Tired of run of the mill cakes, then combine ingredients you thought never could be combined. How about including your favorite soft drink in a cake? The following recipe of Coca-Cola cake is a wonderful one to try and yields a spongy delight that you would enjoy. Now, get started with the recipe without wasting much time and give yourself an unusual sweet treat.
Ingredients:
For the cake:
All-purpose flour - 250 gms
Castor sugar - 250 gms
Cocoa powder - 50 gms
Coca-Cola - 125 ml
Butter - 125 gms
Eggs (beaten) - 2 nos.
Buttermilk - 60 ml
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
For the frosting:
Butter - 60 gms
Cocoa powder - 15 gms
Coca-Cola - 90 ml
Castor sugar - 500 gms
Almonds (chopped) - 50 gms
Method:
1.) Preheat oven at 180°C.
2.) Take a 9 x 13-inch pan. Grease and flour it. Keep aside.
3.) In a large mixing bowl, bring together the flour and sugar.
4.) In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, vanilla essence, buttermilk and baking soda.
5.) In a saucepan, add cocoa powder, butter and Coca-Cola. Bring this mixture to a boil. Pull off the stove and add to the sugar-flour mixture. Mix well.
6.) Now add the egg mixture to this and mix well.
7.) Pour the batter in the greased and floured baking pan. Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes or until done.
8.) For the frosting, heat the butter, cocoa powder and Coca-Cola in a saucepan. Bring this mixture to a boil and then add sugar to it. Stir continuously until all blend well.
9.) Pull off the stove and add the almonds.
10.) Evenly spread the frosting all over the cake.
Now dig into the cake as soon as possible!
(Servings - 16)
You can use soft drinks of your choice to churn out cakes that will suite your taste buds.
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Source: Southernfood
