Chocolate Cola Cake with Dulce de Leche, Coconut and Pecan Icing

INGREDIENTS

2/3 cup

hot black coffee

1/2 cup

unsweetened cocoa powder

2/3 cup

cola drink, such as Coke or Dr. Pepper

2 3/4 cups

cake flour

1 1/4 tsp

baking soda

1/4 tsp

cinnamon

1 3/4 cups

vegetable oil

2 cups

sugar

large eggs

1 1/2 tsp

vanilla

2 14 ounce cans

(400 grams) dulce de leche (see Note)

1 cup

Diamond of California Chopped Pecans

1 cup

shaved coconut, sweetened or unsweetened