Independence Day Recipes
Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup Coca-Cola
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 tablespoon cocoa
- 6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
- 1 box confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped nuts
Instructions
Cake
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
- Mix together Coca-Cola, cocoa and butter. Pour Coca-Cola mixture over dry ingredients, stirring to blend.
- Add buttermilk and eggs. Blend well.
- Add marshmallows. (This batter is thin and marshmallows will float.)
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until done. Let cool, then frost.
Frosting
- Bring butter, cocoa and Coca-Cola to boiling, then pour over sugar.
- Add vanilla extract and nuts.
- Spread over cake while hot.