#2626 - Chocolate Cake Flour Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 4oz. bar German sweet chocolate (baking chocolate)
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup softened butter
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour (measure before sifting)
1 cup buttermilk

Break the baking chocolate into small pieces and drop them into the boiling water--stir until chocolate is melted, then set aside. In a mixer add butter and white sugar--beat. Add 4 egg yolks--beat. Add melted chocolate mixture and vanilla--beat. Add buttermilk--beat. Add salt and baking soda--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer. In another mixer bowl add 4 egg whites--beat until stiff. Add egg whites to batter--stir until mixed. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool completely. Frost as desired.