Crock Pot Coca Cola Cake
This Crock Pot Coca Cola Cake is a dessert that is not only easy to make but also delicious! Made with a few pantry staple ingredients, it’s moist, rich, and sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.
We love making this cake in my crock pot because it’s so easy and hands-off. Simply mix together the ingredients, pour into your crock pot, and let it cook. Plus, there is no need to turn on the oven and heat up the house!
This Crock Pot Coca Cola Cake is so good, and so simple to make. You just pour this in the crock pot, literally mix this in the Crock Pot, pop the lid on and leave it to bake into a wonderful chocolate, gooey warm delicious cake!
The whole house will smell like a chocolate bar. You are going to love this recipe, and everyone you serve this to is going to love this cake. Trust me, keep this one in your favorites!
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- This Crock Pot Coca Cola Cake is moist, rich, and always a family favorite dessert recipe.
- We love serving this cake warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
- It’s the perfect dessert for a summer BBQ, potluck, or family gathering.
- Plus, it’s so easy to make! Simply mix together the ingredients, pour into your crock pot, and let it cook.
🛒Ingredients
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This Slow Cooker Coca Cola Cake recipe only needs simple ingredients that you most likely have on hand already. You may even be able to avoid a trip to the grocery when you want to make this tasty dessert.
- Coca Cola – not Diet
- Vegetable Oil
- Butter
- Cocoa
- Sugar
- All-Purpose Flour
- Salt
- Eggs
- Milk
- Baking Soda
- Vanilla Extract
FROSTING:
- Butter – Softened
- Cocoa
- Milk
- Vanilla Extract
- Powdered Sugar
***See the recipe card below for quantities.
Crock Pot Coca Cola Cake
Make this crock pot coca cola cake once, and you will be making it over and over! It will become a family favorite.
🔪 How to Make Crock Pot Coca Cola Cake
Making this Coca-Cola Cake in the slow cooker is so easy! Just follow the directions below and you will have a rich and chocolatey cake that you will enjoy in no time at all.
For the Cake:
Step 1: Turn the slow cooker on high and add a stick of butter.
Turn the Crock Pot on High, and place the Stick of Butter in the bottom of the Crock Pot, until it starts to melt.
Step 2: Next, add the eggs and sugar and mix
Add the eggs and sugar, and mix together, until the mixture is creamy.
Step 3: Mix in the oil, and milk, and then stir
Add the oil, and milk, and stir well.
Step 4: Add the dry ingredients and blend until mixed well
Add the flour, salt, cocoa, baking soda, and blend.
Step 5: Add the remaining wet ingredients and stir until combined
Add the vanilla, and the Coca Cola, and mix until blended.
Step 6: Cook the cake
Place the lid on the Crockpot, and leave the Heat on HIGH for 30 minutes, then turn the heat setting to MEDIUM, and cook for another 30 minutes.
Step 7: Allow the cake to cool
Turn the heat off, and let the cake cool for an hour to two hours.
For the Frosting:
Step 1: Cream butter, cocoa, milk, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl
In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, or using a hand mixer place the butter, cocoa, milk, and vanilla, and blend on low until mixed.
Step 2: Add the powdered sugar slowly
Add the powdered sugar a little at a time until the Frosting starts to thicken, or all the sugar is added.
Step 3: Thin the frosting if needed
If the frosting is too thick, add a few more drops of milk, if it’s a little thin, add a little more sugar, until you have a nice thick, but spread-able Frosting.
Step 4: Frost the cake
Frost the cake right in the Crock Pot, using all the Frosting, and cut into 3 X 3-inch pieces to serve. Enjoy!
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Nuts: Add some chopped nuts to the Cake batter before cooking.
- Flavor: Try using a different type of soda, like Dr. Pepper, or Sprite.
- Chocolate Chips: Add some Chocolate chips to the frosting for a little extra chocolate flavor.
If you love crockpot desserts like this one, give this Crock Pot Elvis Pudding Cake recipe a try.
🥄 Equipment
You only need a few things to make this recipe. Gather these tools and get ready for a super easy cake, that you don’t even need to turn on the oven for!
- measuring cups and spoons
- 4 quart slow cooker
- wooden spoon or spatula
- hand mixer
- large bowl
🥫 Storage
This Crock Pot Coca Cola Cake will store in the fridge for up to a week, in an airtight container. If you want to keep it longer, you can freeze it for up to 3 months. Be sure to wrap it well so it doesn’t get freezer burn.
💭 Tips
Here are a few tips to make this recipe even easier!
- You can use any type of soda for this recipe, so feel free to experiment with your favorite flavors. However, I do not recommend using a diet or zero sugar soda in this recipe.
- If you want a really moist cake, be sure to use full-fat milk and not skim.
- The longer you cook the cake, the denser it will become. If you want a more fluffy cake, cook it for the shorter time listed in the recipe.
- If you want a really rich and chocolatey cake, use dark cocoa powder instead of regular.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Yes, you can use any type of soda for this recipe. However, I do not recommend using a diet or zero sugar soda in this recipe.
I would not recommend using skim milk in this recipe as it will make the cake less moist.
Yes, you can use dark cocoa powder instead of regular for a really rich and chocolatey cake.
No, you don’t have to cook the cake in the Crock Pot. You can bake it in a 9×13 inch baking dish at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes.
🍽 More Crock Pot Dessert Recipes
Do you enjoy Crock Pot Dessert recipes? Then, give these delicious recipes a try:
- Crock Pot Reese’s Peanut Butter Lava Cake
- Slow Cooker Raspberry Zinger Cake
- Easy Crock Pot Pumpkin Bread Pudding
- Crock Pot Pumpkin Honey Bun Cake
- Slow Cooker Gingerbread Cake
🧾Crock Pot Coca Cola Cake
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Crock Pot Coca Cola Cake
Equipment
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- 4 Quart crock pot
- wooden spoon or spatula
- Hand mixer
- large bowl
Ingredients
For Cake
- 1 cup original Coca Cola – not Diet
- ½ cup Cooking Oil
- 1 stick of Butter
- 3 Tablespoons Cocoa powder
- 2 cups Sugar
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
For Frosting:
- 1 Stick of Butter – Softened
- 2 ⅓ Tablespoons Cocoa powder
- 6 Tablespoons Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 3 ¾ cups Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Turn the Crock Pot on High, and place the Stick of Butter in the bottom of the Crock Pot, until it starts to melt. Add the Eggs and Sugar, and mix together, until the mixture is creamy.
- Add the Oil, and Milk, and stir well. Add the Flour, salt, Cocoa, Baking Soda and blend. Add the Vanilla, and the Coca Cola, and mix until blended.
- Place the lid on the Crock pot, and leave the Heat on HIGH for 30 minutes, then turn the Heat setting to MEDIUM, and cook for another 30 minutes. Turn the Heat off, and let the cake cool for an hour to two hours.
- FROSTING:
- In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, place the Butter, Cocoa, Milk, and Vanilla, and blend on low until mixed. Add the Powdered Sugar a little at a time until the Frosting starts to thicken, or all the Sugar is added.
- If Frosting is too thick, add a few more drops of Milk, if its a little thin, add a little more Sugar, until you have a nice thick, but spread-able Frosting.
- Frosting the Cake right in the Crock Pot, using all the Frosting, and cut into 3 X 3 inch pieces to serve. Enjoy!
What size crockpot?
4 quart