Eagle chocolate cake
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ounces | Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate |
| ½ | cup | Water |
| 1 | cup | Butter |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 4 | larges | Eggs, separated |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 2 | cups | Unsifted flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | cup | Buttermilk or strong cold coffee |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
Directions
DIRECTIONS: In heavy saucepan on low heat, melt broken chocolate with water; set aside. Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time beating after each addition. Mix in melted chocolate and vanilla. Sift flour with soda. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk or coffee to chocolate mixture; mix until smooth. Beat egg whites with salt until very stiff peaks form; fold into batter. Spread into three 8 or 9" round cake pans lined with wax paper. Bake at 350-F about 30 minutes. Cool on rack 10 minutes; remove cake.
Source: Recipes from Ghirardelli Chocolate Company of San Francisco From: Sallie Austin