How To Use Coca-Cola

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How To Use Coca-Cola

Besides the pleasure of drinking Coca-Cola you can also use it for the following needs:

To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.

To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.

To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains.

It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

Farmers in India have discovered that common colas, like Coke and Pepsi, can be sprayed on crops and function as an effective and affordable pesticide. Although the Coca-Cola corporation says this is impossible, literally hundreds of farmers now claim the soft drinks kill the bugs on their cotton plants as well as any other pesticide.

Coca-Cola is also good for baking. Here is a Colacake recipe:

Southern Coca-Cola Cake

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

2 sticks margarine

2 tbsp. baking cocoa

1 cup Coca-Cola

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cups mini-marshmallows

Combine flour and sugar. Bring margarine, cola, and cocoa to a boil in a saucepan. Pour over flour mixture. In a bowl, beat eggs; add marshmallows, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Combine both mixtures and mix well.

Line the inside of two round cake pans with wax paper [or it WILL stick] and spray generously with cooking spray. Pour equal amounts of batter into the pans and bake at 350º for 30-35 minutes. Do not overcook! A toothpick test does not work on this cake! It's meant to be very moist! If it isn't jiggling in the center, it's most likely done.

Coca-Cola Icing

1 stick margarine

1/4 cup Coca-Cola

3 tbsp. baking cocoa

2 heaping cups powdered sugar

1 cup chopped nuts [optional]

Boil margarine, cocoa, and cola. Pour over powdered sugar; mix until smooth. Adjust the thickness by adding more powdered sugar or more cola. I always add extra powdered sugar. This makes the icing set up like a fudge. You can either add the nuts or sprinkle them on top while the icing is still wet.

Assembly: Turn one cake onto a serving platter while it's still hot and add a layer of marshmallows over the top. Pour warm icing over this and spread as evenly as you can. Let the marshmallows melt and then let it cool! Add the second cooled cake layer and spread remaining icing over the top.