Recipe for cooking crater cake with cola frosting

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Crater Cake with Cola Frosting

Posted by Olga at recipegoldmine.com 4/27/02 6:26:29 pm

This cola cake contains tiny marshmallows that rise to the top and melt while cake bakes leaving crusty little craters. May be iced if desired or eaten as is.

2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1 c. butter or butter replacement
3 Tbsp. cocoa
1 c. cola carbonated beverage
1/2 c. buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring or flavoring
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. miniature marshmallows

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Measure flour and sugar into mixing bowl. Stir. Put butter, cocoa and cola into saucepan over med. heat. Stir and bring to a boil. Pour over flour-sugar mixture. Mix well. Add buttermilk, beaten eggs, baking soda, vanilla extract or flavoring or flavoring and salt. Stir to combine.

Mix in marshmallows. Spread in greased 9 x 13-in. pan. Bake in oven for about 35 to 40 mins. until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean. Cool and ice with Cola Frosting.

Cola Frosting
1/4 c. butter or butter replacement
3 Tbsp. cocoa
1/3 c. cola carbonated beverage
2 c. powdered\sugar
1/2 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring

Combine butter, cocoa and cola in medium saucepan. Heat over medium heat to the boiling point. Remove from heat.

Stir in icing sugar, pecans and vanilla extract or flavoring. Add more cola or icing sugar as needed to make a not too thick icing. Pour over warm cake.

Makes approximately 1 1/2 c..