White Chocolate Cake

sweetcakes's Note:

This recipe comes from an old recipe book titled "Ma's Cookin' Mountain Recipies" I made this with a cooked pecan frosting, but I think Chocolate would be great for this. This turned out to be a nice moist cake.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 4 ounces white chocolate
• ½ cup hot water
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 ½ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 4 egg whites , stiffly beaten
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup coconut

Directions:

1. Melt 4 oz white chocolate in 1/2 cup hot water. Cool.
2. Cream butter, sugar.
3. Mix in 4 egg yolks one at a time, beating after each addition.
4. Add white chocolate mixture and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
5. Sift flour, soda, salt; add alternately with butermilk, starting and ending with flour. Do not overbeat.
6. Fold in 4 stiffly beaten egg whites.
7. Gently stir in pecans and coconut.
8. Pour in 3 greased and floured 8 or 9 inch pans.
9. Bake 25 to 30 minutes in 350 degree oven.
10. Frost cooled cake with favorite frosting.