Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake

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Best Chocolate Cake Ever?


Coca Cola Cake is a sinfully rich chocolate concoction of the 1960's. It was a favorite during my teenage years and was a standard at parties during that time. There are several different recipes for this moist, delicious sheet cake and I have gathered many of them here in this lens. We hope you enjoy eating this delicious blast from the past. We've also added some of our favorite 1960's song mp3's and some Coca-Cola memorabilia, too.
 

Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake

The best Chocolate Cake ever baked.

Cola Cake in 1969 


Let's go back to 1969, a time of experimentation in music, food, science and more. Peace, Love and Rock and Roll were the themes of the decade and it all culminated in 1969 with Woodstock. The Age of Aquarius was the best record of the year and while it was playing, in between wild jirations and snuggling slow dances, teenagers stuffed their faces with the mouth watering treat, Coca Cola Cake. Coca Cola was king and slogans like: "Things Go Better With Coke" and "It's the Real Thing" became part of the culture of the times. The Coca Cola Cake was born out of this opulent time, when more was better. Chocolate cake is good, but making it richer and more moist by adding Coca Cola is much better. Hey man, you don't even have to take it out of the cake pan. All you have to do is pour the gooey icing on top of the warm cake while it is still in the pan. Delicious and easy to make, too, much, much better.

Here are some of the recipes for this delectable treat that is still enjoyed today. Some people say that it is the best chocolate cake ever.

 

Age of Aquarius 

Fifth Dimension

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Cola Cake - The Official Recipe from the Coca-Cola Company 


Cake:
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups small marshmallows
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup Coca-Cola
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
3 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
1 box (16 ounces) confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, sift sugar and flour. Add marsh-mallows. In saucepan, mix butter, oil cocoa and Coca-Cola. Bring to a boil and pour over dry ingredients; blend well. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk just before adding to batter along with eggs and vanilla extract, mixing well. Pour into a well-greased 9-by-13-inch pan and bake 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from oven and frost immediately.

To make frosting, combine butter, cocoa and Coca-Cola in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and pour over confectioners' sugar, blending well. Add vanilla extract and pecans. Spread over hot cake. When cool, cut into squares and serve.

 



Recipe from: The Coca-Cola Company

 

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Coca Cola Cake 

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All butter, no margarine or oil in this one.

2 c. unsifted flour
2 c. sugar
2 sticks butter
3 tbsp. cocoa
1 c. Coca Cola
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
2 eggs, beaten
1 tbsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. miniature marshmallows

Sift flour and sugar into a bowl. Heat butter, cocoa and coca cola to boiling point. Pour over flour and sugar mixture. Add buttermilk, soda, eggs, vanilla and marshmallows; mix. Batter will be thin and marshmallows will float to top. Pour batter into oiled floured oblong pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Ice cake while hot.

ICING FOR COCA COLA CAKE:

1/2 c. butter
3 tbsp. cocoa
6 tbsp. Coca Cola
1 box confectioners' sugar
1 c. chopped nuts

 



Recipe from: Cooks.com

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Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake 

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No Marshmallows in this one and less cocoa. This is similar to the recipe that we used.

2 c. unsifted cake flour
2 c. sugar
2 sticks butter
2 tbsp. cocoa
1 c. Coca-Cola
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt

Sift together the flour and sugar. Heat to boiling point the butter, cocoa and Coca-Cola. Add to the flour and sugar mixture. Stir to blend. Add buttermilk, soda, eggs, salt and vanilla. Stir with a spoon until well blended. Pour into a greased and floured oblong pan (Pyrex dish). Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Batter will be thin. Ice while hot.

COCA-COLA ICING:

1/2 c. butter
6 tbsp. Coca-Cola
1 box confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tbsp. cocoa

Heat to boiling point the butter, cocoa and Cola-Cola. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; stir to blend. Using a fork, make holes in the hot cake and pour the hot icing over it.

 



Recipe from: Cooks.com

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Oscar Winners of 1969 


Bet you have seen all of these. We did.

