Moist Chocolate Coca Cola Cake Recipe

Moist chocolate Coca Cola cake is just like your favorite Cracker Barrel sheet cake and so much tastier than a boxed cake mix. It’s an easy recipe that makes enough to feed quite a few people. It’s a dessert you’re going to want to make again and again.

The Best Coca Cola Cake

 

Prep Time	Cook Time/Cool Time	Servings	Prep Level
25 minutes	30 minutes/15 minutes	16	Beginner +

Step-By-Step Instructions

Coca-Cola Cake

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and unsweetened cocoa in a bowl, mix together, and set aside. 

In a saucepan, combine butter, vegetable oil, and Coca-Cola. Bring to a boil on high.

Once the mixture boils, pour it into the flour mixture and stir.

TIP: Make sure to completely stir the mixture into the flour before adding the eggs to keep them from cooking. I’ve added eggs to hot boiling liquids and accidentally made scrambled eggs. Oops. But that’s how you learn.

Add the eggs to the mixture and mix well. 

Next, add the vanilla extract. Vanilla is going to enhance the other flavors in the recipe. If you don’t have any vanilla on hand, that is fine, it will still taste wonderful. But vanilla will always make it a little better. That goes for cookies, pies, and other baked items that call for it.

Finally, add the buttermilk and stir everything together. Mmm…this makes it rich and delicious.

TIP: If you don’t have buttermilk, you can use a combination of 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar. Mix it up for a minute, and you’ve got a great replacement.

Buttermilk adds a bit of a tangy taste to anything that you make. I personally think it makes food richer in taste.

The buttermilk is also going to add some moisture to a homemade chocolate cake recipe, or any recipe that you add it to.

Pour the cake batter into a greased 9″ x 13″ cake pan and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.  

You’ll know it’s done when you stick a cake tester in the middle or a knife, and it comes out clean.

I have a skinny little cake tester that I use, so it doesn’t leave much of a mark when I am testing. It’s inexpensive and works perfectly for cakes, bread, or anything you need to test.

There’s a link to the tester down below in the recipe card.

Frosting

This chocolate Coca-Cola frosting is pretty amazing and has a unique flavor. You can use it on lots of recipes for cake and cupcakes. The Coca-Cola gives it a bit of a bite and sets it apart from other frostings.

Add the butter, unsweetened cocoa, Coca-Cola, and vanilla to a saucepan. Cook on medium heat until melted and warm. You can add everything at once, or wait until the butter melts and then add the rest of the ingredients. Either way is fine.

Add the chocolate syrup to the cola mixture and mix together. It’s shaping up nicely. It starts out pretty lumpy, but by the time you’re done cooking the frosting, it will be nice and smooth.

Finally, add the powdered sugar and mix well. Continue to stir until all of the lumps are gone. 

Let the frosting cool for about 15 minutes before pouring it onto the cake. Otherwise, it all slides off to the sides. I leave it sitting in the saucepan off the burner for a little while. Once it cools, be sure to give it a good stirring before pouring it onto the cake.

Pour the frosting over the top of the cake. Doesn’t it look amazing? You could almost make the chocolate cake frosting a meal all on its own.

Let the cake and frosting cool for a few minutes before serving. 

You will love the way the Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake turns out, and it will feed quite a few people. It’s the perfect dessert for holidays, church potlucks, and family get-togethers.

How Do I Store The Cake?

You can store the cake in an airtight container. You can either keep it on the counter or in the refrigerator. It will last longer in the refrigerator.

If you love cake, be sure to try Buttermilk Texas Sheet cake, which is great for crowds, or the best coffee cake without sour cream that turns out moist and tasty.