PVC wrote:

> That reminds me of another odd thing they served at my elementary school:
> chocolate cake with sauerkraut in it. Does anyone else here remember
> being served that?

I never got that in elementary school, but I have the recipe for the cake.
The sauerkraut is *supposed* to be reminiscent of shredded coconut in its
texture. It's more nutritious than coconut, and you're not supposed to be
able to taste it. If you could taste it, then the sauerkraut probably wasn't
rinsed and drained well enough.

Here's the recipe I have:

Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake

"No one will ever guess that there is sauerkraut in this cake unless
you tell them," wrote an Ohio farm wife. "The sauerkraut shreds almost
disappear as the cake bakes and taste like crunchy coconut."

2 1/4 cups sifted flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

2/3 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup very hot water
2/3 cup sauerkraut, rinsed, drained and chopped

Sift together first 5 ingredients; set aside.

Cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

Add dry ingredients alternately with water to creamed mixture, beating well
after each addition. Stir in sauerkraut. Spread batter in greased 13x9x2
baking pan.

Bake in 350F oven 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan on rack.
Frost with a creamy chocolate frosting.

Bob