Coca Cola Cake with Cake Mix
This Coca Cola Cake is a classic Southern dessert recipe made easy -- thanks to help from a box of cake mix!
Servings 18 people
Calories 352.1kcal
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 1 (15.25 ounce) box chocolate or Devil's Food cake mix, plus ingredients called for on the box
- 1 cup Coca Cola (or enough to replace the water called for on the package directions)
For the Coca Cola Frosting:
- ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons Coca Cola
- 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans
Instructions
Bake the Cake
- Bake the cake in a 9 x 13-inch pan according to package directions, BUT replace the water with an equal amount of Coca Cola.
- While the cake is still warm, prepare the Coca Cola Frosting.
Make the Coca Cola Frosting
- In a large saucepan, bring butter, cocoa powder, and Coca Cola to a boil, whisking regularly. Remove from heat and mix in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Fold in the pecans.
Ice the Cake
- Pour the hot icing over the warm cake. The icing will firm up and harden into a sweet shell over the cake as it cools.
Notes
- Check your package of chocolate cake mix to be sure that you're using the correct ingredients, since every brand differs slightly.
- Pour the Coca Cola frosting over a warm cake.
- Allow plenty of time for the cake to cool completely in the baking pan and for the icing to set before slicing and serving.
- I have not tested this recipe with Diet Coke, as the flavor will differ. If you give it a shot, please let us know!
- Swap out the Coke and use root beer instead.
- Serve each slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, a drizzle of chocolate sauce, and maraschino cherries for real treat!
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 352.1kcal | Carbohydrates: 51.7g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 15.6g | Saturated Fat: 5.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2.7g | Cholesterol: 20.4mg | Sodium: 279.2mg | Fiber: 0.9g | Sugar: 44.8g