April Fools Cake (Chocolate Coconut Cake)

Author: Mary Slavinsky

Ingredients

• $2\frac{1}{2}$ cups flour
• $1$ tsp. baking powder
• $1$ tsp. baking soda
• $\frac{1}{4}$ tsp. salt
• $\frac{1}{2}$ cup cocoa
• $\frac{2}{3}$ cup sauerkraut, well drained
• $\frac{2}{3}$ cup butter or margarine
• $1\frac{2}{3}$ 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.