German Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. (4 oz.) Baker's German's sweet chocolate
1/2 c. boiling water
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
4 egg yolks
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. buttermilk
4 egg whites

Preparation

Melt
chocolate in boiling water.
Cool.
Mix flour and soda. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each.
Blend in vanilla
and chocolate.
Alternately
add
flour
mixture and buttermilk, beating
after
each addition until smooth.
Beat egg
whites until
stiff peaks form;
fold into batter.
Pour into
three 9-inch
layer
pans,
lined on bottoms with waxed paper.
Bake
at 350\u00b0 for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick
inserted
in centers
comes out clean.
Immediately run spatula
around pans between cakes and sides.
Cool in pans 15 minutes.
Remove
from pans;
remove
waxed
paper and finish cooling
on racks.
Spread filling and frosting between layers and over top.
Frost with Coconut-Pecan Filling and Frosting.