Chocolate Cocoa Cake (Bunny cake)

1 3/4 c sugar
1 1/3 sticks oleo
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
2 1/2 c cake flour
1 1/2 t baking soda
1 t salt
1 c buttermilk
1/2 cocoa
1/2 c water

Preheat oven to 350. Mix sugar into softened oleo. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift together flour, soda and salt. Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk into sugar and oleo and beat well. Combine coca and boiling water. Add this to other ingredients. Bake for 35 minutes.


ICING

1/2 c sugar
1/4 c light corn syrup
2 T water
2 egg whites
1 t vanilla

Heat sugar, syrup and water to 242 degrees or until it forms a soft ball in cold water. Pour into beaten egg whites. Add vanilla. Beat until creamy. Spread on cool cake.

Coca Cola Cake

Sift together 2c sugar & 2c flour in bowl. Set aside. In large sauce pan, melt 1c oleo, 3T cocoa and 1c coca cola. Bring to boil and boil 1 minute. Pour into dry ingredients. Add 1/2c buttermilk and 1t soda mixed in buttermilk. Break in 2 eggs, add 1T vanilla. Stir until smooth. Add 1 1/2c small marshmallows. Stir and pour into greased 13 X 9 pan. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes.

ICING

Melt in sauce pan, 1/2c oleo, 3T cocoa and 6T coca cola. Bring to boil, Add 1 box 4X sugar, 1t vanilla and 1c nuts. Spread on warm cake.