Low Fat Yummy AMAZING Cake

I was minding my own business the other night, browsing my Facebook ( I am a Facebook junkie... I'll admit it..) when I saw an update from a site I had recently become a fan of. Mix Mingle and Glow. She said to take a box cake mix and to just add a can of diet soda and bake.

WHAT???

How in the heck.... She's a pretty big deal in the catering/party planning world so I felt she wouldn't put up something that was not worthwhile... but still... A cake mix and a diet soda??? Nothing else???

Today, armed with a box of Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake and a Diet Coke, I began the experiment. Dump cake mix in bowl...... Add 1 1/2 cups soda....... Stir....... Tasted batter.... yummy... still skeptical.

I used a mini cupcake pan and baked them on 325* for about 14 minutes. I took one out immediately to taste... and died on the spot. The taste was not as strong as if it had been made following the box directions but was still super yummy and moist... oh were they moist!!

And the best part.... LESS THAN 60 CALORIES EACH!!!

Here is the nutritional label. See there where it says calories from "Mix" and calories from "Baked". Well... all you have to count is the "Mix" because the soda had no calories... and the serving size quoted is 1/12 of the box and since I made 48 mini cupcakes.... add/divide/multiply/...eat another cupcake for brain fuel..... and even with a little icing the calorie count is still around 60 each!!!

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT???

I went a little Jackson Pollack on the icing... embracing my inner Rock Star- Artist...

And since there were 3 distinct different color combinations here, I had to try each one to make sure they all tasted the same... In the name of science, ya know.... The things I do for my readers to ensure good quality.....

I did some research (which is a fancy way to say I played on Google..) on this idea and apparently it has been around for a while. It is an old Weight Watcher's trick to make a yummy low fat lower calorie snack. Add raspberry soda to an angel food cake.... Diet Sprite to a lemon cake.... root beer to a chocolate cake... I thought they were amazing with no icing, but even with a little full sugar icing drizzled on top, they still have far less calories and fat than normal. Cool whip or powdered sugar, even little low fat fruited yogurt on top... yum...The possibilities are endless.

And you can BET I will be playing around with all the options. In the name of science of course....