Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, german chocolate cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
German Chocolate Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. German Chocolate Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook german chocolate cake using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make German Chocolate Cake:
- Get Cake
- Get 1 (4 oz) Package baker's German sweet chocolate
- Prepare 1/2 cup boiling water
- Take 1 cup butter
- Prepare 2 cups sugar
- Get 4 eggs, separated
- Get 1 tsp vanilla
- Prepare 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Take 1 tsp baking soda
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Get 1 cup buttermilk
- Prepare Frosting
- Take 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups sugar
- Prepare 4 slightly beaten egg yolks
- Take 3/4 cup butter
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- Take 2 cups shredded coconut
- Get 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
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Instructions 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!
It's pretty sweet by itself, but when paired with coconut. This homemade German chocolate cake with its easy, sweet, and gooey coconut and pecan frosting is my all-time favorite. It's an easy recipe to make from scratch, and my whole family goes crazy for it. Truly though, this easy German Chocolate Cake is one of those desserts that's so good it should become a tradition in your home for a yearly holiday like a birthday, Easter or Mother's Day. German chocolate cake is generally sweet to begin with, but without a darker chocolate sponge to Review Body: I made this and the frosting recipe is phenomenal the chocolate cake is mediocre at.
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