Anonymous August 11 2005

1 pkg. Baker\\\'s German\\\'s Sweet Chocolate

1/2 cup boiling water

1 cup butter or other shortening

2 cup sugar

4 egg yolks, unbeaten

1 tsp. vanilla

2 1/2 cup Swans Down Sifted Cake Flour

1 cup buttermilk

4 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg yolks one 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 three 8 or 9 inch cake layer pans, lined on bottoms with paper.

Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 30 to 40 minutes; cool.

Frost tops only.