Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 c Boiling water
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
8 tb Sweet butter
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 c Sugar
2 Eggs, separated
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Dairy sour cream
2 c Flour,sifted *
1 ts Baking powder

---------------------CHOCOLATE FROSTING--------------------------
2 tb Sweet butter
3/4 c Semisweet chocolate chips
6 tb Heavy cream
1 1/4 c Powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla

* minus 2 TBLS ** Preheat oven to 350~F. Grease and flour a 10-inch
tube pan. Knock out excess. Pour boiling water over chocolate and
butter; let stand until melted. Stir in vanilla and sugar, then whisk
in egg yolks, one at a time, blending well after each addition. Mix
baking soda and sour cream and whisk into chocolate mixture. Sift
flour and baking pwoder together and add to batter, mixing
thoroughly. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Stir a quarter
of the egg whites thoroughly into the batter. Scoop remaining egg
whites on top of the batter and gently fold together. Pour batter
into the prepared pan. Set on the middle rack of the oven and bake
for 40 to 50 mins., or until the edges have pulled away from the
sides of the pan and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out
clean. Cool in pan for 10 mins; unmold and cool completely before
frosting. 12 portions. CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Place all ingredients in a
heavy saucepan over low heat and whisk until smooth. Cool slightly;
add more sugar if necessary to achieve a spreading consistency.
Spread on cake while frosting is still warm.

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