Heloise's Cola Cake

By Hklbrries

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine
• 3 tbsp cocoa
• 1 cup cola soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
• Cola Icing:
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine
• 3 tbsp cocoa
• 6 tbsp cola soda
• 1 box confectioners sugar
• 1 cup nuts, pecans or walnuts

Preparation

Step 1

Cake: Combine flour and sugar in a mixing bowl. Heat butter, cocoa and cola to boiling and pour over the flour-and-sugar mixture, mixing thoroughly. Mix buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, vanilla and marshmallows. Add to first mixture and stir well. Batter will be thin. Bake in a 13-by-9-inch pan at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes. Ice while hot.

Icing: Combine butter, cocoa and cola. Heat to boiling and pour over sugar, beating well. Add nuts and spread on the hot cake.