cola in a cake!

[rowie]

I have seen a recipie for a choc cake that also has cola in it and I am very tempted. Has anyone tried it? Is it any good?

[Fiver]

its really really good, you can't taste the coke but it makes the cake really moist and light and brings out the flavour of the chocolate

[rowie]

thank you will try it tomorrow x

[BBWCHATT]

One of my relatives has been making it for many, many years Rowie. It is a great moist cake - but in my opinion needs more chocolate than her recipe calls for - especially for a chocoholic like me! If I ever made it myself, I would add more :)

[crisgal]

i have this recipe too - it's from nigella lawson's domestic goddess book.
I've only made it once and thought it was very nice.
I cut it in half and topped one with walnuts for the adults and one with coca cola bottles for the kids.

have you tried her ham in coca cola? it's fantastic!

[Ed Strong]

Seeing recipes like this makes me wonder who first suddenly thought "Oh, I'll just put some coke in this chocolate cake. It will be delicious"!

[Daave]

coke and ham???

without breaking any copywrite laws, can you give us a better description?

[missjef]

does anyone have a link to the recipe as i would be interested in making this?

[spk]

me too how much coke do you put in !

[BBWCHATT]

Cracker Barrel Restaurant
Double Fudge Coca Cola Cake

INGREDIENTS FOR CAKE:
1 Cup Coca-cola
1/2 Cup oil
1 stick butter or margarine
3 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS FOR CAKE:
In a sauce pan, bring Coca-Cola,
oil, butter, and cocoa to a boil.
Mix the sugar, flour and salt, pour
in the boiling liquid and beat well.
Add the eggs, buttermilk, soda, and
vanilla and beat well. Pour into a
greased and floured sheet cake pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
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INGREDIENTS FOR FROSTING:
1 stick butter or margarine
3 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons cream or milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 to 1 cup pecans, chopped
1 pound confectioners sugar
DIRECTIONS FOR FROSTING:
In a saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa
and milk. Heat until the butter melts. Beat
in the remaining ingredients, and spread on
the hot cake. Cool before cutting.

[BBWCHATT]

Here is the recipe from the Coca-Cola website. We have been doing it here in the USA for years and years - not me personally - I like mine with no glaze at all.

http://www2.coca-cola.com/heritage/recipe_coca cola_ham.html

Coca-Cola Ham
� ham (5-6 lb.)
1 cup brown sugar
1 � cup Coca-Cola�
1 cup crushed pineapple (optional)

Wash ham thoroughly. Rub fat side with brown sugar. Pour Coca-Cola over ham. Pour crushed pineapple over ham. Bake at 450 degrees for 3 hours. Makes 6 servings.
This is a great recipe and keeps the ham very moist.

[crisgal]

the nigella recipe is just boiling a ham joint in a 2litre bottle of full sugar cola. Simmer for an hour and a half, depending on the size of the ham.
After the ham ahas cooled a bit, take off the rind, score the fat and rub in a mixture of mustard, brown sugar and honey. Bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes until golden and crispy.
You can skip the second bit, but it does look lovely on a dinner or buffet table. In fact, I sometimes boil it and then stick it in the fridge till the next day and then do the glaze.

I know it sounds wierd at first, but i wouldn't cook ham another way now.
When you think about it though, coca cola is made from sugar, herbs and spices.

Please please try it - it's delicious!

[Daave]

im gonna have that for christmas dinner!!!

ill get some chicken breasts too, incase i ****** it up!

boiling coke! is that safe? the sugar content might damage the pan? hmm, have to buy a cheap pan do do it in!

[crisgal]

no, you don't need to buy a special pan daave - trust me it'll be fine!

[Backdrifter]

Looking at that cake recipe, while I don't doubt that it's as moist and delicious as we're being told, I find it hard to believe that that's due to the cola. Won't the moistness be more due to the 1 stick of butter and the oil? It'd be interesting to try that recipe as is, but minus the cola.