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Recipe: Surprise Red-Velvet Coca-Cola Cake with Coca-Cola Icing (using cake mix)

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SURPRISE RED-VELVET COCA-COLA CAKE

FOR THE CAKE:
1 box red-velvet cake mix (or 1 box plain chocolate cake mix with a drop of red food coloring added)
Coca-Cola
FOR THE TOPPING:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
Approximately 1/2 cup coconut (optional)
1 cup chocolate chips, divided use
1/2 teaspoon coconut flavoring (optional)
Coca-Cola Icing (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13x9-inch baking pan.

Mix cake mix as directed on package, except substitute Coca-Cola for the water. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Mix cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup chocolate chips, coconut and flavoring in bowl. Drop by tablespoon into cake batter in pan. Swirl with a knife to marble.

After mix is swirled into batter, sprinkle additional 1/2 cup chocolate chips over mix.

Bake at 350 degrees F for approximately 30 minutes or until done with tooth pick test in the middle. Cool down and while still warm top with icing.

COCA-COLA ICING

3/4 stick (3/8 cup) butter, melted
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup Coca-Cola
1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
Approximately 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar (more or less to make your prepared thickness)
chopped toasted pecans* (optional)

Mix icing ingredients together until blended and spread on warm cake. Top with chopped toasted pecans if you like.

*TO TOAST PECANS:
Place nuts in shallow pan at 350 degrees F for five to 10 minutes stirring once or twice.

Adapted from source: My Man Can Cook by Janis Mack
MsgID: 0220546
Shared by: Betsy at Recipelink.com
Board: All Baking at Recipelink.com
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