Dessert / Cake: Coca-Cola Cake

From Doug Carey

Ingredients
Cake
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup butter
1 ½ cups miniature marshmallows
3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup Coca-Cola beverage
1/2 cup buttermilk (or scant ½ cup milk + 1 ½ teaspoons white vinegar)
Frosting
1/2 cup butter
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
6 Tablespoons cola-flavored carbonated beverage
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions
Combine flour and white sugar in mixing bowl. Heat 1 cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, and 1 cup Coca-Cola to boiling and pour over the flour and sugar. Mix thoroughly.

Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, vanilla, and marshmallows and mix well.
Bake in a prepared 9 by 13 inch pan for 40 minutes at 350 degrees F.

While still hot, frost with Coca-Cola Frosting: Combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 2 tablespoons cocoa and 6 tablespoons Coca-Cola and heat to boiling. Pour over 4 cups confectioners' sugar and mix well. Mix in chopped nuts and spread over hot cake.