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German Chocolate Cake with Coconut Pecan




Source of Recipe


Fabulous foods


Recipe Introduction


Note from Cheri:
Fabulous Foods reader Suzy Hicks shared this favorite family recipe with us. Suzy remembers her Mom making cakes like this one when she was growing up and she continues the tradition in her own family today


Recipe Link: http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes/dessert/cakes/germanchoc.html

List of Ingredients




4 oz. German sweet chocolate
1/2 C boiling water
2 C cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 C butter
2 C sugar
4 egg yolks
4 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 C buttermilk

1 recipe Coconut Pecan Icing (below)


Recipe



Grease and flour 3 9-inch cake pans. Preheat oven to 350° F. Melt chocolate in boiling water, set aside.

In large bowl mix flour, soda. salt. In a separate bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time until blended well. Mix in vanilla, chocolate, and then flour mixture. Then add buttermilk. Set aside.

Beat egg whites in very clean and dry bowl until stiff but not dry. Fold into cake mixture. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Immediately run spatula around sides of pans. Remove from pans and cool on a wire rack.

After cake has cooled completely, frost with coconut pecan icing .Spread frosting between layers of cake and on top. Cover well and refrigerate.


1 C of evaporated milk
1 C sugar
3 beaten egg yolks
1/2 C butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 C sweetened coconut
1 C chopped pecans

Mix all ingredients except coconut and pecans in a medium saucepan and cook over low heat until mixture thickens, about 10 - 12 minutes. Stir in coconut and pecans. Cool before frosting cake. Refrigerate until ready to eat.