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Fizzy Cola Cake Recipe

Nov 19

Cola Cake Recipe with Fizzy Icing! How cool is that!

Can I just say that you’re in for a treat today? You may or may not have noticed that I don’t post much food here… and when I do it’s pretty basic. It’s not that I can’t cook/bake, in fact I really enjoy cooking, but I couldn’t tell you what I do. I like to make it up as I go and hope it turns out (it usually does, thankfully). But there’s other people in this world that can not only create delicious food and tell us exactly how they did it, but they can also make it look so ridiculously tasty that you scour your cupboards to try and make their recipe right then and there. Aimee from Twigg Studios is one of those people. And she’s created a recipe for all you wonderful Lemon Thistle readers!

Now, before we get to the recipe I need to rave about how good this looks! One of the first things that drew me to Aimee’s blog is her wonderful moody photos. I can’t get enough of the eye candy. But as for real candy? My hubby is a candy fiend, so I’m certain when he sees this I will need to try my hand at it. I love that she not only cooks the cola into the cake and decorates with them- but she found a way to make the icing ‘fizz’ too. I want to try it just for the fizzy icing! Alright, I’ll rest my case and give you guys the goods.

Cola Cake Recipe with Fizzy Icing!

Sponge Recipe

  • ¾ cup butter
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • ¾ cup coca cola
  • 2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 2/3 cup sugar
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 325f/ 160c. While the oven is preheating, melt the butter and add the cocoa powder and cocoa cola; then bring to a boil. Sift the baking soda, sugar, flour into a bowl and set aside. Add the sour cream and eggs into the wet ingredients and mix together. Finally mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and separate evenly into two greased 6 inch round tins. Bake for 35/40 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.

Cola Cake Recipe (with fizzy icing!)

Frosting Recipe

  •  ¼ cup coca cola
  • 2 broken up bars of dark chocolate 8 oz
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp food grade citric acid

In a sauce pan, heat the coca cola and reduce a little so it starts to thicken then add the cream, chocolate and cocoa powder. Stir so the chocolate melts, then put in the fridge until it thickens. To make the icing have a fizzy taste add 1 tsp of food grade citric acid to the frosting.

Build the cake by adding the frosting between the two layers and coating the out side of the cake with the rest. Finish it off by decorating with fizzy cola bottle sweets.

Cola Cake Recipe (with fizzy icing!)

Cola Cake Recipe (with fizzy icing!)

Okay, it’s me again guys. Are you drooling yet? I hoped you liked today’s recipe post and if you did, you stop over to Twigg Studios and leave Aimee some love. I’m also curious if this is something you’d like to see more of? Hit me up with a yay or nay for more recipes in the comments below.

Category: Entertain, RecipeTag: Cake, Food, Guest Post, Kids Parties, Party Food, Recipe, Sweets
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  1. Kara

    Nov 19 at 8:39 am

    Oh man, my teeth hurt just looking at that cake! It sounds SO good, but I may cut back on the coke bottle garnishes just to save myself (and others) from a diabetic coma ;)

    Reply
    • Colleen Pastoor

      Nov 21 at 12:32 am

      Haha! My hubby would eat all the candy off this cake in one sitting, but I’m with you on the teeth hurting!

      Reply
  2. Erin

    Nov 19 at 11:56 am

    Hmmm, looks chewy!

    Reply
    • Colleen Pastoor

      Nov 21 at 12:33 am

      Ah I used to think that about gummy bears on cupcakes. I always pick the candy off and eat it separately, then it’s like two treats in one :)

      Reply
  3. Ginnie

    Nov 25 at 4:47 pm

    This is such a cool cake! Love the sparklers:)

    Reply
    • Colleen Pastoor

      Nov 25 at 11:07 pm

      Aren’t the sparklers fun!? I feel like I need to add them to every dessert I make after seeing this. I know pie’s in my future…

      Thanks for stopping by Ginnie- I so appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment :)

      Reply
  4. Emily @ Table & Hearth

    Dec 02 at 11:01 am

    I’ve never seen anything like this, it would be great for a dude’s party! And yes, I would pick all the candies off mine first :) Thanks for linking it up to On Display Thursday!!

    Reply
    • Colleen Pastoor

      Dec 03 at 10:09 pm

      Haha, there’s not many dudes that would say no to candy! Thanks Emily :)

      Reply
  5. Manda

    Dec 03 at 7:18 am

    Oh this looks amazing!!! My boys would love this cake – all that candy! And I love sparklers on cakes – I put one on my son’s cupcakes when he turned 3 and he sobbed when we lit the sparklers -haa!

    Reply
    • Colleen Pastoor

      Dec 03 at 10:34 pm

      Haha! That made me laugh out loud- I’ll heed the warning and hold off of sparklers for my kids for another couple years :)

      Reply
  6. Susannah // Feast + West

    Jun 02 at 7:39 pm

    Oh, this is so beautiul, Aimee and Colleen! I really love the lighting in these photos, plus the cake just looks to-die-for!

    Reply
    • Colleen Pastoor

      Jun 05 at 9:04 pm

      Aimee’s food styling and photography always inspires me!

      Reply

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