Double Rich Chocolate Cake

From Norpro where I buy my cooking utensils.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 1 3⁄4 cups cake flour
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
• 1  cup  chopped  nuts
• 2  ounces  unsweetened chocolate
• 5  tablespoons boiling water
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 4  egg yolks
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 4  egg whites

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*. Grease 2 8-inch round pans. Sift flour before measuring, resift with baking powder. Add salt, cinnamon, cloves and chopped nuts. In double boiler melt chocolate, add boiling water and set aside. Cream butter until soft, add sugar, and cream again. Add egg yolks to cream mixture 1 at a time as you beat them into the batter. Now add cooled chocolate mixture, and mix well. Alternate flour and milk into chocolate mixture. Stir until smooth, add vanilla and set aside. Whip egg whites until stiff. Fold lightly into cake batter. Pour into 2 8" round pans. Bake about 30-35 minutes. Frost as desired.