Recipe for cooking coca-cola carrot cake

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Coca-Cola Carrot Cake

Cake
2 c. all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 c. Coca-Cola®
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
2 Tbsp. cocoa
2 1/4 c. raw carrots, grated
3 eggs
1 c. nuts, chopped
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. coconut, flaked

Mix all the dry ingredients together. Beat the eggs well; add sugar, oil, Coca-Cola® and vanilla extract or flavoring 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-in. pan in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 40 to 50 mins., until cake tests done.

Remove from oven and prick hot cake all over with a fork, then pour the Coca-Cola® Syrup slowly and evenly over the top. Serve warm or room temperature with lightly sweetened-vanilla flavored whipped cream.

Coca-Cola® Syrup
3/4 c. sugar
6 Tbsp. butter
2 tsp. cocoa
1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
6 Tbsp. Coca-Cola®
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring

Combine sugar, cocoa, Coca-Cola®, butter and corn syrup in a saucepan; bring to a boil over med. heat, stirring constantly. Boil, stirring, until thick and syrupy, about 5 mins.. Add vanilla extract or flavoring. Remove from heat and immediately pour over hot cake.