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Coca-Cola Cake
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There's a new World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta and an old world of Coca-Cola in recipe boxes and cookbooks around the globe. Sweet, sour and inimitable -- Coke beckons creative cooks as a secret ingredient.
This is our favorite recipe for the Atlanta classic. The cake gets a nice, light crumb from the bubbly Coke and buttermilk and the secret addition of mini-marshmallows that melt into the batter. It also tastes like Coke. Not lame chocolate cake, but Coke.
-- John Kessler
Hands on time: 15 minutes Total time: 1 hour Serves: 15
Ingredients:
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FOR THE CAKE:
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups mini-marshmallows
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 cup Coca-Cola
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
FOR THE FROSTING:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
1 (16-ounce) box confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions:
To make the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, sift together sugar and flour. Add marshmallows. In saucepan, mix butter, oil, cocoa and cola. Bring to a boil and 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 9-by-13-inch pan and bake 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from oven and frost immediately.
To make the frosting: Combine butter, cocoa and cola in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and pour over confectioners' sugar, blending well. Add vanilla extract and pecans. Spread over hot cake. When cool, cut into squares and serve.
-- From "Great Cooks of the South Entertain Southern Style" published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
To make the frosting: Combine butter, cocoa and cola in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and pour over confectioners' sugar, blending well. Add vanilla extract and pecans. Spread over hot cake. When cool, cut into squares and serve.
-- From "Great Cooks of the South Entertain Southern Style" published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Nutrition:
Per serving: 547 calories (percent of calories from fat, 42), 4 grams protein, 28 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 26 grams fat (9 grams saturated), 58 milligrams cholesterol, 229 milligrams sodium.
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