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German chocolate cake, originally German's chocolate cake, is a layered chocolate cake from the United States filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting. It owes its name to an English-American chocolate maker named Samuel German. A classic German Chocolate cake with tender German chocolate cake, coconut pecan filling and chocolate frosting!
German Chocolate Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. German Chocolate Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have german chocolate cake using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make German Chocolate Cake:
- Prepare Cake
- Take 1 (4 oz) Package baker's German sweet chocolate
- Get 1/2 cup boiling water
- Get 1 cup butter
- Prepare 2 cups sugar
- Make ready 4 eggs, separated
- Get 1 tsp vanilla
- Take 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Prepare 1 tsp baking soda
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 cup buttermilk
- Get Frosting
- Get 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups sugar
- Get 4 slightly beaten egg yolks
- Prepare 3/4 cup butter
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- Get 2 cups shredded coconut
- Get 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
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Steps to make German Chocolate Cake:
- Melt chocolate with water, you can do this by combining ingredients and microwaving them in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30-second intervals stirring in-between.
- Cream butter and sugar. Next beat in egg yolks.
- Stir in chocolate and vanilla. In a separate bowl mix in flour baking soda and salt.
- Beat in flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
- In a large bowl, beat egg white until stiff peaks form, fold into batter.
- Pour batter into a greased/nonstick 9x13 pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Oven temp: 350 degrees.
- While the cake is cooking in the oven, combine evaporated milk, sugar, slightly beaten egg yolks, butter or margarine, and vanilla in a saucepan. It should take about 20 minutes. Stir constantly. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened. Remove from heat.
- Stir in shredded coconut and chopped pecans. Cool until thick enough to spread. Makes 4-1/4 cups.
- Once everything is cool, frost cake and enjoy!
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