| Ingredients: | |
| Semi-Sweet Chocolate | 4 oz |
| Water | 1/2 cups |
| Butter | 1 cup |
| Sugar | 2 cups |
| Eggs, separated | 4 lg |
| Vanilla | 1 teaspoon |
| Unsifted flour | 2 cups |
| Baking soda | 1 teaspoon |
| Buttermilk or strong cold coffee | 1 cup |
| Salt | 1/2 teaspoon |
Method:
- In heavy saucepan on low heat, melt broken chocolate with water; set aside.
- Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolks, one at a time beating after each addition. Mix in melted chocolate and vanilla.
- Sift flour with soda.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk or coffee to chocolate mixture; mix until smooth.
- Beat egg whites with salt until very stiff peaks form; fold into batter.
- Spread into three 8 or 9″ round cake pans lined with wax paper.
- Bake at 350-F about 30 minutes. Cool on rack 10 minutes; remove cake.
