homemade German Chocolate Cake

Germans are famous for their cake recipes. Ingredients for the Cake Mix:

1/2 Cup of water

4 Ounces of semi sweet chocolate

1 Cup butter

2 Cups sugar

4 Egg yolks

1 Teaspoon of vanilla bean paste

2 1/2 Cups flour

1 Teaspoon of baking soda

1/2 Teaspoon of salt

1 Cup buttermilk

4 Egg whites Stiff peaks

Bring the water to a simmer, You will then add your chocolate and water over a double boiler and melt the chocolate until it is smooth. You will remove from the double boiler and cool down to room temperature. Now you will add the buttermilk flour mixture to the chocolate liquid and stir them just until they are incorporated. You will add about a third of the stiff peaked egg whites in to the batter and fold gently into the chocolate mix, repeat two more times until all of the egg whites are folded in. Do not mix, but fold them into the batter. You will lose the lift the egg whites will produce.