German Chocolate Cake
From michellem 17 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 810
This recipe comes right from the box of the German Chocolate bar. I have made this cake about 50 times over the years. My family always requests this cake for thier birthdays. If you have not baked this cake, please try it! Read more ! It always comes out moist and delicious! See less
Ingredients
- 1 pkg.(4oz.) Bakers Germans sweet chocolate bar shopping list
- 1/2 cups water shopping list
- 2 cups flour shopping list
- 1 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- 1 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 4 eggs separated shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 1 cup buttermilk shopping list
- coconut-Pecan Frosting: shopping list
- 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups sugar shopping list
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks butter) shopping list
- 4 egg yolks, slightly beaten shopping list
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 1 pkg. ( 7oz.) coconut( about 2 2/3 cups) shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans shopping list
How to make it
- Line bottoms of 3 ( 9inch) round pans with wax or parchment paper;grease sides of pans.
- Cake:
- Microwave chocolate and water in microwave on high for about 2 min until chocolate is melted. You will need to check and stir it a few times while in the microwave.
- Mix flour, baking soda and salt;set aside
- Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in chocolate mixture and vanilla.
- Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
- Beat egg whites in another bowl with mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Gently stir into batter.
- Pour evenly into prepared pans.
- Bake at 350* for 30 min. or done.
- Cool in pans for 15 minutes.
- Remove cake layers from pan and remove wax paper.
- Cool completely.
- Spread frosting between layers and onto top of the cake.
- For frosting:
- Mix milk, sugar, butter, eggyolks and vanilla in large saucepan.
- Cook on medium heat for about 12 min.( I do this for about 15 min.) until golden brown and thickened. You have to stir the entire time.
- Remove from heat.
- Add coconut and pecans, mix well.
- Cool .
- Frost the cake!
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Reviewed by 11 people-
This looks and sounds wonderful!Thanks Michelle.
ambus
in Lahore loved it
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Hello and WoW! Your pictures are beautiful and the cake looks like I could taste the chocolate and pecan, coconut right through the picture! Honestly, I started thinking about it and I don't believe I have ever made a German Chocolate cake. Well, ...more
shandy
in Tacoma loved it
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Michelle, I am trying to catch up on a few I've missed, in my absence lately...YOU ARE KILLN' ME with these mouth-watering pictures and recipes!! STOP...wait, I don't mean that - please KEEP posting these great pictures and recipes...I'll suffer thr...more
krumkake
in Chicago Suburbs loved it
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