Cake Recipes
Coca-Cola Carrot Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup Coca-Cola
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 1/4 cups raw carrots, grated
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup coconut, flaked
Coca-Cola Syrup
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons cocoa
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Cake
- Mix all the dry ingredients together. Beat the eggs well; add sugar, oil, Coca-Cola and vanilla extract 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 inch pan in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for 40 to 50 minutes, 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
- Combine sugar, cocoa, Coca-Cola, butter and corn syrup in a 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 immediately pour over hot cake.
Notes
* For best results, use our Pan Release!