Excerpted from The Unitarian Universalist Cookbook: Desserts (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Montgomery, 1968).

• 1 cup butter or oleo, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 Tablespoons cocoa
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup carbonated cola beverage
• 1 1/2 cup minature marshmallows

Combine all ingredients except cola and marshmallows in large mixer bowl; blend at low speed of mixer. Beat for 1 minute at medium speed. Add cola; blend well. Stir in marshmallows by hand. Pour batter into greased 13 x 9 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until wooden pick inserted center comes out clean. Cool for about 30 minutes. Spread with cola icing:

Cola Icing

• 1/2 cup softened butter or oleo
• 3 Tablespoons cocoa
• 1/3 cup cola
• 4 cups confectioner's sugar
• 1 cup chopped toasted pecans or slivered almonds

Combine ingredients, except nuts, in small mixer bowl. Beat until smooth; stir in nuts. Yield: 8-12 servings.

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