German Chocolate Cicada Cake Ingredients: 1 4-oz package German sweet cooking chocolate, coarsely chopped 1/3 C water 1-2/3 C all-purpose flour (or 1 cup flour and 2/3 cups finely ground dry cicadas) 50 Female cicadas (blanched) 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ tsp salt ½ C butter or margarine 1 C sugar 1 tsp vanilla 3 egg yolks 2/3 C buttermilk 3 stiff beaten egg whites coconut-pecan frosting (homemade or from the grocery) Assembly: Grease and lightly flour two 8 × 1½ in round baking pans, and set aside. In a small saucepan combine the chocolate and water, cook and stir until chocolate melts, then cool. Stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt. In a large mixer bowl, beat the butter or margarine on medium speed of an electric mixer for about 30 seconds. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, beating well on medium speed, then beat in the chocolate mixture. Add the dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately to beaten mixture, beating after each addition. Fold in the beaten egg whites. Turn cake batter into prepared pans. Bake in a 350° F oven for 30-35 minutes or until the cake tests done. Place the cake layers on wire racks and cool for 10 min. Remove the cake from the pans and cool thoroughly. Fill and frost top with coconut pecan frosting. After the frosting is on, line up female cicadas in a circle around the bottom base as well as the top the cake for that elegant decoration that makes this cake delicious. Makes about 12 servings.