Ring-O-Coconut Cake

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Title: Ring-O-Coconut Cake
Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
Yield: 10 servings

2 c Sugar
1 c Cooking oil
2 Eggs
3 c All-purpose flour
3/4 c Unsweetened cocoa
2 ts Baking soda
2 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 c Coffee; hot
1 c Buttermilk
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Nuts; chopped
-----filling-----
8 oz Cream cheese; softened
1/4 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1 Egg
1/2 c Flaked coconut
1 c Semisweet chocolate pieces
Or milk chocolate
-----glaze-----
1 c Powdered sugar
3 tb Cocoa
2 tb Butter; melted
2 ts Vanilla
3 tb Water; hot; to 5 tbls

Generously grease and lightly flour a 10" tube or Bundt
pan. Prepare filling: set aside. In large mixer bowl,
combine sugar, oil, and eggs; beat 1 minute at high speed.
Add remaining ingredients except filling and nuts; beat 3
minutes at medium speed, scraping bowl occaisonally. By
hand, stir in nuts. Pour half of the batter in prepared
pan. Carefully top with filling. Cover with remaining
batter. Bake at 350~ for 70-75 minutes, (cover with foil if
it starts to get too brown) until top springs back when
touched lightly in center. Cool upright in pan for 15
minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely. If desired,
drizzle with glaze.
FILLING: In small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla,
and egg until smooth. Stir in coconut and chocolate pieces.

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