Coca-cola Cake

[Daydream Believer]

I made a coca-cola cake today out of a Nigella Lawson cookbook, the domestic goddess one. And it was fantastic!!!
Its just a chocolate cake but it has the texture of brownies.YUMMY!!

[Junglemum]

Now you can't just going saying that and not share the recipe Sal!! Sounds divine.

[feeb]

can we please have recipe please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[*Belle*]

OMG me too I would love the recipe!!!

[briggsy's girl]

share!

would it make good cupcakes? DH takes cupcakes to work all the time... we make in bulk and freeze them..

[three4me]

Yum that sounds devine.

[Livinthedream]

Yep, me three.....
Has anyone tried the Nigella Coca Cola boiled ham?
I have the recipe but have always wanted to meet someone who has actually made it.

[briggsy's girl]

i had "house mates" at uni who used coke to cook chicken all the time - they loved it - i was never brave enough to try it!

[dee81]

just told dh and he wants one please can you share the recipe

[Nelle]

Sal! That's just RUDE. Share share share!

And on the subject of coke, I've heard of people using it in their slow cooker recipes, I think to help tenderise meat or something?

[Rouge]

Oooooh the coke cake! Marc wants me to do the coke ham, but I haven't got around to it. But my gf did it for last christmas and it was great!

Coke gives a beautiful spiciness that makes it taste great

[Hollybolly]

We've done the chicken in coke in the slow cooker and it was yummo
Luke was asking me yesterday if I could make it with Vanilla Coke next time! Tried to explain that its not the flavour so much but what the coke does when it cooks... the logic of a 10yr old sometimes is too hard to oppose though... so next time we cook with Vanilla coke

OK girls.... now its time to post both recipes, thanks

Cai - would LOVE your recipe for the coke in ham, and Sal... you'd better post the cake one before we all coming looking for you

[MrsB26]

Stop talking about cake lol!!

Please post the recipee Sal so i can make it before this one makes his entrance!

[MrsB26]

Did some searching and found the recipee

Coca Cola Cake

1 1/3 Cups flour
3/4 Cup plus 1 Tbs sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 large egg
1/2 Cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 Tbs cocoa powder
3/4 Cup Coca-Cola
8 or 9 inch springform pan lined with foil to prevent the batter leaking, then greased

Preheat the oven to 350 F and put in a baking sheet at the same time.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat the egg, buttermilk, and vanilla in a measuring cup. In a heavy bottomed saucepan, melt the butter, cocoa and Coca-Cola, heating gently. Pour into the dry ingredients, stir well with a wooden spoon, and then add the liquid ingredients, beating until everything is blended.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake on the warm sheet for 40 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

Leave to stank for 15 minutes in the pan before unmolding. Then unclip, unwrap and turn out onto a wire rack, making sure you 've got a sheet of newspaper or something underneath the rack to catch any icing that drips through.

Icing:
1 1/2 Cups Confectioners sugar
2 tbs butter
3 tbs Coca-Cola
1 Tbs cocoa powder
1/2 tsp vanilla

Sift the confectioners sugar and set aside for the moment. In a heavy bottomed saucepan combine the butter, Coca-Cola, and cocoa and stir over a low heat until the butter has melted. Remove from he heat, add the vanilla, and spoon in the sifted sugar, beating as you do so, until you've got a good, spreadable, but still runny icing.

Pour this icing over the cake, while the cake is stillw arm and leave till cool before transferring to the plate on which your serving it.

I would assume that confetioners sugar would be icing sugar. I hope this is the same recipee, either way it sounds devine

[New Dawn]

Thanks Mrs B26.... It sound yummo....

But as I am NOT a cook whats Butter milk and could I just use normal milk


I remember someone on either Ellen or The View made this a few mths ago and said to make slices into the cake before icing it ( P***k it with a knife or fork all over ) as this way the runny icing seeps into the cake aswell...

[briggsy's girl]

i googled something about the coke cake last night (very impatient) and apparently if you have no buttermilk you can substitute a bit of low fat milk with lemon juice - not sure the ratio, but maybe google it...

[Junglemum]

You can buy buttermilk in the dairy section of most supermarkets. I have done the lemon juice thing beofore and it worked fine, i have also just used regular milk, but buttermilk gives a yummy texture and slightly different flavour.

Thanks for finding the recipe MRSB26. And yep confectioners sugar is icing sugar.

[*Belle*]

If you look up the Coca Cola website they have recipes all made with coke, was looking at them lastnight!!!