German Chocolate Cake And Icing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (4 oz.) bar German sweet chocolate
1 c. margarine
4 egg yolks (unbeaten)
2 1/2 c. cake flour, sifted
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. buttermilk
2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking powder
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Preparation

Melt chocolate over boiling water; cool.
Cream margarine and sugar until fluffy.
Add egg yolks, 1 at a time and beat after each.
Add melted chocolate and vanilla.
Mix well.
Sift together flour, salt, soda and baking powder.
Add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture; beat well.
Fold in beaten egg whites.
Line the bottom of 3 (9-inch) cake pans with brown paper. Grease and flour paper.
Evenly divide the batter into the 3 pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 to 40 minutes.
Cool.
Frost tops only. Frost with Coconut Pecan Frosting.