Cocoa Cola Cake

Instructions

1. 1

   Combine flour & sugar in a large mixing bowl. Melt butter, add cocoa and cola (not diet), heat to boiling. Cool slightly. Pour over flour and sugar mixture, stir till well blended. Add buttermilk, beaten eggs, soda & vanilla. Mix well, stir in marshmallows. Pour into greased & floured 13x9 pan and bake @ 350 for 40 min., or till tests done. Frost while hot. FROSTING: Combine first 3 ingredients in saucepan and heat to boil- ing. Add powdered sugar and mix well. Stir in chopped nuts. A very good, and unusual, cake

2. 2

   Orange Cake Use the smaller amount of sugar for a less-sweet fruit bread; the larger amount for an or- ange loaf cake.) 1 Cup butter 3 Cups white flour 1-2 Cups sugar 1 Cup flaked coconut 4 eggs 1 Cup chopped walnuts 1/2 Cup orange juice 8 ounces chopped dates 1 teaspoon baking soda Grease well and lightly flour two 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pans. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. In a large bowl cream butter and gradually beat in sugar. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each. Sift together flour and baking soda. Stir the dry ingredients into the butter mixture in three parts, alternating with the orange juice. Mix nuts, coconut and dates and fold gently into bat- ter. Pour batter into greased pans and bake for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until golden brown. Mix to- gether 1/2 Cup of orange juice and 1 Cup of powdered sugar and pour over cakes in pans while still hot. Cool in pans on racks. Wrap in aluminum foil when cool and freeze if possi- ble. Makes two loaves.