German's Sweet Chocolate Cake

• 4 ounces chocolate
• 1/2 cup water boiling
• 1 cup margarine or butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups flour, all-purpose sifted, or 2/12 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk

1. Melt chocolate in boiling water.
2. Cool.
3. Cream buter and sugar until fluffy.
4. Add yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each.
5. Blend in vanilla and chocolate.
6. Sift flour with soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture, beating after each addition until smooth.
7. Beat egg whites until stiff; fold in beaten whites.
8. Pour into three 9-inch layer pans, lined on bottoms with paper.
9. Bake at 350F (180C) for 30 to 35 minutes.
10. Cool Frost tops only.

chocolate, water boiling, margarine, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt, buttermilk

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/germans-sweet-chocolate-cake-36996 (may not work)