Grandma June's Recipe Box · Chapter 33

Old Rusty's Cola Cake

“Gus's mama baked this every time the tractor started on the first try.”

You'll need

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 3 tbsp cocoa (cake)
• 1 cup cola, not diet (cake)
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla (cake)
• 1½ cups mini marshmallows
• ½ cup butter (frosting)
• 3 tbsp cocoa (frosting)
• 6 tbsp cola (frosting)
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla (frosting)
• 1 cup chopped pecans

How to make it

1. Heat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9×13 pan. Mix the flour and sugar in a big bowl.
2. Bring 1 cup butter, 3 tbsp cocoa and 1 cup cola to a boil, then pour over the flour mix and stir.
3. Stir in the buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, vanilla and marshmallows. Pour into the pan (the marshmallows will float).
4. Bake 30–35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
5. For the frosting, bring ½ cup butter, 3 tbsp cocoa and 6 tbsp cola to a boil. Take off the heat and beat in the powdered sugar and vanilla, then the pecans.
6. Spread the frosting over the warm cake. Cool before cutting.

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