Coca-cola Carrot Cake
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Cakes
/
Desserts
Ingredients:
-----CAKE----- 2
cups
Flour,
sifted
1
teaspoon
Baking soda 1/2
teaspoon
Salt 2
tablespoons
Cocoa 3
Eggs 1 1/2
cups
Sugar 1/2
cup
Vegetable oil 3/4
cup
Coca-Cola 1 1/2
teaspoons
Vanilla 2 1/4
cups
Raw carrots,
grated
1
cup
Nuts,
chopped
1
cup
Coconut,
flaked
-----COCA-COLA SYRUP----- 3/4
cup
Sugar 2
teaspoons
Cocoa 6
tablespoons
Coca-Cola 6
tablespoons
Butter 1
tablespoon
Light corn syrup 1/2
teaspoon
Vanilla
Directions:
Mix all the dry ingredients together. Beat the eggs well; add sugar, oil, 3/4 cup cola, and vanilla and beat well. Stir in the dry ingredients until smooth, then add the carrots, nuts and coconut. Mix well. Bake in a greased and lightly floured 13 x 9 pan in a preheated 350~F oven for 40-50 minutes, until cake tests done. Remove from oven and prick hot cake all over with a fork, then pour the cola syrup slowly, evenly over the top. Serve warm or room temperature with lightly sweetened-vanilla flavored whipped cream.
Coca-Cola Syrup: Combine sugar, cocoa, cola, butter and corn syrup in saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil, stirring, until thick and syrupy, about 5 minutes. Add vanilla extract.
Remove from heat and pour, hot, over hot cake.
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