Brats Dr Pepper Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cake
1 box German chocolate cake mix
1 (3 1/4 ounce) box vanilla instant pudding mix
2/3 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 (12 ounce) can Dr. Pepper cola
1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
1/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 lb powdered sugar
1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup maraschino cherry (optional)

Preparation

Cake: Combine first 3 ingredients, beating with mixer until well blended.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add Dr Pepper, mix well (about 5 min on med to med high speed will thicken that batter).
Pour batter into 3 waxed-paper-lined 9 inch cake pans.
(If you choose cherries, replace 1/4 cup of Dr. Pepper with 1/4 cup cherry juice).
Bake 15 325 degrees for 35 min.
Cool in pans 10 min.
before removing.
Frost when cool.
Frosting:Beat first 5 ingredients until light and fluffy.
(mix in pecans or cherries optional).
or (use cherries or pecans as decoration after cake is frosted).