Crazy Cooking Challenge: Coca-Cola Fudge Cake

It's that time again...Crazy Cooking Challenge time!  This month the challenge is chocolate cake....yummy!  I really wanted to try something different so I searched and searched.  My search came up with all kinds of interesting chocolate cake recipes.  I almost made a Nutella chocolate cake but I ended up making this most delicious cake recipe on The Red Kitchen Project blog. It is a copycat of the cake served at Cracker Barrel.  I have not had the cake there because I am always stuffed after eating their yummy goodness but this cake will be tried the next time I eat there.

My family loved this cake!  It was rich, moist and very chocolaty.  I made the cake in a 9x13" pan.  When the cake came out of the oven and cooled a bit, I took a lollipop stick and poked lots of holes in it.  I then poured the icing over the cake and allowed it to sit overnight.  When I cut into the cake, there was a nice fudge-like bottom to the cake from the icing seeping through the holes.

I will be making this cake again because it was just that good.  Enjoy!

Coca-Cola Fudge Cake

{adapted from the original recipe by The Red Kitchen Project}

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Ingredients

Cake

• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup coca-cola
• 2 cups AP flour
• t tsp baking soda
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup mini marshmallows

Frosting

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup coca-cola
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray a 9x13" pan with non-stick spray.
3. In separate measuring cups, measure the buttermilk and soda. Once the foam from the soda has dissipated, combine the two and set aside.
4. In a small bowl, whisk together flour and baking soda; set aside.
5. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
6. Add the vanilla and cocoa powder and beat until combined.
7. Add the eggs and slowly add the buttermilk and soda, beating until well mixed.
8. Add the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
9. With a spoon or spatula, fold the marshmallows and chocolate chips into the batter.
10. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the center is no longer "jiggly."
11. Remove from oven and allow to cool at least 20 minutes before frosting.
12. Using a skewer or lollipop stick, poke lot of holes in the cake.

Frosting

1. Combine butter, soda, cocoa powder and chocolate chips in a saucepan over low heat; stirring constantly.
2. Once the chocolate is melted, add the powdered sugar one cup at a time, stirring well until blended.
3. Pour the warm frosting over the cake and allow to set for 30 minutes, preferably overnight.

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