1/4 lb White chocolate,coarsely 1 ts Vanilla extract
Chopped 2 1/2 c Cake flour
1/2 c Boiling water 1 ts Baking soda
1 c Butter or marg. soft 1 c Buttermilk
2 c Sugar Coconut-Pecan Frosting
4 Eggs, seperated
Combine chocolate and water, stirring until choc. melts; set aside.
Cream butter; gradually add sugar beating well at medium speed. Add
egg yolks one at a time beating well after each addition. Stir in
Chocolate mixture and vanilla.
Combine flour and soda and add to chocolate mixture alternately with
buttermilk beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Beat eggs whites (room temp) until stiff peaks form: and fold into
mixture.
Pour batter into 3 well greased and floured 9 in. round pans. Bake
at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out
clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes remove and cool completely on
wire racks. Spread Coconut-Pecan frosting on the top and sides. From
Chocolate Fantasies Oxmoor House
Yields
3 layers