Brownstone Front Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 5 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup butter

Recipe

• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). grease and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.
• separate the eggs. set the egg yolks aside and beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• cream 2 1/'4 cups sugar, vanilla, and shortening. add the egg yolks and beat till smooth.
• sift together the cocoa, cake flour, baking soda, and salt. then add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk to creamy mixture. lastly, fold in beaten egg whites.
• pour into 3 greased and floured cake pans. bake 20-25 minutes in 325 degree f (165 degrees c) oven, or until done.
• to make icing: cook 2 cups sugar, 1 cup cream and 1/2 cup butter or margarine over low flame until mixture forms a soft ball in water. remove from heat, beat about 5 or 6 strokes to make mixture smooth. cool, spread between and on layers while lukewarm. this hardens when cold.