Ooh, a recipe thread. Good idea. Here's one I've been doing for years, and I've always got great responses from it.
Coca-Cola Cake Ingredients 1 cup Coca-Cola 1/2 cup buttermilk 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 2 cups sugar 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 cup cocoa 1 tsp baking soda
Preparation Preheat oven to 350ï½° 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 egg and vanilla; beat at low speed until blended. Combine flour, cocoa, and soda. Add to butter mixture alternately with cola mixture; begin and end with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan. Bake at 350ï½° for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven; cool 10 minutes.
While it's still warm from the oven, you can mix up this frosting for the top.
Coca-Cola Frosting
Ingredients 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1/3 cup Coca-Cola 3 tablespoons cocoa 1 (16-ounce) package powdered sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Garnish: 3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
Preparation Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring until butter melts. Remove from heat; whisk in sugar and vanilla. Pour Coca-Cola Frosting over warm cake; garnish, if desired.
Note: Don't make the frosting ahead--you need to pour it over the cake shortly after baking.
