White Chocolate Cake Success!

I fount this recipe in a southern living cookbook i had checked out from the library a couple weeks ago and finally decided to make it. Ill just say that the first one didn't work out to well but i did a lot of things wrong and had to try other stuff. At last i finally got it right and it turned out perfect! Ill post the after picture with the frosting but my uncle mark decided to help me get it "unstuck" and it kind of crumbled on one side so ill post the before picture too so you can see. All and all it didn't turn out that bad except for running out of frosting.

Ingredients:

1/3 cup chopped bakers (bakers brand) white chocolate

1 cup butter, softened

1 ½ cups sugar

4 large eggs, separated

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 ½ cups shifted self rising flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup buttermilk

Directions:

Microwave chocolate in a glass bowl on HIGH 45 seconds or until melted. Beat the butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beat well after each addition. Add melted white chocolate and vanilla.

Sift flour and baking soda together; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat egg whites at high speed until peaks form. Gently fold beaten egg whites into batter. Pour batter into 3 greased 9-inch round cake pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread frosting in-between layers and on top and sides of cake. Garnish, if desired. 

Just a side note: i used the whipped cream cheese frosting and it turned out delicious!