Cola Float Chocolate Traybake Recipe

Recipe

Cola Float Chocolate Traybake

Chocolatey, Creamy and Full of Retro Charm. A Bake Inspired by Classic Cola Floats

This cola float chocolate traybake is a nostalgic treat that brings old school vibes straight to your kitchen.

A soft chocolate sponge infused with organic cola flavour is topped with a vanilla double cream layer, reminiscent of the iconic float combination you know and love. Finished with a glacé cherry, it’s a fun, feel good bake that’s perfect for parties, sharing, or reliving a little sweet nostalgia.

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Ingredients and cola flavouring and vanilla extract for baking on a wooden surface, including eggs, flour, cherries.

Inverted glass bottle of foodie flavours organic cola flavourings, drops are coming out.

Foodie Flavours organic cola flavouring with a glass of milk and cake on a wooden surface.

Chocolate traybake cake with white vanilla cream topping and cherries on a wooden surface

Chocolate cake with whipped cream and cherries, bottle of Foodie Flavours organic cola, and bowls of cherries on a wooden surface.

Chocolate cake with whipped cream and cherries, organic Cola flavouring.

Ingredients

Sponge

200g Golden Caster Sugar
200g Baking Spread, chilled
3 Large eggs, at room temperature
30g Cocoa Powder
170g Self Raising Flour, sifted
35 Drops Foodie Flavours Organic Cola Flavouring

Vanilla Cream Topping

350g Double Cream
2 Tbsp Icing Sugar
2 Tsp Gorilla Vanilla Extract
12 Glacé Cherries

Instructions

Servings 12 / Prep Time 20 mins / Cook Time 25 mins

Sponge

Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan and line a 20cm x 30cm baking tin with greaseproof baking paper.
Cream together the golden caster sugar and baking spread in a bowl until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, along with the cocoa powder and cola flavouring and beat together to combine.
Fold in the flour until fully incorporated.
Add the mixture to the baking tin and bake in the oven for approximately 25 mins.
Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins then transfer to a wired rack to cool.

Cream Topping

Add the cream, vanilla extract and icing sugar to a bowl and whip together until it starts to hold its shape.
Spread the whipped cream on top of the cooled sponge
Slice into 12 portions and add a cherry on top of each slice.