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I love Fanta Orange soda for so many reasons. One, of course, is that it tastes amazing. Another though is that I can give it to my kids without guilt. You see, I don’t allow my children to have caffeinated soda so the always caffeine-free Fanta sodas are a huge hit in my house. We recently headed to Walmart for some Halloween shopping and I decided to grab some Fanta while there.
I was so glad to see the Halloween display at our store. We had so many delicious choices of Fanta to choose from (both regular and “zero” varieties). My kids love Strawberry soda and we haven’t ever bought it for home so they insisted we get that flavor! Not only that, but there were some valuable coupons right on the bottles at the display.
I always like to keep plenty of water on hand too though. We drink water all the time and the kids like to have bottles to bring to sports practices and games. I will be bringing water with us on Hallween night too. So, it was off to find Dasani water! See below what fun we had with that!
I knew, when deciding what kind of recipe to make with Fanta soda, that it had to be quick, easy, and inexpensive. I started thinking about this as we walked around, getting things like the Dasani Water, last minute costume needs, and a pumpkin for the front porch.
It came to me when we walked down the cake mix aisle! I was going to make an angel food cake with our Orange Fanta. Sounds good, right? My kids had never had angel food cake and my husband and I both love it. It seemed like the perfect idea and fit my requirements… it is quick to prepare, easy to do, and inexpensive (costs less than $5).
All you need is an Angel Food cake mix and Fanta Orange soda. Truly, that’s it! You will want to pour the soda out and let it sit for a few hours before mixing with the cake mix to avoid the fizz taking over the recipe.
Mix your two ingredients together and pour into an angel food cake pan (or loaf pan). Cook according to the directions on the package. When it comes out, you are going to put it over a glass bottle and let it cool. I decided to go one step further and add a Fanta Orange Glaze to the top. Again, this is only 2 ingredients! You will find the full recipe at the bottom of this post.
When the cake has fully cooled, you can pour the glaze over the top, letting it drizzle down the sides. YUM!
The kids wanted a piece of cake immediately but I had to make them wait a bit (so as not to eat before bed). Instead, I decided to make their first experience with angel food cake a fun one. Remember those Dasani bottles and Fanta mini-cans we bought? They make a great addition to our Halloween fun!
The Fanta mini-cans are really cute all on their own. They have adorable Halloween designs on them so I placed them on our tray without changing anything.
I thought it would be fun to dress up the bottles as ghosts! A coffee filter is the perfect size for mini-bottles. Simply cut a line in both directions in the middle of the filter and then place over the top of the water bottle. Add some googly eyes and you are finished! Kids will love the mini-ghosts!
Here is the full Fanta Orange Recipe for you!
- Angel Food cake mix
- Orange Fanta soda, 1¼ cups for cake, 3 tbs for glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Pour 1¼ cups of soda out in cup at least 1 hour before needing to use. This will decrease the amount of carbonation.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- After letting soda sit, pour angel food cake mix into bowl. Gently pour soda into mixture and stir well.
- Pour into angel food cake pan. (can use loaf pan as well).
- Decrease oven temperature to 325 degrees and place angel food pan on bottom shelf of oven.
- Cook according to directions (around 40 minutes, until golden brown and cracks aren't sticky).
- Place over glass bottle upside down until cool.
- Once cool, combine the powdered sugar and 3 tbs of orange soda together.
- Mix well.
- Place orange angel food cake on plate. Pour the glaze on top letting it drizzle down the sides.
Made this yesterday, it was great! I served it with a dollop of vanilla yogurt ,I don’t like it too sweet ! Perfect!
Oh gosh, how fun! Thanks for sharing at #stoptheyuck Hope to see you again next week!
Ohhh, I know it’s not great for me, but I love me some fanta orange and grape soda. This looks great and super easy to make. Might have to test it at the next gathering.
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ooh Iove fanta Orange! I’ll have to try the recipe!
That’s good to know that it there are caffeine-free ones, I didn’t know that. We are a mostly soda-free household, but sometimes, it’s a nice treat. The cake, however, sounds delicious, and I love the little coffee filter ghosts! SO cute! <3
I don’t allow my kids to have them either! But I have never thought about orange Fanta … I think they’d like that a lot better than Sprite. I will have to try it next time we do soda, which I rarely allow them to have too. But my son’s birthday is coming up and this is an awesome thing for him to be able to have on his birthday …. thank you!
This is so interesting, I never would have thought about it… I may have to try it.
This is such a cool idea! I love how creative it is!
