Coco Cola Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup cola-flavored carbonated beverage (such as coca-cola®)
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 6 tablespoons cola-flavored carbonated beverage (such as coca-cola®)
• 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 16x20-inch baking pan or casserole dish.
• bring 1 cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, and 1 cup cola-flavored carbonated beverage to a boil in a saucepan; stir until smooth. combine white sugar and flour in a bowl.
• pour the hot butter mixture over the sugar and flour; stir until well blended. mix buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract into the mixture; fold in 1 cup pecans. pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
• bake in the preheated 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 minutes.
• melt 1/2 cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, and 6 tablespoons cola-flavored carbonated beverage together in a saucepan over low heat until smooth; remove from heat. pour confectioners' sugar into a bowl. stir butter mixture into confectioners' sugar until frosting is smooth; fold in 1/2 cup pecans. spread frosting over the warm cake.