Chocolate Spice Cake

Ingredients
Cake

1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks
2 ounces chocalate
2 cups cake flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
4 egg whites
1/8 tsp. salt

Directions

Beat butter until soft. Add the sugar gradually and blend these ingredients until they are very light and creamy. Beat egg yolks in one at a time. Melt, cool and add chocalate.

Sift flour, then resift with cinnaomn, cloves, baking powder and salt. Then add these ingredients in 3 parts to the butter mixture alternating with thirds of the milk. Beat until smooth after each addition.

Seperately whip until stiff but not dry egg whites and salt. Fold this lightly into the cake batter. Bake the cake in 2 greased 9 inch layer pans at 375 degrees or in a greased 9 inch tube pan at 350 degrees. Add icing.

Ingredients
Icing

1 stick of butter
8 oz. package cream cheese
1 pound powdered sugar
1 to 2 tsp. vanilla

Directions

Cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and vanilla and mix thoroughly.Add milk or cream as necessary to adjust consistency for ease of spreading of icing.