Black Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. boiling water
4 c. Baker's unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. buttermilk or sour milk
2 eggs

Preparation

Melt chocolate in boiling water and add butter.
After butter has melted, add sugar.
Sift together flour, salt and soda; add to mixture.
Add buttermilk, then beaten eggs.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 20 minutes in 2 (9-inch) layer pans.