Old Fashioned Cola Cake

Start to Finish: 55 minutes

Ingredients:
CAKE-
Vegetable oil spray for misting the pan
1 package (18.25 oz) plain white cake mix
4 tablespoons unsweetened coca powder
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
1 cup cola
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
COLA FROSTING-
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter or margarine
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup cola
4 cups confectioner's' sugar, sifted
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
1)Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly mist a 13-9 inch baking pan with vegetable oil spray. Set aside.
2) Place the cake mix, cocoa powder, melted butter, cola, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping the sides down again if needed. The batter should look well blended. Fold in the marshmallows. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing it out with the rubber spatula. Place the pan in the oven.
3) Bake the cake until it springs back when lightly pressed with your finger and just starts to pull away from the sides of the pan, 40 to 42 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes.
4) Meanwhile, prepare the frosting. Place the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. As the butter melts, stir in the cocoa powder and cola. Let the mixture come just to a boil, stirring constantly, and then remove it from the heat. Stir in the confectioner's' sugar until the frosting is thickened and smooth. Fold in the pecans.
5) Pour the frosting over the top of the cake, spreading it out with a rubber spatula so that it reaches the edges of the cake. Cool the cake for 20 minutes before serving.

Servings: 20

Notes: This is extremely moist. I made it for my brother-in-laws birthday cake. He is EXTREMELY picky when it comes to food, but asked if he could take this cake home with him since he liked it so much.

Variations: I used walnuts instead of pecans. Also, it says to use Pepsi, Coke, or RC cola, but I used Ruby Red Squirt and it tasted great. I'm sure you can use any soda that you'd like. I even accidentally used the entire can for the cake and then used Kool-Aid for the frosting. So, be creative!

Estimated Price: $11.00

Cookbook: The Cake Mix Doctor