Categories: Chocolate, German, Cakes/choc. 
      Yield: 2 servings 
  
      4 oz Sweet Chocolate (Baker's            1 ts Vanilla 
           -German's brand)                2 1/4 c  Sifted flour OR 2-1/2 sifted 
    1/2 c  Boiling water                            -cake flour 
      1 c  Butter/margarine                    1 ts Baking soda 
      2 c  Sugar                             1/2 ts Salt 
      4    Eggs, separated                     1 c  Buttermilk 
  
  FROM:      Baker's Germans' Sweet Chocolate package 
   
  Melt chocolate in boiling water.  Cool.  Cream buter and sugar until 
  fluffy. Add yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Blend in vanilla 
  and chocolate. Sift flour with soda and salt; add alternately with 
  buttermilk to chocolate mixture, beating after each addition until smooth. 
  Beat egg whites until stiff; fold in beaten whites. Pour into three 9-inch 
  layer pans, lined on bottoms with paper. Bake at 350~ for 30-35 minutes. 
  Cool Frost tops only. 
   
  ~=> Coconut-Pecan Frosting Combine 1 cup evaporated milk, 1 cup sugar, 3 
  slightly beaten egg yolks, 1/2 cup butter/margarine and 1 tsp vanilla. Cook 
  and stir over medium heat until thickened, about 12 minutes. Add 1-1/3 cups 
  flaked coconut and 1 cup chopped pecans. Cool until thick enough to spread, 
  beating occasionally.  Makes 2-1/2 cups.