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  2. 1/2 cup boiling water

  3. 1 cup butter

  4. 2 cups sugar

  5. 4 egg yolks -- unbeaten

  6. 4 egg whites -- stiffly beaten

  7. 1 teaspoon vanilla

  8. 2 1/2 cups cake flour

  9. 1/2 teaspoon salt

  10. 1 teaspoon baking soda

  11. 1 cup buttermilk

  12. **FROSTING**

  13. 4 ounces white chocolate

  14. 1 dash salt

  15. 2 tablespoons butter

  16. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

  17. 3/4 cup powdered sugar

  18. 2 tablespoons hot water

  19. 1 egg yolk

Instructions Jump to Ingredients ↑

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool.

  3. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, and beat well after each. Add melted chocolate and vanilla. Mix well.

  4. Sift together flour, salt and soda. Add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture; beat well after each addition. Beat until smooth.

  5. Fold in egg whites. Grease and flour sides of 3 8 or 9-inch layer cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment paper. Pour batter into cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool. Frost tops only.

  6. FROSTING: Melt chocolate, blend in sugar, salt and hot water. Add yolk; beat well. Add butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Stir in vanilla. Makes about 3/4 cup or enough to frost tops of two layers.

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