Mom brought me awesome cake! Coca Cola Cake Recipe

I’ll admit, I side-eyed both her and the container of cake she brought over the other day… later that night I texted her for the recipe.
It was sooo good!

1 cup Coke
1/2 cup oil
1 stick of butter
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk*
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

-Preheat oven to 350. Prepare greased, lightly floured 13x9.
-In a saucepan combine and bring the Coke, oil, butter, and cocoa to a boil.
-In a large bowl combine sugar, flour, and salt.
-Pour boiling Coke mixture into the flour mixture and beat well.
-Add eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, and vanilla. Beat well.
-Pour into prepared pan.
-Bake 20-25 min.
-Remove from pan and cool for 10 min.

Frosting:
1 stick butter
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
6 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
3 & 3/4 cups powdered sugar

-Heat butter, cocoa powder, and milk till the butter is melted.
-Beat in everything else then spread on cake while still warm


*Mom said, I quote, “Screw buying buttermilk. Take a cup of milk, add a tablespoon of white vinegar, let it sit for 3 minutes. Use a half cup for the recipe and throw the rest out. You can use lemon juice if you don’t have any vinegar.”

Why not 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 TB. vinegar? No idea, but I’ll do it like she said because she said so. Also the directions are brief because it’s from my Mom. I actually expanded them some for clarity- you all should see the non-baked goods recipes she sends! The ingredient amount descriptions are amazing and very entertaining. It drives my “Type A” hyper-organized sister and youngest niece nuts, lol! Mom and Grandma are a big “eh, just eyeball it” cooks (except when baking) and I inherited that from them. ❤️

Also: I double checked with her and yes, the baking soda goes in when the eggs, milk, and vanilla do. It must have something to do with the Coke and a potential fizzy reaction, I’d guess?