The Chocolate Cola Cake

I was just introduced to the southern delicacy that is Chocolate Cola cake (aka coca-cola cake) while visiting Charleston, SC early this spring. It was a spiritual experience. It is all that is good and that I hold dear. I’d marry it if I wasn’t already married… seriously. amazing stuff. I loved the piece I had (pictured above) at Jestine’s so much, that I bought and carried a small one home (via airplanes and much hassle) to my husband to share so he could know the glory of it.

then I scoured the internet for a good recipe… but none seemed right.

Then I was using my home-made binder ‘o recipes from various magazines over the years and I discovered that years ago I cut out a recipe for this very cake… and the recipe listed looked exactly like the cake I wanted to replicate.

Naturally, when we had our first BBQ of the season I simply HAD to make one. I’m gonna tell y’all how I did it:

preheat oven to 350, and grease up (I like Crisco) a 9×13 (or so) pan.

mix:

• 2cups flour
• 2cups sugar
• 1/2tsp salt
• 1tsp baking soda**
• 1/2tsp cinnamon

** note: I have made this with baking powder or soda – Either way works. “powder” is what was listed in the recipe I got it from, but soda is slightly better results.

in a saucepan over medium high heat stir this up good until it boils:

• 1 cup butter
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup coca-cola (from bottle is my preference!)
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

now take off heat and add that to the flour mix & whisk until combined.

Then add:

• 2 eggs
• 1tsp vanilla extract

mix, put in pan, bake it for about 30minutes. Yes, it’s a quick bake. Don’t over-bake it!

when cake is nearly done make the glaze by mixing in saucepan:

• 1/2cup butter
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup coca cola

once that boils, remove and slowly stir in 4cups of confectioners’ sugar until nice and smooth. Then add in about a cup of chopped pecans, and give it a stir.

once cake is done and out of oven (toothpick should come out clean), pour this warm glaze right over the top of the hot cake!

wait.

let it set… let it cool for a few minutes at least…

enjoy warm or cold. (next day/etc. feel free to microwave for a few seconds to warm it up… so good)

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