There is absolutely nothing more comforting than a piece of chocolate cake at the end of the day. I always feel good when I know that a chocolate cake recipe is sitting in my fridge. Here is one delicious plain chocolate cake recipe that I love to bake and would make it every day if I could. This recipe uses Coca-Cola to give it a dark color that is difficult to resist.

Ingredients:

– 114 grams unsalted and softened butter

– 1 cup Coca-Cola (you can use diet coke if you are looking for a low calorie version)

– 3/4 cup marshmallows

– 30 grams semi-sweet cooking chocolate

– 1/2 cup shortening

– 1/2 cup vegetable oil

– 3/4 cup dark cocoa powder

– 2 eggs

– 1/2 teaspoon salt

– 2 teaspoons vanilla

– 3/4 cup buttermilk

– 2 cups sugar

– 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

– 1 teaspoon baking soda

– 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Instructions:

– Preheat the oven to 350F.

– Grease and flour a 13×9 inch cake pan.

– In a double boiler, melt the butter and chocolate.

– Add the Coca-Cola and bring to the boil.

– Remove from the heat and stir in the marshmallows.

– Stir to get a smooth mix (the marshmallows melt).

– Let it cool to room temperature.

– Use an electric blender to blend the eggs and sugar to get a fluffy mix.

– Add the shortening, oil and vanilla and beat some more (for 2 minutes).

– Add the buttermilk to the above mix and blend well.

– In a dry bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.

– Add half of this mixture to the egg-shortening mix and blend well.

– Now add the Coca-Cola mix and stir well to get an even mix.

– Make sure that you scrape the sides of the bowl to blend all the ingredients.

– Now add the rest of the flour mix.

– Do not worry if the batter is thick; it will turn out to be perfect.

– Pour the prepared batter in the cake pan.

– Bake in the preheated oven at 350F for 35-40 minutes. When a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean, the cake is ready.

– Remove from the oven and cool.

Coca-Cola Frosting

Ingredients:

– 1/2 cup soft butter

– 3 tablespoons cocoa powder

– 6 tablespoons Coca-Cola

– 250 grams confectioners’ sugar

– 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

– 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Instructions:

– Mix the butter, cocoa powder and Coca-Cola in a saucepan.

– Heat over medium heat and bring to the boil.

– Remove from the heat and pour over the sugar.

– Add the vanilla and pecans and stir well to get a thick spreading mix.

– Spread over the lukewarm cake and let it cool completely before cutting in slices.