Coca Cola Cake: The sugar in it caramelizes, the carbonation tenderizes, the flavor is so amazing that it enhances everything.
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time50 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake
Servings: 4
Calories: 454kcal
Ingredients
1package plain white cake mix
4Tablespoonsunsweetened cocoa powder
8Tablespoons1 stick butter or margarine, melted
1cupcoca cola
½cupbuttermilkOr substitute 1/2 C whole milk with a T of lemon juice stirred in
2large eggs
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
1 ½cupsof marshmallows
Icing:
8Tablespoons1 stick butter or margarine
4Tablespoonsunsweetened cocoa powder
1/3Cupcoca cola
4Cupsconfectioners’ sugarsifted
1Cupchopped pecansI left these out because my kids prefer this cake with no nuts, but pecans are GREAT in this!
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly mist a 13x9-inch baking pan with vegetable oil spray. Set the pan aside.
Place the cake mix, cocoa powder, melted butter, cola, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides with a spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes.
The batter should be well blended. Fold in the marshmallows. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Place the pan it the oven.
Bake the cake until it springs back when lightly pressed with your finger and just starts to pull away from the sides of the pan, 40 to 42 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven, prepare frosting while cake is still hot.
Place the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. As the butter melts, stir in the cocoa powder and cola. Let the mixture come to just a boil, stirring constantly, and then remove it from the heat. Stir in the confectioners’ sugar until the frosting is thick and smooth. Fold in the pecans.
Pour the frosting over the top of the cake, spreading it out with a rubber spatula so that it reaches the edges of the cake. Cool the cake for 20 minutes before serving.