beth@umcp-cs.UUCP (Beth Katz) (09/26/84)
A short while ago, someone asked about Pepsi-Cola cake. I forget whether they wanted the recipe or the source of the recipe, but I have both as they appeared in the Washington Post on 9/26/84. The blurb at the end of the article says "Jane and Michael Stern, authors of "Square Meals" (Knopf, $17.95), live in Connecticut, where they spend a lot of time cooking, and eating, tuna noodle casserole and the like." The most interesting of the recipes listed in the paper is: PEPSI-COLA CAKE WITH BROILED PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING (Makes 1 9-by-13 inch cake) 2 C. flour 1/2 C. buttermilk 2 C. sugar 2 eggs, beaten 1 C. butter 1 t. baking soda 2 T. unsweetened cocoa 1 t. vanilla extract 1 C. Pepsi-Cola (Coke works) 1 1/2 C. miniature marshmallows (T=tablespoon, t=teaspoon, and C=cup) Combine flour and sugar in a large bowl. Melt butter, add cocoa and cola. Pour over flour-sugar mixture, and stir until well-blended. Add buttermilk, beaten eggs, soda, and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in marshmallows. Pour into greased and floured 9-by-13 inch baking pan. Bake at 350-degrees for 40 minutes. Meanwhile make the frosting: 6 T. butter 1/4 C. milk 1 C. firmly packed dark 2/3 C. peanut butter brown sugar 2/3 C. chopped peanuts Cream butter, sugar and peanut butter. Add milk and mix well. Add nuts. Spread over warm cake. Place frosted cake under broiler about four inches from heat source. Broil just a few seconds or until topping starts to bubble. Do not scorch! Let cool at least 30 minutes before serving. ---extra note--- This frosting is sounds similar to the broiled frosting in the Betty Crocker Cookbook. I prefer this type of crunchy frosting to the thick sweet stuff usually put on cakes. I made a single layer of one of the simple yellow cakes in that cookbook and made a half recipe of the frosting and used it as a birthday cake. My boyfriend loved it, and he usually doesn't like cake.