OLD FASHIONED COLA CAKE

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This one is out of the Cake Doctor Cookbook. It's good and a lot quicker than measuring out all those ingredients when you don't have time to be doing that..

Provided by Diane Hughes

Categories     Cakes

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 15

CAKE
1 pkg 18.5 oz. white cake mix
4 Tbsp cocoa unsweetened
1 stick butter, melted
1 c cola
1/2 c buttermilk
2 large eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 c mini marshmallows
COLA FROSTING
1 stick butter
4 Tbsp cocoa, unsweetened
1/2 c cola
4 c powdered sugar, sifted
1 c chopped pecans

Steps:

  • 1. put rack in center of oven and preheat to 350*F. Lightly spray a 9x13 pan with vegetable oil. Set aside.
  • 2. Place first 7 cake ingredients in your mixer bowl and mix till batter looks well combined. Stir in mini marshmallows. Pour into prepared pan and smooth top with spatula.
  • 3. Bake cake till the top springs back when touched and sides are just beginning to pull away from pan. 40-42 minutes. Remove pan to wire rack to cool for 15 min.
  • 4. Meanwhile, prepare the frosting. Put butter in a med. saucepan. As the butter melts add cocoa and cola. Allow mixture to come to a boil stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in Sugar until smooth and thick. Fold in pecans.
  • 5. Pour the frosting over the top of the cake, spreading with a rubber spatula so it reaches the edges of the cake. Cool 20 minutes before cutting.

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