Chocolate Cherry Cola Cake

A decadent devils food cake infused with cherry cola and topped with a fluffy marshmallow-cherry frosting. This unique cake combines the rich flavors of chocolate with sweet maraschino cherries and cola for a delightfully moist and flavorful dessert.

12 servings
1 hr 55 min

Ingredients

  • 1 box Devils Food cake mix
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 3 whole eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 10 ounce maraschino cherries
  • cup butter
  • cups powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup milk
  • teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 7 ounce marshmallow crème
  • 18 whole fresh cherries
  • chopped

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    1. Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 x 13- inch cake pan.

    5 min

  2. 2.

    2. Whisk together the cake mix, cherry cola, oil, eggs, vanilla, and the reserved cherry juice in a large bowl until well combined. Stir in the maraschino cherries. Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan for at least 1 hour.

    95 min

  3. 3.

    3. Make the frosting: Using an electric mixer, beat the butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add 2 cups of the powdered sugar. Slowly beat in the milk and vanilla, then beat in the remaining powdered sugar. Add the marshmallow crème and mix well, then fold in the cherries. Frost the cooled cake in the pan.

    15 min