CHOCOLATE INSPIRATION CAKE

This is the cake I remember my Mother making for our birthdays when I was a kid. It was one of my Grandmother's recipes. It is a most remarkable cake.

1 C finely chopped nuts (I like pecans)
2 oz sweet or semi-sweet chocolate, grated
2 1/2 C flour
4 1/2 t baking powder
1 t salt
1 1/2 C sugar
2/3 C egg whites (4-5 eggs-save the yolks for the frosting)
2/3 C butter
1 1/4 C milk
1 t vanilla

Place the nuts evenly over bottoms of two layer cake pans. Sift flour, baking powder, slat, and sugar together. Add butter, milk and vanilla. Beat 1 1/2 minutes. Add unbeaten egg whites. Beat 1 1/2 minutes. Spoon 1/4 batter into pans, using half of the batter. Sprinkle grated chocolate over batter. Spoon remaining batter into pans.

Bake @ 350'F for 35-40 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before turning out. Cool completely and frost layers nut side up with Chocolate Inspiration Frosting.