Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake

Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake
printed in the Arizona Republic

2 c all-purpose flour
1/4 c cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsps cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 c sugar
1 c butter
8 oz Coca-Cola
2 eggs
2 tsps vanilla
1/2 c buttermilk

Icing:
1/4 c butter
4 oz Coca-Cola
3 T cocoa powder
1/2 c pecans, chopped
1 tsp vanilla
1 box (16 oz) powdered sugar, about (3 1/2 c)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13 pan. Sift together the flour, cocoa, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and sugar in a large bowl and set aside. In a small saucepan, heat the butter and Coca-Cola over medium heat until the butter melts. Add the eggs, vanilla and buttermilk and mix well using a wire whisk. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and beat, until smooth using an electric mixer. The batter will be very thin.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes. Spread icing on cake while warm.

Icing: In a small saucepan, heat the butter and Coca-Cola over medium heat until the butter melts. Do not boil. Add the cocoa, pecan, vanilla and powdered sugar and mix well. Pour over cake.

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Notes: I did not use pecans in the icing.

Verdict: Yummy!!! This is very, very similar to Texas Sheet Cake! This is a very rich cake, so the 9x13 pan went very far! And everyone LOVED it. I will definitely make it again. Because I'm a Pepsi girl, I'll make it with Pepsi next time! :-)