Chocolate Cola Cake
- 7/8 cup butter room temperature
- 7/8 cup cola
- 5/8 cup milk
- 2 3/4 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 3/4 cups pastry flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 9/16 cup cocoa powder pure
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 5/8 tablespoon granulated sugar
- vanilla extract splash
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 9/16 cup dark chocolate 70 percent cacao
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Grease either a Bundt pan or a 22- by 22-centimeter baking pan.
- In a Dutch oven, melt 200 grams of butter with the cola. Do not let boil. Cool. Add the milk and heavy cream and stir together.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, a pinch of salt, the baking soda, and the cocoa powder. Add the granulated sugar (optional) and vanilla extract (optional) and mix well.
- Add the lightly beaten eggs and fold in the butter/cola mixture until there are no lumps.
- Pour the batter out into your pan of choice and bake about 40 minutes. Let cool a bit before inverting onto a cooling rack.
- Combine the 90 grams of dark chocolate, butter, and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave the mixture in 1 minute intervals, stirring in between until everything has melted together.
- Pour the frosting over the cake and let cool completely before serving.
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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chocolate-Cola-Cake-626784 (may not work)