Recipe: Kuntz Bakery Chocolate Cake with Caramel Icing

KUNTZ'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

1/2 cup butter or shortening with salt
2 cup sugar
3 eggs, separated
1 cup sour milk
2 1/2 cups flour
6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup warm water
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 double recipe Caramel Icing (recipe follows)

Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg yolks, add sour milk and vanilla, mixing after each addition.

Mix flour and cocoa powder together and add to the above mixture. Fold in beaten egg whites.

Mix warm water and baking soda together and add. Divide batter between 2 large or 3 small greased baking pans.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 35 minutes.

CARAMEL ICING

Double this recipe for Kuntz's cake.

2 cups brown sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 heaping tbsp butter

Moisten the brown sugar with 1/4 cup water. Cook over medium heat until it spins a thread.

Add condensed milk and butter to the sugar mixture. Mix well.