2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups small marshmallows
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 tbsps. cocoa
1 cup Coca-Cola
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Frosting (recipe follows)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl, sift sugar and flour. Add marshmallows. In a saucepan, mix butter, oil, cocoa and Coca-Cola. Bring to a boil,
then pour over dry ingredients; blend well.
Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk just before adding to batter along with eggs and vanilla extract, mixing well.
Pour into a well-greased 13x9-inch pan (or two 8 inch pans) and bake 35 to 45 minutes.
FROSTING
1/2 cup butter
3 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
1 16 oz. box confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Combine butter, cocoa and Coca-Cola in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and pour over confectioners' sugar, blending well. Add vanilla extract and pecans.
Remove cake from oven and frost immediately.
A favorite aunt of ours (kudos to Aunt Cathy) is famous in the family for making Coca-Cola Cake. She shared the recipe with us many years ago but can't remember what I did with it. Elise was in the store the other day and found the Coca-Cola cookbook. Sure enough it had the recipe for the Coca-Cola Cake. We don't know if it's the same one as Aunt Cathy's, but if it is, we sure know why it was a popular recipe. This cake was full of chocolatey goodness, very moist and the frosting reminded me of old fashioned butter chocolate frosting. Definitely a treat for us and can't wait until we have it again. *hint, hint* Elise!!! ;)
I love that last picture makes you want to grab it and eat it. I have seen recipes for coca cola cake before but never with marshmellows. My kids will love this.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had this cake in forever. You brought back some fond memories of family summer picnics.
ReplyDeletePolwig, that picture really came out amazing. I just put the camera (Blackberry) over it and shot the picture. It looks like it's floating and I didn't do anything to give it that effect. It's almost all gone, there one piece left and I'm sad. Paula, it's my pleasure to give you a walk down memory lane :) I didn't have it when I was little (not that I can remember) but my daughter was due to Aunt Cathy making it. Elise has been wanting to make it for quite a while so she was absolutely thrilled to have found the recipe.
ReplyDeleteThat last picture really does look like the cake is floating. :-) It looks good. I'm so glad you posted your recipe at Joy of Desserts and appreciate the link back. Looking forward to more of your delicious recipes.
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