Chocolate Cake with Amish Starter

INGREDIENTS:

Butter and flour for cake
-pan
1/4 c Raisins (or use currants,
-dried unsweetened
-cranberries, dried
-cherries, or coarsely
-chopped apricots)
1/4 c Scotch whiskey (or the
-liquor of your choice)
7 oz Sweet choclate, in pieces (I
-always use bittersweet)
1/2 c Butter
3 Eggs, separated
2/3 c Sugar
4 1/2 tb Cake flour
2/3 c Blanched almonds, pulverized
1 pn Salt