Coca-Cola Cake: Boyd Street Kitchen

COCA-COLA CAKE from Southern Living Home Cooking Basics and Oh So Shabby by Debbie Reynolds…

Makes a 9×13 cake

Ingredients:

■1 cup Coca-Cola

■1/2 cup buttermilk
■1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
■1 3/4 cups sugar
■2 large eggs, lightly beaten
■2 teaspoons vanilla extract
■2 cups all-purpose flour
■1/4 cup cocoa (unsweetened baking cocoa)
■1 teaspoon baking soda
■1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
■Coca-Cola Frosting (see recipe below)
■3/4 cups chopped pecans, toasted, for garnish

Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine Coca-Cola and buttermilk; set aside.Beat butter at low speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar; beat until blended. Add eggs and vanilla; beat at low speed until blended.Combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with cola mixture; beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended.

Stir in marshmallows. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13×9-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven; cool 10 minutes. Pour Coca-Cola Frosting over warm cake..

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
3 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
1 box (16 ounces) confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans

To make frosting, 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. Spread over hot cake. When cool, cut into squares and serve.