Eisenhower's Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

110 gr butter
700 gr sugar
3 eggs
240 ml sour milk
325 gr sifted flour
5 gr baking soda
5 gr baking powder
55 gr cocoa
120 ml boiling water
4 gr vanilla
1 gr salt
1 frosting
2 egg whites
75 ml water
1 gr salt
2 ml cream of tartar

Instructions

Sift flour, baking powder & salt. Cream shortening. Slowly beat in sugar. Add egg yolds & vanilla. Add cocoa, then flour mixture alternately with milk. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour in 2 greased 23 cm layer cake tins. Bake 25 minutes in 190ÂșC oven. FROSTING:Combine 2 egg whites, unbeaten with 1.5 cups sugar, finely sifted. Add 5 tablespoons. cold water, a few rains salt and half tsp. Cream of Tarter in top of double boiler. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Place over briskly boiling water. Beat with egg beater until stiff enough to stand in peaks, about 6-10 minutes. Add 1 tsp. vanilla and beat until thick enough to spread while frosting is cooling. Keep sides of double boiler scraped down with spatula. ----