Chocolate and Coca-Cola Cake

It's Bank Holiday Monday and Nathan and I decided to spend it by going shopping followed by making this yummy Chocolate and Coca-Cola cake! Here's the recipe if you'd like to try it out for yourself :) 

For the cake mix you will need: 

250g of Butter

250g Self-raising Flour 

300g Golden Caster Sugar

3 big tbsp of Cocoa Powder

A pinch of Bicarbonate of Soda

200ml Coca-Cola drink

75ml Milk

2 Eggs 

1tsp Vanilla Extract  

For the topping you will need: 

60g Butter 

200g Icing Sugar 

2-3 tbsp Cocoa Powder

2 tbsp Coca-Cola drink 

Cake Mix

Step 1: Pre-heat your oven to 180°C/350°F/ Gas mark 4. 

Step 2: Grease your cake tin(s) with butter. It's probably a good idea to use greaseproof paper as we had some difficulties getting the cakes out of the tin once they were cooked! 

Step 3: Sift the flour into a mixing bowl followed by the 300g of golden caster sugar.

Step 4: Add in the 3 big tbsp of Cocoa powder and then add in a generous pinch of Bicarbonate of soda. 

Step 5: Melt 250g of butter in a pan and add in 200ml of Coca-Cola, stir well until mixed and then add this to your mixing bowl that's filled with the dry ingredients. 

Step 6: Beat 2 eggs in a small bowl and add this to the main mixing bowl.

Step 7: Add in the 75ml of milk  and the 1tsp of vanilla extract. 

Step 8: Now that all of your ingredients have been added to the bowl you need to carefully mix them all together until smooth. 

Step 9: Pour your cake mixture in your cake tin(s) and cook for around 40 minutes. 

Topping

Step 1: To make the topping, cream 60g of butter.

Step 2: Mix in 2-3 tbsp of cocoa powder along with the 200g of icing sugar. Add the icing sugar in a little at a time as it can get quite messy when it comes to mixing! 

Step 3: Add in 2tbsp of Coca-cola and mix together well until a creamy and smooth topping is made. 

Step 4: Once your cake is cooled cover it in the topping and it should then look a little something like this... 

And there you have it, one yummy scrummy Chocolate and Coca-Cola Cake!

Enjoy!