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.