The Coca-Cola cake is a Southern tradition that uses simple ingredients including Coca-Cola, but doesn’t taste like it. The recipe is easy and foolproof, making a moist chocolate cake with a gooey marshmallow topping.
In the Southern tradition of using the ingredients at hand to create something special, the Coca-Cola cake is certainly a great example. This chocolate cake recipe has been around for several years and its popularity waxes and wanes, mostly because the thought of a soda in a cake is weird. However, Coca-Cola cake is a treat that doesn’t taste much like cola, but tastes like an exceptionally moist chocolate cake.
The ingredients for the Coca-Cola cake are simple: 2 cups unsifted flour; 2 cups of sugar; 2 sticks of butter; 1 cup of Coca-Cola; 3 spoons of cocoa; 1/2 cup buttermilk; 1 teaspoon of baking soda; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 tablespoon of vanilla; 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows.
Sift the flour and sugar into a bowl. Heat the cola, butter and cocoa to boiling point and pour over the flour and sugar mixture. Add the buttermilk, soda, eggs and vanilla and mix well. Mix marshmallows. They will float to the top while cooking. Pour into an oiled and floured pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius), or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Freeze while the cake is still warm.
While the cake is baking, mix the frosting. She empties a packet of powdered sugar into a heatproof bowl. Heat 3/4 cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa and 6 tablespoons Coke to boiling. Add this mixture to the confectioner’s sugar. Beat well and add 1 cup chopped walnuts and mix thoroughly. Spread over the hot cake. The hot icing will help melt the marshmallows, creating a gooey topping.
The Coca-Cola cake recipe is nearly foolproof. It turns out well and makes a moist cake. A cook can add more cocoa to both the frosting and the batter, for more chocolate flavor. This is a wonderful recipe for beginners or young cooks, as it is almost always successful. It’s perfect for picnics or al fresco dining, and most people love it.
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