# April Fools Cake (Chocolate Coconut Cake)

Author: Mary Slavinsky

### Ingredients

- 221​ cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 41​ tsp. salt
- 21​ cup cocoa
- 32​ cup sauerkraut, well drained
- 32​ cup butter or margarine
- 132​ cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
- 1 cup water

### Instructions

- Sift dry ingredients together; set aside.
- Rinse drained sauerkraut; cut into small pieces with scissors.
- Cream the butter and sugar until creamy.
- Add eggs, one at a time; beat well.
- Add vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with water, ending with flour mixture.
- Fold in ”coconut” last.
- Grease two (8 inch) layer cake pans.
- Lightly dust with cocoa to keep the nice dark color on the outside of the layers.
- Pour in batter and bake in 350° oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until it tests done.
- Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing to racks to cool.
- Fill and frost with your favorite icing.

> Quote

> I liked seeing the looks on people’s faces when they said how much they loved the cake and I told them it was not coconut.