Cocoa-Cola Cake
Recipe: #9910
June 22, 2013
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, One-Pot Meal, Baby Shower, Birthday, Game/Sports Day July 4th, Picnic, Potluck, Oven Bake, Flour, Chocolate, more
"This is a real kid's favorite"
Ingredients
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- COLA FROSTING
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (171.7 g)
- Calories 613.7
- Total Fat - 27.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 15 g
- Cholesterol - 82.5 mg
- Sodium - 316.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 91.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.2 g
- Sugars - 71.6 g
- Protein - 4.4 g
- Calcium - 29.7 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
Step 2
In large bowl, stir together flour and granulated sugar. Set aside.
Step 3
TO MAKE CAKE: In medium saucepan, combine butter, cola, and cocoa powder. Cook and stir over medium heat until butter melts. Pour over flour mixture. Add eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, and vanilla; mix well. Stir in marshmallows. Pour into prepared baking pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack.
Step 4
TO MAKE FROSTING: In medium bowl, beat 1/3 cup soft butter with electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Slowly add 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, beating until combined. Add 1/4 cup cola, beating until combined. If necessary, beat in additional confectioners sugar and cola if needed to make frosting easy to spread.
Step 5
Spread Cocoa-Cola Frosting over cake. Sprinkle with pecans and marshmallows, if desired.
Tips
No special items needed.