Ingredients
2 3/4 cup sifted cake flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter
1 3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 eggs
4 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 cup Cointreau
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preparation
Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Cream butter. Add sugar gradually and beat 5 minutes. Add corn syrup and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time. Add chocolate. Mix milk with 1/2 cup Cointreau. Add flour and milk mixture alternately.Mixing well between additions. Pour into a 10 inch tube pan, greased and floured. Bake at 325 for 70 minutes. Cool cake 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Baste with 1/4 cup Cointreau. When cake is cold, turn upside down and baste with remaining Cointreau.
