1 pkg. Bakers German Sweet Chocolate
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. boiling water
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. butter or other shortening
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. Swans Down Cake flour
4 egg whites
4 egg yolks, unbeaten
2 c. sugar

Melt chocolate over boiling water. Cool. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, add egg yolks, one at a time, and beat well; add chocolate, and vanilla; mix well. Sift together salt, soda and flour, add alternately with buttermilk to the chocolate mixture; beating well and until smooth. Fold in beaten egg whites, pour into 3 (8 to 9 inch) layer cake pans lined with wax paper. Bake at 350 degrees 30 to 40 minutes. Cool and ice.