’t used it but it wouldn’t be very sweet

You can use these same ingredients but in a 9×13″ pan and make a cake mix strawberry poke cake instead too! Frosting options are: I will say it a bit more dense than a traditional cake with egg and oil but it is a very slight difference in our opinion (asked kids too).

Soda and Cake Mix Combinations

• Just Chocolate cake mix + chocolate soda
• Chocolate cake mix + Coke (I did this and made cupcakes in a jar with it)
• Lemon or yellow cake mix + lemon lime soda
• Spice cake mix + ginger ale with whipped cream on top
• Another quickie under 30 minutes – Angel food cake mix and crushed pineapple we call pineapple angel food cake – that’s fat free

Use pineapple cake mix and make a tropical poke cake with coconut sprinkled on top and pineapple tidbits. All you do is combine cake mix with liquid, pour in prepared cake pan and bake in oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Toppings

Melt a tub of ready made frosting and pour it on with a sprinkle of chocolate chips. Mix powdered sugar and water and pour that “frosting”/ glaze on, use whipped topping (light or regular, like I did). Garnish with some fresh fruits it is really a pretty cake and perfect for picnics, barbecues, and especially during the Summer when there are tons of fruits to choose from!

How Long to Bake a 2 Ingredient Cake

I think if you bake it in a bundt pan lightly sprayed the texture is the best. A 9×13″ works too but will likely have the edges more dry than the center which isn’t ideal. Instead, if you use a bundt the whole thing will stay nice and fluffy and is prettier when served too. At 350 degrees F, 30 minutes is usually just about right for it to spring back when touched gently.

Other easy dessert recipes you’ll love

Our root beer cake only has 2 ingredients too. If you want something a bit more homemade (not totally) go with our Strawberry bread pudding with pie filling on top or our mini cherry brownies are awesome. Chocolate coconut cake you should try if you love decadence. Or our lowest calorie treat are our 2 ingredient cookies are super simple too

This is How to make brownies out of cake mix which is kinda’ semi-homemade like this one. Then try this yummy Strawberry yogurt cake

Tips

Here is what our final product looked like and how we decorated it. I mean that part is totally up to you. If you put it on a cooling rack right out of the oven you could melt frosting and pour that on top.

Allow it to cool. Put a cake plate on top and quickly flip it over. Use a defrosted tub of whipped topping to coat the top and lay fruit on top of that. Chocolate bits or sprinkles are nice options as well. If you love actual fruit baked in, try our peach angel food cake with just 2 things as well.

Best way to save leftovers

That is to wait until it is completely cooled of course. I like to use Press n Seal instead of cling wrap. Either way set what is left on a plate and cover with one of these. Then kinda’ mold it around the pieces of cake on there so there is no way air can enter inside. Air is the enemy and will dry it out.