Coca-cola carrot cake

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       Title: Coca-Cola Carrot Cake
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 16 servings
  
 ------------------------------------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.
  
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