When I first heard about Coca Cola Cake years ago, I was immediately intrigued by what in the world it would actually taste like. I’ve made 7-Up Cake before (many many times!) and fell in love with this flavorful cake. I thought whoever developed the recipe for the 7-Up Cake was genius/part crazy and it is now one of my favorites. (it basically tastes like a really moist lemon pound cake, you must make it!) So I thought if I chowed down on the 7-Up Cake then why wouldn’t I chow down on the Coca Cola Cake? There are marshmallows in the batter which I love and the frosting is just like a Texas Sheet Cake frosting. I could eat that frosting by itself (forget the cake!) with a giant serving spoon. So I took a leap of cake faith and prayed that it would be artergy clogging good. Ok I can already guarentee that it will be artergy clogging, there are 2 sticks of butter and 1/2 cup of oil in this cake. Then I baked the cake, took a bite and am not ashamed to say I kept eating it from the pan.
In a bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix together 2 cups all purpose flour and 2 cups sugar.
In a large saucepan, combine 1/2 cup canola oil, 1/2 cup unsalted butter and 1 cup Coca Cola. Please don’t use Diet Coke. It gives the cake such a strange taste. Trust me! Bring the mixture to a boil.
Pour it into the bowl and combine but don’t overmix.
Add in 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 2 large eggs. Mix to combine.
Throw in 1 1/2 cups marshmallows and fold them in. Mmmm marshmallows. I love marshmallows.
Pour the batter into a lightly greased jellyroll pan (15 x 10 inches) Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. By the way, the batter tastes insanely delicious. Not that I chow down on the batter but I like to taste it you know.
While the cake is baking, make the frosting. Oh my stars I could eat this frosting all by itself. It’s thick, rich and I basically have no words. In a large saucepan, combine 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder and 6 Tablespoons Coca Cola.
Bring it to a boil. Then add in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
And add in 4 cups of powdered sugar. Stir it in!
Throw in 1/2 cup chopped pecans and stir it up.
Pour the frosting over the warm cake and spread it out.
Cut into slices and enjoy!
Coca Cola Cake
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup Coca Cola
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 cup mini marshmallows
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
6 Tablespoons Coca Cola
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
In a bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix together the flour and sugar
In a large saucepan, combine the oil, butter, unsweetened cocoa powder and Coca Cola. Bring the mixture to a boil.
Pour the Coca Cola mixture into the bowl and mix on low speed.
Add in the buttermilk, vanilla extract, baking soda and eggs. Mix. Fold in the mini marshmallows.
Pour the batter into a lightly greased jellyroll pan. (15 x 10 inches) Bake at 350 degree for 20-25 minutes.
While the cake is baking, make the frosting. In a large saucepan, combine the butter, unsweetened cocoa powder and Coca Cola. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and add in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar. Stir to completely combine.
Add in the chopped pecans and stir them in.
When the cake is done baking, take it out of the oven and immediately frost the cake. Cut into slices and enjoy!
Coca cola cake? Superb. Love the touch of marshmallows in there, too. Absolutely scrumptious!
Yum! That looks amazing! Cooking with soda, how fun!
Looks delicious! Great post!
I would love this! My mom made me a root beer cake for my birthday but I think I’ll have to try this recipe out for her birthday. Plus, who doesn’t love sheet cake?!
Jason loves Coca Cola — I need to make him this cake!
This looks great! I have to try a 7-Up cake also. I agree, Texas sheet cake frosting is the absolute BEST!
This is one of my favorite childhood treats! My mother used to make this for me as my birthday cake
I recently tried this cake using Pepsi, that’s just as yummy! Looks great!!!
Running, Running, Running to the store after work to make this!! Yummy!!
Ohh yes.coke cake. I love it! I made it a few weeks ago and ate it out of the pan as well! No shame in that!
I’ve done Sprite and 7-up cakes and cookies, but never Coca Cola… I need to try this! Thanks Lindsey for sharing… I want to jump in the kitchen asap and whip up this cake.
I’ve never had a coca cola cake before! Love that it has all those gooey marshmallows baked into it!
What a great idea! I am a Coke Addict – so you add it to a coke, and I am immediately interested!
Coke and marshmallows? My daughter would surely go for this…two of her favorite treats! Gorgeous cake, Lindsey!
I’m almost too embarrassed to say that, at my age, I was so engrossed in reading a recipe that had the words sheet cake, coca-cola, marshmallows and butter. Also, just between you and me, I also like the taste of cake batter and actually would like to eat just like that. Insane is the only word I can think of to describe this cake.
I love coca cola cake, and 7 up! Your recipe sounds great… Thanks for sharing
I love coca cola cake, and 7 up cake too… Your recipe sounds great… Thanks for sharing
Okay, I feel as though I’m missing out. I’ve had neither 7up nor Coca-Cola cake. It seems I’ll need to fix that situation.
Coca Cola cake is my Mom’s favorite. She always gets really excited when Cracker Barrel has it, which is only a limited time. We are always in search of the perfect recipe and I can’t wait to try this one!!!
Oooooh, this looks so good! I love the marshmallows in this cake!
Sign me up for that cake! I want to eat it from the pan too.
So cute, I’ll have that coca cola cake with a glass of pepsi
What a creative recipe! This cake looks so beautiful!
This looks like the perfect recipe to use up the rest of the mini marshmallows I have. YUM!!
I have been craving chocolate sheet cake lately and this looks like just the perfect recipe to get my chocolate fix!
amazing… i love that it has marshmallows
I’ve never had a 7-Up or a Coca Cola Cake, I think things may need to change that soon. This looks like a ooey gooey delicious chocolate treat. Yum!
Wow! That looks like an amazing cake. I love coming here to see your creations.
I’ll take a slice of you gooey cake with an ice cold can of Diet Coke. That would be heaven.
LL
What a great idea!! I feel like kids would just love this…I will have to try it out with my nephews and see what they think!
I am going to try these this weekend! I might just let my kids and hubby had a taste.
Saw a cream soda cake and now a cola one, looks good. Love different ingredients ( and chocolate too!)
7-Up Cake? Coca-Cola Cake? Oh, and add in the thrill of marshmallows! It is a world gone mad with baking geniuses! I must try them both! Have a recipe to share for 7-Up cake?
Yes I have one on my blog under recipes.
what a fun cake!
I’m one of those people to get a slice of cake to eat the frosting! LOL! Caffeine, chocolate and sugar, what an awesome combo!
This sounds oh-so-delicious…I love the marshmallows in there too!
wow, this looks great! I don’t have a jellyroll pan though–do you think I could halve the recipe and make it in a 9×13 pan?
Thank you! Just keep the recipe the same. But bake it a bit longer, about 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. I’ve made it in a 9 by 13 pan and it turns out just fine. The cake is just thicker and not as fudgy but still very good!
This used to be my favorite recipe. I made it for every event I attended. Then I lost my recipe. I have tried every coca-cola cake recipe I could find, but they were never just right. Never tasted as good as my favorite. Yours is perfect. Best Chocolate cake I have ever eaten!!!! I use Dr. Pepper instead of coke, both are delicious.
Marshmallows! I’m making this.