Chocolate Covered Christmas ~ Day 8
Today I am sharing a recipe for a chocolate cake with a twist. It's made with cocoa powder and Coca Cola. It's a moist chocolate cake that has a sweet cooked icing poured over the top. This cake takes me way back to when I was a kid. The recipe was given to my mom by one of the moms from our swim team. It brings back memories of swim meets and bake sales. Yes, I am nostalgic. I love recipes that have something attached to them. They are fun to share. This cake works well in a 13 x 9 pan. You can easily cut it into squares that way. I used one large round pan for this post.
Cocoa Cola Cake
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Ingredients
- Cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 canola oil
- 3 tablespoons Hershey's Cocoa
- 1 cup Coke ( I have used Root Beer before and it's just as good)
- 1/2 cup buttermilk w/ 1 tsp baking soda added
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup mini marshmallows
- Icing
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 6 tablespoons Coke
- 1 box confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
Instructions
For Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In large bowl mix sugar and flour. Set aside.
- Mix butter, oil, cocoa and Coke in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Pour over dry ingredients.
- Stir baking soda into buttermilk and add to mixture. Stir together.
- Add eggs and vanilla. Stir until combined.
- Add mini marshmallows.
- Pour batter into a well greased pan. Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
For Icing
- Mix butter, cocoa and Coke in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Add confectioner's sugar, vanilla and walnuts (optional). Mix well and spread over hot cake.
- Cool and serve.
Happy Baking!
Leslie xo
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