Lovelight chocolate cake

12 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 Eggs, separated
1½ cup Sugar, divided
1¾ cup Cake flour
¾ teaspoon Baking soda
¾ teaspoon Salt
⅓ cup Vegetable oil
1 cup Buttermilk, divided
2 Squares (1 oz each) semisweet chocolate, melted, cooled
3 tablespoons Butter, softened
1 pack (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
4 cups Confectioner's sugar
4 tablespoons Milk
2 Squares (1 oz each) semisweet chocolate, melted, cooled
½ teaspoon Vanilla extract

Directions

FROSTING

Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add ½ cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form; set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and remaining sugar. Add oil and ½ cup buttermilk; beat 1 minute. Add yolks, chocolate and remaining buttermilk; beat 1 minute. Fold in egg white mixture. Pour into two greased 9-in round cake pans. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. For frosting, cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar alternately with milk. Gradually add chocolate and vanilla; mix well. Frost cooled cake. Cover and chill.

Recipe by: "Baking - A Family Tradition" (ToH Aug/Sept 95) Posted to EAT-L Digest 04 Feb 97 by Sean Coate <swcoate@...> on Feb 5, 1997.

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