Does anyone need any introduction to this? Do you need to be told how moist, chocolate-y, and delicious it is?
I didn't think so.
Coca-Cola Cake
2 cups
flour
2 cups
sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3 sticks butter, divided
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa power, divided
1-1/2 cups coca-cola, divided
1/2 cup buttermilk (**please see my note below in italics about buttermilk!)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Mix the first five ingredients in a heat-proof bowl. While you're at it, go ahead and preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13" x 9" pan. (I'm sold on any recipe that has me "grease a 13 x 9 pan," if we're just telling the truth.)
In a saucepan over medium high heat stir 2 sticks butter, 1/4 cup cocoa, 1 cup coca-cola, and buttermilk together until boiling.
**By the way, if you don't happen to have buttermilk just sitting around in your fridge (um, who does?) then you can easily do what I do: measure out ALMOST the amount of buttermilk you need in regular milk, then top it off (a couple tablespoons - you can just eyeball it) with regular vinegar. Let it sit for a few seconds and VOILA! You have buttermilk...or at least an equivalent. I do this pretty much every, single time a recipe calls for buttermilk and it always turns out just fine.
1/2 cup buttermilk (**please see my note below in italics about buttermilk!)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Mix the first five ingredients in a heat-proof bowl. While you're at it, go ahead and preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13" x 9" pan. (I'm sold on any recipe that has me "grease a 13 x 9 pan," if we're just telling the truth.)
In a saucepan over medium high heat stir 2 sticks butter, 1/4 cup cocoa, 1 cup coca-cola, and buttermilk together until boiling.
**By the way, if you don't happen to have buttermilk just sitting around in your fridge (um, who does?) then you can easily do what I do: measure out ALMOST the amount of buttermilk you need in regular milk, then top it off (a couple tablespoons - you can just eyeball it) with regular vinegar. Let it sit for a few seconds and VOILA! You have buttermilk...or at least an equivalent. I do this pretty much every, single time a recipe calls for buttermilk and it always turns out just fine.
Remove saucepan from heat and slowly add to the flour mix. Whisk until smooth and combined. Then add eggs and vanilla extract. Beat.
Pour batter into pan. Bake for about 30 minutes.
While cake is baking, mix 1 stick butter, 1/4 cup cocoa, and 1/2 cup coca-cola in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once that boils, remove and slowly stir in powdered sugar and pecans.
When cake is done and out of oven (toothpick should come out clean), pour this
warm glaze right over the top of the hot cake!
Cake should cool a bit, but can be served warm or room temperature.
Prepare for the oooohs and ahhhhhhs as your guests or family delight in this. This is super to take to family picnics/reunions/etc.
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