Super Moist Coca Cola Cake
Coca-Cola cake is a classic Southern dessert that’s as fun as it is delicious. It’s made with real Coca-Cola, which gives the cake a moist, tender texture and a hint of sweetness that makes it stand out.
Ingredients
For Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup Coca Cola soft drink
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For Icing
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup Coca Cola soft drink
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Cake Prep
- Melt the butter in a saucepan. Once melted, pour in the 1 cup of Coca-Cola.
- Whisk the cocoa powder into the pan. Wait for the mixture to start to boil before transferring. Once boiling, remove from heat and mix it together in a bowl with the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla extract. If you don’t have any buttermilk at home, here’s how to make buttermilk. Pour in the buttermilk mixture into the larger cake mixture.
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees (F). Grease a 9×13″ pan by coating the pan with some butter. You can easily do this by unwrapping part of a stick and drawing on the pan with butter until it is coated. Pour in the whisked cake mixture into the bowl, then bake it for 40-45 minutes. To make sure the cake is done, use a toothpick in the center.
Icing Prep
- To make the frosting, cook the Coca-Cola in a pot for at least 10 to 12 minutes, or until the soda has reduced to half the size. Add in the butter and the cocoa powder, then whisk together. Once it starts boiling, add the sauce to a bowl with four cups of powdered sugar and whisk until smooth.
- While the frosting is warm, pour it onto a cooled cake. If the cake isn’t fully cool, that is okay! You’re supposed to pour frosting onto a warm Coca-Cola cake. But for this recipe, I find waiting for the cake to slightly cool gives you the best result.