Dump Cakes

I have a bit of a sweet tooth, and an incredible lack of willpower...which often leads to giving into the ultimate temptation: dessert.

I love anything chocolatey.

So when I heard about this WW-friendly CHOCOLATE CAKE, I knew I had to give it a try.  This recipe is a "dump cake" and one of the easiest recipes anyone has ever attempted.  Dump cakes are exactly like what they sound: you mix the ingredients together, and dump it all into a pan and bake it.  They're usually made with a cake mix and fruit.

Cake mixes can be kind of fattening, and thanks to the sugar, not conducive to my daily points intake on WW.  But this recipe uses a sugar free cake mix (3 points per serving), frozen fruit (0 points), and diet soda.  Seriously.  And NOTHING else.  No eggs, no butter, no oil.

The most surprising part about this recipe was how moist the cake is when it's done.  So, here you go...the recipe.

Ingredients
1 box, sugar free cake mix
2 bags (about 24 oz), frozen fruit
12 oz. diet soda

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Spread fruit on the bottom of a baking pan (Note: size and type of pan depend on the type of cake you want to make...I used an 8x12 glass dish this last time).

3. Mix cake mix and soda together, then pour over fruit.

4. Bake according to the back of the box, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

The best part: You can create an endless combination of flavors.  I recommend using a dark soda (diet cola or diet root bear, for example) with a chocolate cake.  Use a light colored soda (diet lemon-lime, ginger ale) with a yellow cake mix.  Choose whatever kind of frozen fruit you'd like.

I first made the cake with sugar free devil's food cake mix, diet cola, and dark cherries.  With the chocolate cake mix, it was almost a fudge-like consistency.

I recently made the dump cake with sugar free yellow cake mix, diet lemon-lime, and blueberries.
That combination was light and fluffy.

Makes 12 servings.  Each serving is 3 points!