CAKE - German Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
  • 7 tsp. soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 pkg. sweet cooking chocolate
  • 7 c. butter
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 4 eggs, separated
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Step 1

Sift flour, soda and salt together.

Melt chocolate in 1/2 cup boiling water. Cool.

Line 3 greased 8 or 9-inch pans with waxed paper.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Stir vanilla into chocolate mixture; add to creamed mixture.

Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.

Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Fold in egg whites; turn into prepared pans.

Bake at 350 degrees, for 30 to 40 minutes.

Remove from pans; cool on racks.