Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1       4 ounces bar  baker's german sweet chocolate
  1                cup  margarine
     1/2           cup  boiling water
  4                     egg yolks~
  2               cups  sugar
  2 1/2           cups  cake flour
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
  1           teaspoon  baking soda
  4                     egg whites -- stiffly beaten
  1                cup  buttermilk

Preparation:

Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool. Cream margarine and sugar until fluffy. Add yolks, one at a time, beating well after each. Blend in vanilla and chocolate. Sift flour soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture, beating after each addition until smooth. Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour into 3 greased and floured 8" layer cake pans. Bake at 350 F. For 30 to 34 minutes. Cool. Coconut-Pecan Frosting Combine 1 1/3 cups evaporated milk, 1 1/3 cups of sugar, 3 slightly beaten egg yolks, 3/4 cup margarine, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cook and stir over medium heat until thick, about 12 minutes. Add 2 cups coconut and 1 cup chopped NC Pecans. Cool until thick enough to spread. First top and then sides of cake. Garnish with NC Pecans on top.

Nutritional Information:

4337 Calories (kcal); 186g Total Fat; (38% calories from fat); 46g Protein; 629g Carbohydrate; 9mg Cholesterol; 4946mg Sodium