Glancy Family Cookbook

Ingredients

1 pkg (4 oz) German sweet chocolate, from baking section

1/2 cup boiling water

1 cup butter or margarine

2 cups sugar

4 egg yolks

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup buttermilk

4 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool.

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.

Add yolks, one at a time, beating well after each.

Blend in vanilla and chocolate.

Sift flour with soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture, beating after each addition until smooth.

Fold in beaten whites.

Pour into three 9-inch layer pans, lined on bottoms with wax paper.

Bake for 30-35 minutes. Cool. Frost tops only.