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Cocoa-Cola Cake

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  • Servings: 12
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 30-35m
    • The following recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup butter, soft
  • 1 cup Coke cola (not diet and no generics use the real Coke cola)
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups mini marshmallows (or more)
  • COLA FROSTING
  • 1/3 cup butter, soft
  • 1 3/4 to 2 cups confectioners sugar (as needed)
  • 2 tablespoon baking cocoa
  • 1/4 cup Coke cola (or as you needed)
  • 1/2 cup pecans chopped and toasted
  • 1/2 cup tiny marshmallows, pastel-colored (optional)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • 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.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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