Best Picture - Midnight Cowboy
Best Actor - John Wayne for True Grit
Best Actress - Maggie Smith for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Supporting Actor - Gig Young for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Supporting Actress - Goldie Hawn for Cactus Flower
Best Director - John Schlesinger for Midnight Cowboy

 

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Grammy Winners of 1969 


Do you remember these?

Record of the Year - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In; 5th Dimension
Album of the Year - Blood, Sweat and Tears; Blood, Sweat and Tears
Song of the Year - Games People Play; Joe South - songwriter
Best New Artist of 1969 - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Best Contemporary Song - Games People Play; Joe South - songwriter
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance - Male - Everybody's Talkin'; Harry Nilsson
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance - Female - Is That All There Is; Peggy Lee
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By a Group - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In; 5th Dimension
Best Contemporary Performance By a Chorus - Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet; Percy Faith Orchestra and Chorus
Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance - Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie; Blood, Sweat and Tears
Best Rhythm and Blues Song - Color Him Father; Richard Spencer - songwriter
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance - Male - The Chokin' Kind; Joe Simon
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance - Female - Share Your Love With Me; Aretha Franklin
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Group or Duo - It's Your Thing; Isley Brothers
Best Country Song - A Boy Named Sue; Shel Silverstein - songwriter
Best Country Vocal Performance - Male - A Boy Named Sue; Johnny Cash
Best Country Vocal Performance - Female - Stand by Your Man; Tammy Wynette
Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group - MacArthur Park; Waylon Jennings and the Kimberlys
Best Instrumental Arrangement - Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet; Henry Mancini - arranger
Best Instrumental Theme - Midnight Cowboy; John Barry - composer
Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album - Promises, Promises Burt Bacharach and Hal Davis - composers
Best Original Score Written for Motion Picture or Television - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Burt Bacharach - composer
Album of the Year - Classical - Switched-On Bach; Walter Carlos
Best Album Cover - America the Beautiful; Kelbish-painting, Stahlberg-graphics

 

Fun in the Sixties 

Rocking to that sixties music.

Top Twenty Songs of 1969 


We danced many times to these.

1. SUGAR SUGAR by the Archies
2. AQUARIUS c/w LET THE SUNSHINE IN by the Fifth Dimension
3. I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU by the Temptations
4. HONKY TONK WOMEN by the Rolling Stones
5. EVERYDAY PEOPLE by Sly & The Family Stone
6. DIZZY by Tommy Roe
7. HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME by Sly & The Family Stone
8. I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN by Tom Jones
9. BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP by Foundations
10. CRIMSON AND CLOVER by Tommy James & The Shondells
11. ONE by Three Dog Night
12. CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION by Tommy James & The Shondells
13. HAIR by Cowsills
14. TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY by Marvin Gaye
15. LOVE THEME FROM "ROMEO AND JULIET" by Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
16. GET TOGETHER by Youngbloods
17. GRAZIN' IN THE GRASS by Friends of Distinction
18. SUSPICIOUS MINDS by Elvis Presley
19. PROUD MARY by Creedence Clearwater Revival
20. WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE) by Jnr. Walker & The All Stars

 

The Year 1969 According to Wiki 

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Swisstoons wrote...

Lots of fun perusing your lens. I've never had it (would love to try some) and never even heard of it before....but I do remember everything on those Grammy and Top Twenty lists. Thanks for that trip down Memory Lane! Lensrolling this one to my Laftovers food lens.

ReplyPosted May 09, 2009

flighty02 wrote...

Its something I have never tried but you have a great lens! Welcome to The Cooks Cafe group.

ReplyPosted January 13, 2009

lakeerieartists wrote...

Never had this, but it sounds great. Welcome to the Comfort Food Group.

ReplyPosted January 01, 2009

naturegirl7 wrote...

in reply to Margo_Arrowsmith I've never tried it with Coke Zero and I'm not sure if it would work. I'm featuring your Mother's Chocolate Mayo cake here.

ReplyPosted December 16, 2008

Margo_Arrowsmith wrote...

Someone told me about this when I did my Mother's Chocolate Mayo cake lens! I am going to feature this there, I have been looking for it. ! ***** Have you tried it with Coke Zero?

ReplyPosted December 11, 2008

 
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