Good Eating Monday: Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake
Ever had Coca-Cola Cake? It is chocolate. Of course, I've seen it on the Cracker Barrel dessert menu, but have never tried it. Then I found a Pinterest pin for a Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake I saved to give a try. First a little cake history. The earliest published Coca-Cola Cake recipe was in Charlotte, South Carolina in 1952 as part of an "unusual recipes" contest. The recipe won 3rd place and was contributed by a lady from West Virginia. Then in 1997 Cracker Barrel, a Southern chain restaurant, came across the recipe, revved up the cocoa in it and reintroduced it as Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake! It's been on their menu ever since. You can also find the classic Coca-Cola Company recipe at their website, but I noticed their recipe was more complex and includes using marshmallows . This Pinterest recipe does NOT include being tortured with marshmallows. Really, I'd prefer not to use them. What the Coke does is it is you major liquid in the cak...