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A soda shop classic in the form of a cake??? Yes please!!! This Chocolate Root Beer Float Cake will have you reminiscing of those classic ice cream treats such as the root beer float!
I wasn’t raised back in that era where soda fountains were the place to be, but I do remember the classic root beer float being an easy go-to sweet treat at my grandma’s house in the summer time. She always had ice cream and always had soda so naturally root beer floats have a special place in my heart!
When I saw this cake in the book Sweetapolita Bakebook my heart skipped a beat! I had to try this one. It had me written all over it!!! It immediately had me thinking about those hot summer days at grandma’s house. 
As with all cakes, and all recipes for that matter, be sure to read the recipe ahead of time and plan accordingly. Cakes that have multiple elements such as this Chocolate Root Beer Float Cake, I like to breakdown over 2 days depending on my schedule that weekend. I will usually make the cake first and the soaking syrup, then make the frostings the next day, so that I am refreshed and focused.
The first time I made this cake I used root beer concentrate which seems to be the most readily available at most grocery stores, however I got a bit of a licoricey aftertaste. It wasn’t bad but after making this cake the second time with the recommended root beer extract it was flavor perfection!!! So don’t use root beer concentrate for this cake. I took one for the team here and thought I would just give it a try but it was a big no! And you can easily find root beer extract and root beer oil on Amazon.com and other specialty food websites.
You can’t go wrong with this Chocolate Root Beer Float Cake. It’s got 3 layers of dark chocolate cake, filled with vanilla ice cream frosting that’s made from using real vanilla ice cream. And lets not forget the root beer soaking syrup that gives the dark chocolate cake layers an extra punch of root beer flavor. Frost the cake in chocolate root beer icing and top it off with a dark chocolate glaze, more vanilla ice cream frosting, sprinkles and a cherry and you have the old root beer float classic in the form of this party stopping Chocolate Root Beer Float Cake!
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