Make room for after dinner dessert! Coca-Cola’s carbonation makes this cake so tender and moist that you’ll be reaching for seconds (and possibly, a late night refrigerator raid). Coca-Cola cake transports well, so take it along to picnics, pot luck suppers, or on the boat.
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 sticks butter
3 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 cup Coca-Cola
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 eggs
Directions
1. In a bowl, sift together flour and sugar and set aside.
2. Melt butter, cocoa, Coca-Cola in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to boil and remove from heat.
3. Add flour, sugar, buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla, and eggs to the chocolate/cola mixture. Beat with a mixer until blended. Pour into greased 9×13 inch pan. Bake at 325°F for 30 minutes.
Icing Ingredients
1 stick butter
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
1 lb. box powdered sugar
1 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup mini-marshmallows
Directions
1. Boil butter, cocoa, and Coca-Cola. Remove from heat.
2. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and marshmallows. Stir until melted.
3. Pour immediately over hot cake.
Important: Do not make frosting in advance. It must be poured hot over warm/hot cake.
