Wendy's Kitchen Table

Adding Coca-Cola and marshmallows to this chocolate cake makes it incredibly moist and light. It is impossible to stop at one piece!

 

INGREDIENTS

1 ½ cups marshmallows

½ cup light olive oil

115g butter

4 tbs cocoa powder

1 cup Coca-Cola

1 tsp bicarbonate soda

2 eggs

1 ¼ cups sugar

1 tsp vanilla

½ cup buttermilk

2 cups self-raising flour

 

ICING

2 cups icing sugar, sifted

3 Tbs cocoa powder, sifted

50g butter, softened

Coca-Cola to mix to desired consistency

 

METHOD

Preheat oven to 180˚C or 160˚C fan forced. Grease and line a large round spring form tin with baking paper.

Place marshmallows, oil, butter, cocoa, coca-cola in a large saucepan. Heat and stir until melted. Mix in bicarbonate of soda. Set aside to cool slightly.

In a bowl blend self-raising flour, sugar, eggs vanilla and buttermilk using a hand held electric beaters. Add chocolate mixture and mix together until combined. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake for 50 – 60 minutes or until cake bounces bake when pressed in the centre.