German's Sweet Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1 package German Sweet Chocolate
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 cup butter
- 4 egg yolks unbeaten
- 1/2 t. salt
- 2 1/2 cup sifted Cake Flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 t. vanilla
- 1 t. baking soda
- 4 egg whites stiffly beaten
Instructions
- Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add egg yolks, 1 at a time and beat well after each. Add melted chocolate
- and vanilla. Mix well. Sift together salt, soda and flour. Add alternately
- with buttermilk to chocolate mixture, beating well. Beat until smooth. Fold
- in beaten egg whites. Pour into 3 -8 or 9 inch cake pans, well greased and
- with bottoms lined with wax paper. Bake in 350 degree oven 30 to 40 min-
- utes. Cool. Frost tops only.
COCONUT PECAN FROSTING:
- Combine 1 cup evaporated milk, 1 cup sugar, 3 egg yolks, 1/4 lb. Butter,
- and 1 t. vanilla. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened, about 12
- minutes. Add 1 1/3 cup coconut and 1 cup chopped pecans. Beat until thick
- enough to spread.
Notes
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