Double Chocolate Coca Cola Cake
This classic will please all those chocoholics out there!
Equipment
- 13 X 9 inch baking dish
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup coca cola, not diet
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 stick butter
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
For the frosting:
- 1 stick butter
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 6 tbsp milk or cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3¾ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
For the cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease a 13X9 inch baking dish.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the sugar, flour and salt.
- In a sauce pan, combine cola, vegetable oil, butter and cocoa powder. Bring mixture to a boil.
- Pour the boiling cola mixture over the dry ingredients and beat well.
- Add the eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, and vanilla, beat well.
- Pour cake batter into prepared baking dish.
- Bake cake for 40-45 minutes.
- Remove pan and allow cake to cool for about 10 minutes before frosting.
Make the frosting:
- In a large saucepan combine butter, cocoa powder and milk.
- Heat until the butter melts. Remove from heat.
- Whisk in the vanilla and powdered sugar.
- Spread frosting on cake while it's still warm.
- Allow frosted cake to cool to room temperature before serving.
- Cut cake into squares and enjoy!
- Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired.