This is a review of the Coke Cake from AverieCooks. I have wanted to try making a Coke Cake since I took my first bite, reluctantly, at a restaurant when my friend ordered it. I thought it was the most bizarre disgusting dessert I’ve ever heard of. It came off as gimmicky. Also, I am not a chocolate cake fan. So, there’s that. To my astonishment, I was blown away by the taste and texture and it became a dessert I always looked for on menus from that day forward. I craved it while pregnant with one of my kids (can’t remember which one). Then I saw it one fateful day on the Cracker Barrel menu. I was elated. I think I ordered it as my entree.
This recipe reminds me of the first time I tried it. When I tell you this cake is moist. IT IS MOIST. Not wet or sloppy, but a melt in your mouth crumb. You don’t taste Coke. And the chocolate is mild. It’s a PERFECT chocolate cake. Magic happens with that Coke, I’m telling you. Combining it with the icing that gets crinkly and slightly breaks under the weight of your fork is NEXT LEVEL. I’m yelling now. I’m passionate about good food and this recipe needs no adjustments or improvements. That’s why I give total credit to AverieCooks for this masterpiece. I did create a recipe card for it because unfortunately her website forces you to print 4 pages.
Please give this recipe a try. You’ll be glad you did. I know you love chocolate, but if you’re a chocolate peanut butter fan, you’ll want to check out my peanut butter sheet pan brownies before you leave!
Coke Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 c sugar
- 2 c flour
- 1 can Coke
- 1/2 c Kerrygold salted butter (1 stick)
- 1/2 c vegetable oil
- 1/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 c buttermilk
- 2 eggs large
- 1 tsp vanilla
Icing
- 1 can Coke
- 1/2 c Kerrygold salted butter (1 stick) diced
- 1/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 c powdered sugar sifted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- For the cake, to a large bowl add sugar, flour and whisk to combine.
- To a medium saucepan add the butter, oil, cocoa powder and coke and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Whisk continuously.
- Once boiling, pour liquid into the bowl of the flour and sugar mixture. Whisk.
- In a liquid measuring cup, measure buttermilk. Add baking soda directly to the buttermilk. Mix.
- Add buttermilk mixture to the batter and whisk.
- Add the eggs and vanilla. Whisk.
- Pour batter to a parchment lined 9x13 pan.
- Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- In the final 15 minutes of baking, make the icing.
- Add Coke to a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until reduced to 1/2 C. About 12-15 minutes.
- While the coke cooks, sift powdered sugar into a large bowl.
- Once the Coke has reduced lower the heat to medium and add butter and cocoa powder and whisk continuously until the butter has melted.
- Add the Coke mixture to the powdered sugar and whisk until smooth.
- Pour the icing immediately over the warm cake. Allow icing to set for an hour before slicing and serving.