German Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. Crisco shortening
4 eggs
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 pkg. German sweet chocolate
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. boiling water

Preparation

Dissolve chocolate in 1/2 cup boiling water.
Cream Crisco and sugar; add beaten egg yolks.
Add 3/4 cup buttermilk alternately with flour. Dissolve soda in remaining buttermilk.
Add salt to chocolate.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Bake in three 9-inch pans at 350\u00b0 for 30 to 40 minutes.
Cool and frost.