Double Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 eggs
2 1/2 c. sugar
2 1/2 c. cake flour
1 1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 c. butter, softened
1 c. buttermilk
5 Tbsp. cocoa

Preparation

Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
Cream sugar and butter and then beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; set aside.
Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder together.
Add alternately with buttermilk in the first mixture. Fold in egg whites.
Pour into 5 greased and floured 8 or 9-inch pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 25 minutes or until done.
Cool.
Frost with Chocolate Icing.