Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  4             ounces  white chocolate
     1/2           cup  boiling water
  1                cup  butter
  2               cups  sugar
  4                     egg yolks -- unbeaten
  4                     egg whites -- stiffly beaten
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
  2 1/2           cups  cake flour
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
  1           teaspoon  baking soda
  1                cup  buttermilk
                        ***FROSTING***
  4             ounces  white chocolate
  1               dash  salt
  2        tablespoons  butter
     1/2      teaspoon  vanilla
     3/4           cup  powdered sugar
  2        tablespoons  hot water
  1                     egg yolk

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, and beat well after each. Add melted chocolate and vanilla. Mix well. Sift together flour, salt and soda. Add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture; beat well after each addition. Beat until smooth. Fold in egg whites. Grease and flour sides of 3 8 or 9-inch layer cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment paper. Pour batter into cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool. Frost tops only. FROSTING: Melt chocolate, blend in sugar, salt and hot water. Add yolk; beat well. Add butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Stir in vanilla. Makes about 3/4 cup or enough to frost tops of two layers.

Nutritional Information:

793 Calories (kcal); 39g Total Fat; (43% calories from fat); 9g Protein; 107g Carbohydrate; 204mg Cholesterol; 658mg Sodium