Coco Cola Cake
Coco Cola Cake might be a good recipe to expand your dessert collection. This vegetarian recipe serves 8. One serving contains 707 calories, 6g of protein, and 18g of fat. A mixture of baking soda, cola-flavored carbonated beverage, cocoa powder, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 55 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Coco Cola, Chocolate Cola Cake with Cola Frosting, and Pollo a la Coca-Cola (Braised Chicken with Cola Drink).
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 16x20-inch baking pan or casserole dish.
Bring 1 cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, and 1 cup cola-flavored carbonated beverage to a boil in a saucepan; stir until smooth.
Combine white sugar and flour in a bowl.
Pour the hot butter mixture over the sugar and flour; stir until well blended.
Mix buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract into the mixture; fold in 1 cup pecans.
Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
Bake in the preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 minutes.
Melt 1/2 cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, and 6 tablespoons cola-flavored carbonated beverage together in a saucepan over low heat until smooth; remove from heat.
Pour confectioners' sugar into a bowl. Stir butter mixture into confectioners' sugar until frosting is smooth; fold in 1/2 cup pecans.
Spread frosting over the warm cake.