Chocolate Dr Pepper Cake!

For Matthew's birthday and for the fact that I will be out of the country for it, I decided to make a cake demonstrating his two favorite things: Dr Pepper and PORTAL! Well maybe not his most favorite... but close. So I made this before I left. I was pretty proud of how it turned out... Minus the runny-ness of the icing. It made it easier to apply all the chocolate jimmies. I did not get to try it out, but I heard good things.

Dr Pepper Cake! Portal Style!

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• Ingredients
• 1 cup butter, 1 cup Dr. Pepper cola, 2 eggs, ½ cup buttermilk, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 4 tablespoons cocoa, 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon, 2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar
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• ICING
• ¼ cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, Chocolate Sprinkles, ¼ cup Dr. Pepper cola, Little less than 1 box powdered sugar, Jar of Maraschino cherries, White Icing

Directions:

1 Heat 1 Cup of butter and Dr Pepper
2 Add the cocoa, cinnamon, flour and sugar to the butter mixture
3 Mix the eggs, buttermilk, soda and vanilla and add to the rest of the mixture
4 Pour into prepared 8 or 9 inch pans
5 Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

DR PEPPER ICING 

6 Heat butter, Dr Pepper and cocoa stirring until well blended.

7 Stir in powdered sugar and a little cherry syrup

8 Frost cake by pouring icing on cake
9 Cover with Sprinkles
10 Make cheery supports with white icing
11 Place cherries