Ingredients
1 cup coca-cola
1/2 cup oil
1/4 lb margarine
3 tbsp cocoa (unsweetened)
2 cup granulated sugar
2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
~ICING
Directions
1/4 lb Unsweetened butter
3 tb Cocoa (unsweetened)
6 tb Cream or milk
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Chopped pecans
1 lb Confectioners' Sugar
In a saucepan, bring the Coca-Cola, oil, marjarine and cocoa to a
boil. In a bowl, mix the sugar, flour and salt. Pour in the boiling
liquid and beat well. Add the eggs, buttermilk, soda and vanilla and
beat well.
Pour batter into a greased and floured sheet cake pan and bake for
20-25 minutes at 350 degrees F.
Icing: In a saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa and milk/cream and
heat until the butter melts. Beat in the remaining ingredients.
Spread on the hot cake. Cool and cut. Source: Classic Cooking with
Coca-Cola From the recipe files of suzy@bestweb.net
Servings: 10 servings
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