CAKE
2 c Flour, sifted 1/2 c Vegetable oil
1 ts Baking soda 3/4 c Coca-Cola
1/2 ts Salt 1 1/2 ts Vanilla
2 tb Cocoa 2 1/4 c Raw carrots, grated
3 Eggs 1 c Nuts, chopped
1 1/2 c Sugar 1 c Coconut, flaked
-COCA-COLA SYRUP-
3/4 c Sugar 6 tb Butter
2 ts Cocoa 1 tb Light corn syrup
6 tb Coca-Cola 1/2 ts Vanilla
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.
Yields
16 servings