Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake

Ingredients

       Cake 

• 1 cup Coca-Cola
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter
• 1/3 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

        Frosting

• 1/4 cup unsweetened coca powder
• 1/2 cup (1stick) salted butter
• 1/4 cup Coca-Cola
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

        

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter and flour a 13x9 cake pan. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl stir together sugar and flower. Set aside. 
3. In a saucepan, bring butter, Coca Cola, vegetable oil, and unsweetened  coca to a boil. 
4. Pour into the flower mixture and beat on medium low for about one minute.
5. Add eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla and beat for a another minute on medium speed.
6. Spread into the 13x9 prepared cake pan. Bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
7. Preparing the frosting. In a saucepan over medium heat, bring butter, cocoa powder, and Coca Cola to JUST boiling.
8. Remove from the heat and whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla.
9. Pour over cake and spread quickly.
10. Allow the cake to cool.
11. Serve with vanilla ice cream and enjoy!
    

Prepared by Austin Irons
Louisiana Anthology
July 19, 2022