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COCA-COLA CAKE
COCA-COLA CAKE
COCA COLA CAKE
Our Coca Cola Cake has been a Southern tradition for generations. A sweet, fudgy, crazy moist cake with a thick fudgy icing. Quick and easy to put together!
Ingredients
Cake:
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 can (12 ounces) Coca Cola regular-not diet
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup unsalted butter cut into cubes
2 large eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Glaze:
1 can (12 ounces) Coca Cola regular-not diet
1/2 cup unsalted butter cut into cubes
1/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar sifted
Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prepare Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Butter or spray with nonstick cooking spray on a 9 X 13-inch baking pan.
- Whisk the first 4 ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan, add the Coca-Cola (1 can), cocoa (1/4 cup), and butter (1 cup) and bring just to a boil, over medium-high, stirring occasionally. Pour into the flour mixture and stir until blended.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk the eggs (2), buttermilk (1/2 cup), and vanilla (2 teaspoons) together then whisk into the flour mixture.
- Pour batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Prepare Glaze:
- Start making the glaze the last 15 minutes before the cake is done baking. In a saucepan, bring the Coca-Cola to a boil, over medium-high; continue to cook 12-15 minutes or until soda has been reduced to 1/2 a cup.
- Stir in the butter (1/2 cup), and cocoa (1/4 cup) until the butter has melted. Remove from heat, add vanilla (1 teaspoon) and Confectioners' Sugar (3 3/4 cups), and mix until smooth. Pour immediately over the hot cake.
Notes
- Diet Coca Cola: No. Just a Big No. Don’t do it. This, and all other, cake recipes call for regular Coca Cola only!
- Buttermilk: Oh, buttermilk. One of those ingredients that you either always have in your fridge, or you never have in your fridge. There is no in-between. If you’re not an avid baker, chances are you definitely do not have buttermilk on hand frequently, if ever. Buttermilk is fantastic for baking, as it adds a very subtle tang along with tenderness to the batters it’s added to. In my opinion, there should never be a Coca Cola cake without buttermilk! I highly recommend making sure you grab some for this recipe, but in a pinch, you can use the following substitute:
- Buttermilk Substitute:
- 1 Tbsp of white vinegar or lemon juice
- 1 C milk
- Stir, let stand for 5 minutes
- This recipe will be equal to one cup of buttermilk
- Buttermilk Substitute:
- Powdered Sugar: Nobody wants a lumpy glaze on a cake. Sift your powdered sugar. You want it to blend in smoothly with the glaze and avoid white lumps!
- Glaze: This cake is delicious on its own, but the glaze, added while the cake is still warm, adds a fudge-tastic topping that completes it.
- Three things are very important in our Coca Cola cake icing instructions:
- Make the glaze while the cake is in the oven.
- Pouring while the cake is still hot.
- Ensuring that the Coca Cola has boiled down to half a cup. If the Coke does not reduce and thicken up, you’ll be left with a glaze that’s too runny and seriously lacking in fudge.
- Three things are very important in our Coca Cola cake icing instructions:
