• Prep Time:
  • Cooking Time:
  • Serves: 8 Servings

German Chocolate Cake

  • Recipe Submitted by on

Category: Cakes, Desserts

 Ingredients List

  • 4 oz Sweet Chocolate squares
  • 1/3 c Water, boiling
  • 2/3 c Butter, softened
  • 1 c Plus
  • 2 tb Sugar
  • 1 ts Vanilla
  • 3 Egg yolk
  • 1 3/4 c Cake flour, unsifted
  • 3/4 ts Baking powder
  • 1/2 ts Salt
  • 2/3 c Buttermilk
  • 3 Egg white

 Directions

Break chocolate into small pieces; add to water in saucepan. Stir until
chocolate is melted; cool. Combine butter, sugar, and vanilla in large
mixer bowl at high speed until fluffy. Beat in egg YOLKS one at a time;
blend well. Gradualy add melted chocolate. Stir together flour, baking
soda, and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture on low
speed. Mix just until well-blended. Beat egg WHITES unitl stiff; fold in.
pour into desired baking pans. preheat oven; bake at 350* 2 9" pans 30-35
minutes 3 8" pans 25 minutes 13x9x2" pan 40-45 minutes. COCONUT-PECAN
FROSTING: Blend 2/3 cup evaporated milk, 2/3 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter and
1 egg(slightly beaten), in saucepan. Place over Medium heat; cook and stir
until comes to full boil,boil and stir 2 minutes. Cool slightly; add 1 cup
coconut, 3/4 cup chopped pecans, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Cool until
spreading consistency, stirring occasionally.

NOTES : SUBSTATUTIONS: 1 2/3 Cup All-purpose flour for the
cake flour
2/3 c millk plus 2 teaspoon vinegar for the buttermilk

 Share this Recipe

Recipes by Course

Recipes by Main Ingredient

Recipes by Cuisine

Recipes by Preparation

Recipes by Occasion

Recipes by Dietary

Sign Up and Create a Cookbook Today!

Please Sign in to your Account or Sign up if you are new user.

Who loves our Healthy Recipes?