Fanta in angel food cake sounds delish, not to mention the glaze! Love the ghosts on the Dasani bottles! My boys would love them and maybe drink more water 😉 #client
Wow! That’s a really cool idea!
wow,You made cake with Fanta!! oh wow thats so cool because I love Fanta from the move and back
You made cake with Fanta!! oh wow thats so cool because I love Fanta from the move and back
I’ve been seeing a lot of fanta food entries this week! Very interesting, I’m not a fan of soda so I’m not sure how I would enjoy this
I’ve never tried to make Angel Food Cake but I always hear about how hard it is. Yours looks great, though!
Woah! Fanta foodcake??!?! That sounds crazy!
This looks so yummy and a must try. I would have never thought of baking with Fanta. The coffee filter ghosts are so cute!
That was really cool and now I wanna try it.
That looks really good. And such great ideas to decorate for a Halloween party.
i love recipes with very few ingredients!! who knew you could use fanta in cake recipes. 🙂
ok this actually sounds so delicious!! i never would’ve thought of something like this!
Oh my gosh I have never heard of that before! That sounds so delicious!!
I’ve never made anything with soda, I’m going to have to try this!
What a fun cake! I’ve never thought to do a cake like this, thanks for a great idea!
Seems like there’s a Fanta recipe for everyone. Let’s call this the Fanta season.
Yummmmmm, I think I am going to make this for my work party,
This looks so yummy. I even pinned it! I think I might even have to go to the store to make it for Halloween.
My daughter loves Fanta, I bet she’d love this.
I would never have thought to use fanta in my cake mix. What a great idea. I’m so going to have to give it a try and I love those spooky bottles.
I love angel food cake with anything, pretty much. I can’t wait to try this! 🙂
I LOVE Fanta (especially orange!) I’ve been craving Angel Food Cake for a while now! I can’t wait to try Orange Angel Food Cake <3
Fanta is one of my favorite soft drinks. I used to drink it in Spain when I was a kid too.
I’ve never heard of this before but it looks perfect for Halloween 🙂 Cute ghost water too!
Ooh that orange angel food cake looks really good! I bet it’s so light and fluffy with a hint of citrus, yum 🙂
What cute ideas for a party. I am going to try that cake too!
The Orange Angel Food Cake looks so delicious and I can just taste that orange flavoring. It is adorable to dress up the water bottles like that and what a cute addition to a Halloween party table.
What a clever idea! I love it! We used to drink Fanta as kids when travelling internationally but we didn’t get it in Canada until only recently. I absolutely love your Fanta angel food cake idea and am going to try it out with my kids. So cute.
I would ever have thought of cooking with fanta what a great idea and it sounds delicious.
That cake looks so delicious and I really love your little water bottle ghosts. How clever! I might need to try some of these myself.
Who would of thought that Fanta soda could make something this yummy. I can’t wait to try this recipe out.
That is such a fun idea. I did not think of adding fanta to cake mix. I bet it tastes amazing.
Seriously had no idea you could make orange flavored icing/glaze using Fanta! That’s a great tip and yummy recipe!
That is a genius idea! I haven’t had angel food cake in forever, yum!
We hadn’t either and now we are craving it more!
Looks spookily delicious! I love the coffee filter idea!
Thanks Heather. My daughter had a ton of fun making them with me.
That cake looks so delicious, and those coffee filter ghosts are adorable!
Thanks! The cake is absolutely delicious! I can’t wait to make another because that one was gone pretty quick!
OMg that cake looks sinful. Must pin for later. Plus cute ghost.
Thanks Becca!
I can tell your kids were sooooo excited about it all! I always loved the flavored sodas as a child too. I still love orange, and the cake looks incredible.
I still love orange too. The mini cans have my name on them!
We love Fanta! The orange is my son’s favorite, but I love the cherry flavor.
I haven’t tried the cherry flavor but I hear that is available at Walmart. I am going to look for it because that sounds good!
I love the water bottle idea! It’s an easy way to dress up a party table for sure.
That is true! My kids are going to bring them to school for a fun addition to their lunches too.
This looks amazing, I am going to try it for sure!!! I love the little ghosts!!
Thanks Laura!
So I made the cake last night, it was AMAZING and SO easy!!! . I made it in 2 loaf pans and ate one myself!! That’s how good it was!! LOL
Oh and I am making more for the kids tonight!! LOL
I would have never thought to use soda in a box cake. That is so clever. I love Angel Food Cake so I will have to give this a try.
It is so easy too! I love using boxed mixes whenever I can in my baking. I know it is kind of cheating but it works well.
This looks incredible! *pinned*
It really is MaryBeth. My husband said it didn’t even need the glaze, but you know, I went all out with the orange! haha