Recipe

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• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 unsweetened chocolate squares
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup sour milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 tsp peppermint extract or 1/2 tsp crushed after dinner mints

• 1 Cream butter, sugar and egg yolks together.
• 2 Add melted chocolate.
• 3 Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together. Add to butter mixture, alternately with sour milk. Mix thoroughly; add vanilla.
• 4 Pour batter into a greased and floured pan.( i used 8 inch round cake pan).
• 5 Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes
• 6 Cool.
• 7 FROSTING.
• 8 (this made a ton of marshmallow like frosting ).
• 9 Place sugar,water and egg whites to cook over boiling water (in double boiler).
• 10 Beat constantly for 5 minutes with a dover beater (I'm guessing a whisk on that one). Add the peppermint extract or crushed after dinner mints.
• 11 Continue beating until frosting is thick and creamy.
• 12 Remove from heat and continue beating until frosting is of spreading consistency.
• 13 Spread over top and sides of cake.