Something different chocolate cake

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       Title: Something Different Chocolate Cake
  Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
       Yield: 12 servings
  
       1 c  Butter or margarine
       2 c  Sugar
       3    Eggs; separated
       3    Baking chocolate
            Melted
       1 c  Milk
     1/2    Cake yeast
   2 3/4 c  Flour; sifted
     1/2 ts Salt
       1 ts Baking soda
       3 tb Hot water
            -----icing-----
   2 1/4 c  Sugar
     1/2 c  Water
       3 tb White karo
       3    Egg whites; beaten stiff
     1/8 c  Confectioners sugar
     1/2    Baking chocolate
            Melted
            Toasted coconut
  
   Cream mutter and sugar, add egg yolks and beat well. Add
   melted chocolate, milk, and yeast that has been softened in
   1/4 cup lukewarm water. Add flour and salt, beat well.
   Fold in beaten egg whites.  Let this stand overnight. In
   the morning, add soda dissolved in 3 T. hot water. Makes 3
   9" layers. Grease and flour cake pans, bake at 350~F for
   20-25 minutes.
   
   ICING: Mix sugar, water, and Karo, cook to soft ball stage
   (238~F).  Add slowly to egg whites which have been beaten
   stiff but not dry.  Beat thoroughly until icing is like
   cream.  Add confectioners sugar.  Melt chocolate and
   dribble over cake top for decorating. Sprinkle with toasted
   coconut.
   Source Prize Winning Recipes from the State Fair of Texas,
     1976.
  
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