No need to use your other chocolate cake recipes anymore. Once you try this one, you won't want the others! This is the best chocolate cake ever! It's so good, it's a great cake to make for the holidays.
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup Coca-Cola
1 ½ cups small marshmallows
½ cups butter or margarine
½ cups vegetable oil
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cups buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cups butter
3 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
1 box (16-ounces) confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl, sift the sugar and flour. Add marshmallows.
In a saucepan, mix the butter, oil, cocoa and Coca-Cola. Bring to a boil and pour over dry ingredients; blend well. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk just before adding to batter along with eggs and vanilla extract, mixing well.
Pour into a well-greased 9- by-13-inch pan and bake 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from oven and frost immediately.
Coca-Cola Cake Frosting:
To make frosting, combine the 1/2 cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa and 6 tablespoons of Coca-Cola in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and pour over confectioners' sugar, blending well. Add vanilla extract and pecans. Spread over hot cake.
When cool, cut into squares and serve.