Cocacola Carrot Cake
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 16 Categories:
Cakes
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Christmas
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Desserts
Ingredients:
-----CAKE----- 2
c
Flour, sifted 1
t
Baking soda 1/2
ts
Salt 2
tb
Cocoa 3
Eggs 1 1/2
c
Sugar 1/2
c
Vegetable oil 3/4
c
Coca-Cola 1 1/2
ts
Vanilla 2 1/4
c
Raw carrots, grated 1
c
Nuts, chopped 1
c
Coconut, flaked
-----COCA-COLA SYRUP----- 3/4
c
Sugar 2
ts
Cocoa 6
tb
Coca-Cola 6
tb
Butter 1
tb
Light corn syrup 1/2
ts
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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