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Recipe By Orville
Preparation Time 0:45

Makes 2 thick or 3 thin layers

4 oz german sweet chocolate
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup butter (2 sticks)--softened
2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, add egg yolks, vanilla, and chocolate. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk. Fold in egg whites by hand. Pour into two or three 9" pans, lined on bottoms with parchment or wax paper. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. Apply German Chocolate frosting.