Mrs. Claus' Christmas & Holiday Cakes - Recipe for Coca-Cola Cake

Coca-Cola Cake

From the kitchen of Barbara Clutter

Ingredients

CAKE:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine
1 cup Coca-Cola
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 1/3 cups miniature marshmallows

Icing:
6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 box (16 ounce) powdered sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Grease 13x9 cake pan.


Cake:

  1. Combine flour and sugar.

  2. Heat margarine and Coca-Cola to boiling point; pour over flour mixture. Mix well.

  3. Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, vanilla, cocoa, and marshmallows.

  4. Pour into prepared pan.

  5. Bake for 35 minutes.


Icing:

  1. Combine butter, Coca-Cola, and cocoa.

  2. Heat mixture, pour over powdered sugar. Use more or less powdered sugar as needed. Beat well.

  3. Ice cake while cake is still hot.

  4. Sprinkle chopped nuts over cake.