15 or more servings
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom
What you’ll need
All Purpose flour
Sugar
Salt
Baking powder
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
Large eggs (Room temp)
Whole milk
Barq’s Root beer
Vanilla extract
Butter extract
Root beer extract
Confectioners sugar
Tools you’ll need
Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray
Nordic ware anniversary bundt pan
Cooling rack
Spatula
Preparation of ingredients
Dry ingredients All purpose flour mixture
Notes- You can use cake flour. It produces a more drier crumb than all purpose flour.
Step 1- Sift 3 cups All purpose flour or cake flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.
Wet ingredients Root beer mixture
Step 2- Add 1 1/4 cups Barq’s Root beer, 2 teaspoons root beer extract and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract into a separate medium sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.
Preparing the cake batter
Notes- Careful not to over mix the batter after the eggs are incorporated. Mix on a medium low to low speed. At the end the recipe will tell you to mix on a medium speed for 10 seconds or use a silicone spatula to stir batter to make sure everything is incorporated.
Step 3- Add 3 sticks unsalted butter (Room temp), and 3 cups sugar into stand mixer bowl. Mix on high speed for 6 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 4- Add 5 large eggs (Room temp) one at a time while mixing on a medium speed.
Step 5- Add All purpose flour mixture and Root beer mixture into the batter 3 separate times while mixing on a medium low or low speed. Scrape down sides of bowl each time. Once done, mix on a medium speed for 10 seconds or stir with spatula. This ensures batter is mixed together.
Baking and cooling the cake
Notes– If tooth pick does not come out clean, place cake back into a preheated 325 degree oven for an additional 5 to 10 minutes. You must use a 15 cup capacity bundt pan for the cake as this is a large cake. When you remove the cake from the oven, you need to give it time to settle. Let the cake cool for 2 to 3 hours before flipping it onto the cooling rack.
Step 6- Spray bundt pan with baker’s joy non-stick baking spray and preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Step 7- Add cake batter into bundt pan. Spread cake batter around as even as possible. Shake pan slightly.
Step 8- Place into a preheated 325 degree oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Toothpick inserted into the cake should come out clean. Let cake cool for 3 to 5 hours. Once done, flip onto cooling rack to allow cake to cool.
Making the glaze and decorating the cake
Notes- If icing is too thin, add 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar and stir. If the icing is too thick add 1 or 2 teaspoons warm whole milk or barq’s root beer and stir. You can also test the icing by adding a small amount of it onto the cake. If it is too thin, if will fall off of the cake. If the icing is too thick it’ll stay on the cake.
Step 9- Add 1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar, 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, 2 tablespoons warm whole milk, 2 tablespoons Barq’s Root beer, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon butter extract and 1/4 or 1/2 teaspoon root beer extract into a small bowl. Stir with whisk until creamy and smooth with no visible lumps.
Step 10- Pour icing on top of cake and let set for 15 minutes before serving.
YouTube instructional video
