Chocolate Custard Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 3/4 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• in a saucepan, combine chocolate, 1/2 cup milk, brown sugar, and egg yolks. cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until custard is thick and smooth. cool.
• stir together flour, soda, baking powder, and salt.
• in a large bowl, cream butter or margarine. blend in white sugar, beating until light and fluffy. mix together 3/4 cup milk and vanilla. stir flour mixture into creamed mixture alternately with flavored milk. make 3 dry and 2 liquid additions, combining lightly after each. stir in cooled chocolate custard.
• beat egg whites to form stiff but moist peaks. fold into cake batter, and beat by hand for 1 minute. turn batter into two greased and floured 8 inch round cake pans.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched. cool layers for 5 minutes, and then remove from pans. cool completely.