German Sweet Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (4 oz.) pkg. Baker's German's sweet chocolate
2 1/3 c. sifted cake flour
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. Calumet baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 c. butter or margarine
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
Coconut-Pecan Filling and Frosting (recipe follows)

Preparation

Melt chocolate over very low heat; cool.
Sift flour with sugar, soda, baking powder and salt.
Stir butter in mixing bowl to soften.
Add flour mixture, 3/4 cup of the buttermilk and the vanilla.
Mix to dampen flour; beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.
Add melted chocolate, eggs and remaining buttermilk; beat 1 minute longer.
Pour batter into three 8-inch pans, lined on bottoms with paper.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 to 35 minutes, or until cake tester inserted into centers come out clean.
Cool in pans 15 minutes.
Remove from pans and cool on racks.
Spread Filling on layers and stack.