Exciting Saturday!

The North Carolina State Fair is wrapping up this weekend and Lucas had never been to the fair before so we decided to venture to Raleigh.  We didn't try any fried candy bars but we did enjoy lots of various fair food, Lucas tried his hand at a fair game (and predictably lost), and we did lots of people watching.  As we were leaving we saw this:

Ice cream being made with John Deere motors! We didn't try any because we were already stuffed but the idea definitely caught my eye!  Overall, the fair was a great time but I am glad we went during the day and didn't wait any later because it was busy enough when we were there and was only getting busier when we left.

When we got home I decided to make a Coca-Cola cake.  After three trips to the grocery store to get all the ingredients I finally ended up with a delicious cake!

For stopping in the middle of the icing to go get powdered sugar, it turned out pretty well.  Thanks to pinterest for the recipe!!

For any of you who are interested, here's the recipe:

Preheat oven to 300

Mix:

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon

In a saucepan over medium high heat, stir this together until it boils:

1 cup butter

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup coca-cola 

1/2 cup buttermilk

Take off heat and add to the flour mix. 

Add

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix, put in 9 x 13 pan and bake for a little over 30 minutes

When cake is nearly done make the glaze in a saucepan:

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup coca-cola

Once the mixture boils, remove and slowly stir in 4 cups of powdered sugar.  Add a cup of chopped pecans and pour over the finished cake.