Easy 2 ingredient soda pop cupcakes with cake mix and a can of soda is a tasty treat everyone will love! Bake in a muffin pan or in a bundt as an easy 2 ingredient strawberry cake to enjoy year round.

Ok so we are a sucker for anything sweet! We have to save a bit of room at the end of dinner for a quick easy dessert. When we find something yummy like mixing soda pop with cake mix to make this 2 ingredient soda cake (but smaller versions) it is the solid guilt free treat! We now make it often with strawberry or chocolate mixes.

Soda Cupcakes with Cake Mix

He recently eliminated dairy from his diet and has been adjusting to the change. Now the challenge has been finding desserts that are good but with no milk, until now. First we made pineapple angel food cake which was good. BUT this was even easier!!

Yep, you can bake this batter into mini bundt cakes, a full bundt is killer, in a muffin tin or this is How Long to Bake Mini Cupcakes for a fun bite size treats toddlers love. There are so many flavors of cake mixes we couldn't list all the combinations. Use your imagination.

A vanilla cupcake made with cake mix and soda, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and sprinkled with colorful dots of candy. The text at the top of the image reads, "Skinny 100 Cal. Cupcake Sundae," suggesting it's a low-calorie dessert.

Soda Cake Flavor Combinations

Now there are a few ways you can enjoy this combo…… You start with a box of cake mix but there are so many flavors out there, same goes for soda pop. Combining one with the other in your mixing bowl you can create hundreds of different flavor combinations such as

Combine yellow or white cake mix + cream soda for a deep vanilla flavor
In the summertime we love to combine lemon cake mix + Sprite or orange soda for a bright citrus flavor.
Now if you want deep chocolate grab that cake mix + root beer flavored soda which will deepen the cocoa taste!
Strawberry cake mix + strawberry soda is OMG so great with some sliced fruit on top like our Strawberry Cake Mix with Strawberries recipe.

Tips

We suggest that you use a large bowl as the effervescence in the drink will rise up when combined and you don't want it to overflow. Use cupcake liners that are non stick. Without them this combo will stick to the cake pan more than other cake recipes would for some reason. You do want the batter smooth but you can get that with a whisk, no electric mixer necessary but a quick option if you would rather. And allow to cool completely before adding any frosting if you go that route.

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Soda Cake Calories

With a can of soda pop and cake mix you too can make this guilt free dessert that is ready in about 20 minutes and is only about 100 calories each as cupcakes! With that said, each box of cake has different total calories so to be accurate you divide that by 24 – # of total cupcakes.

If you use diet soda there aren't any calories added to that + we added a small scoop of guilt free vanilla ice cream with only 240 calories for the whole pint to get our 100 calorie total. There is nutritional information in the recipe card below but every brand is slightly different so wanted to mention that.

Soda Cupcakes Recipe

By Easy 2 ingredient soda cake cupcakes with cake mix recipe using your favorite flavors. A quick treat in a muffin pan everyone will love. Prep: 5 minutes minsCook: 18 minutes minsTotal: 23 minutes minsServings: 24 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

1 box cake mix, any flavor you want
1 can soda, 12 oz. any flavor you want

Instructions

Combine your cake mix and can of soda in a bowl well using a whisk until smooth.
Preheat oven to the temperature necessary on the box of cake mix (mine was 350).
Fill cupcake liners 3/4 of the way full. Bake for approx. 16-18 minutes for cupcakes or until toothpick in the middle comes out clean. (will make 24).
Allow to completely cool, then put a scoop of ice cream on top or spread frosting on top.

Notes

Baked in a Bundt Pan Option

In a bundt pan spray inside with non stick spray and pour batter in. Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out mostly clean with crumbs attached. Allow to cool for 15 minutes before flipping over on to a plate.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: DessertCuisine: American Tried this recipe?Mention @thetypical_mom or tag #thetypicalmom!

Kitchen questions

What are the best soda and cake mix combinations?

1. Chocolate cake mix + Coca-Cola2. Strawberry + Strawberry soda3. Yellow cake mix + Sprite4. Coconut + 7-up5. Spice cake mix + Gingerale

Can you bake soda and cake mix in a muffin pan?

Absolutely. You would have to change the bake time to less, about 17 minutes or so. Remember that this combination will yield a flatter more dense outcome so they won't peak and be quite as fluffy as regular cupcakes but a quick sweet treat we love for sure.

Other 2 ingredient dessert recipes you'll love

2 ingredient pumpkin muffins are killer. Using this same technique we made this root beer cake with ice cream too, kinda' like a float. And our angel food cake cookies are fun too.