Chocolate Cake {Coca-Cola Cake}
This Chocolate Cake recipe has been on my “share on the blog” list for quite some time. I grew up eating this delectable cake for birthdays, holidays and various other celebrations. It doesn’t fit in the natural, health-food category, at all, but oh my word, it is SO good. It is the best chocolate cake you will ever eat. Trust me. The secret ingredient…well, not-so-secret and definitely not-so-healthy is…Coca-Cola!
Are you licking your screen, right about now?
I made a Coca-Cola Cake for my youngest brother’s 15th birthday yesterday. It was a huge hit at his birthday supper with family and friends. 🙂
Chocolate Cake {Coca-Cola Cake}
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 can Coca-Cola {1 cup for cake and 6 tablespoons for icing}
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift sugar and flour together. Bring butter, cocoa and 1 cup Coca-Cola to a rolling boil. Pour over flour and sugar. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk add to cake mixture. Then add eggs and vanilla and mix well with a whisk or spoon. Pour into greased 13 x 9 pan and bake 45 minutes. Let cake cool for 1 1/2-2 hours before icing.
Chocolate Icing:
1/2 cup butter
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
6 tablespoons Coco-Cola
1 pound confectioners’ {powdered} sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
Bring the butter, cocoa, and Coco-Cola to a rolling boil. Add sugar, vanilla and pecans. Pour over cake in the pan while icing is hot.
Let the icing cool and harden. Serve and enjoy.
C’mon over and I’ll serve you a piece of cake along with a scoop of ice cream!
Have you ever had Coca-Cola Cake? Is it just a Southern thing?
xoxo
Myra
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Yum! Yum! Yum!
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Oh wow Myra, this looks delish!
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I’m not sure if it’s strictly a Southern thing, but I wouldn’t doubt it since it features Coca-Cola. It’s definitely a delicious old vintage recipe wherever it comes from!
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Oh my! This sounds fabulous!
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Yes, I AM seriously licking the screen right now!! Delicious looking cake!!
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My 2 yr old just saw me reading your post and said, in his most pathetic sad puppy dog voice, “I wish I could have cake someday.” Guess I’ll have to make this fabulous looking cake :). Thanks for sharing, Myra! (PS Are you going to Haven? I’ll be sure to say hi if so!)
Yes, but I used a cake mix and Cheerwine (ever had that? It’s a SC thing and hard to find over here in AL!), so I’m really glad you posted the homemade cake that includes the soda! Next time I want to make that cake, I’m totally doing it this way 🙂
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Looks great. I thought I had made a coca-cola cake from your blog a few years ago. Is this new or different?
I wondered if you could make this with caffeine free coke, if it would change anything? I can’t do caffeine, and it looks so good, I was just curious what you thought. Thanks for sharing.
This sounds wonderful! Wish Joshua a happy birthday for us 🙂
(Hannah’s, Sam’s, Daniel’s, Sarah’s Nana)
Uuuuuuum, so I’m coming in like a week… (*hint* *hint*).
Buttermilk AND coke? UNREAL. 🙂 xx
Uau this is amazing:) I love it!
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Looks super yummy Myra! My little 2 1/2 year old got super excited when he was looking at this post with me and said “cake, cake!” We love baking in our house so he was quite excited about seeing cake. 🙂
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Myra, oh my gosh this cake looks amazing!! I’m on a diet right now, but every two weeks I take a day off and splurge. This cake is on the splurge list now!!
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This looks delicious!! I haven’t had this in a long time and am now motivated to make it.
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gets crunchy delightful serve!!
is there a substitution if you don’t have buttermilk?
Yes, there is a substitution if you don’t have buttermilk. Use lemon juice or vinegar and regular milk. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes before using.
This is the moistest, most chocolate-y cake ever! At my house there were hard feelings over who got the “last” piece! And who got the crumbs! 🙂
Use a cup of regular milk and add a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar, stir and let it set for a couple of minutes and then use it. Do this all the time.
YES! Love this cake! I had never had it until I married my husband. But it is a Christmas Eve/Christmas Day tradition for dessert in his family that I have been glad to oblige 🙂
SOOO good, chocolately, fudgey, etc. I am not a huge cake eater but this is NOT your typical chocolate cake. It is almost brownie like but still cake and the icing, oh the icing. We make a doubled recipe of icing or at least 1.5 times.
Thanks for sharing, Myra!
I’m a bit embarrassed to even admit this, being southern and all, but I’ve never actually had Coca-Cola cake before. I’ve definitely heard of it and intended to make it for several years now, but somehow I’ve never tasted it. I do love Coca-Cola, chocolate cake and my southern roots though so this is the perfect combo for me!
I’ve never had one, but I’ve always been curious about how they taste! It looks absolutely delicious.
yummy,and easy to cook i love that ^_^
Hi, what sugar did you use to make the cake as is doesn’t say & I don’t want to use the wrong sort!
Thanks
I used white sugar, but I’ve also made it with turbinado. 🙂
Hi! Writing this from the UK where we dont really use buttermilk… Any kind of alternative i could use?? Thank you!!xxx
You can probably use regular milk or half and half.
I tried the cake, and it was absolutely delicious! I did not get the icing right though. How many cups of sugar would you say you put in the icing? Thanks! And keep up the yumminess!
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