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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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