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German Chocolate Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. German Chocolate Cake is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook german chocolate cake using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make German Chocolate Cake:
- Make ready Cake
- Prepare 1 (4 oz) Package baker's German sweet chocolate
- Take 1/2 cup boiling water
- Get 1 cup butter
- Make ready 2 cups sugar
- Get 4 eggs, separated
- Get 1 tsp vanilla
- Get 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Get 1 tsp baking soda
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Take 1 cup buttermilk
- Get Frosting
- Get 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups sugar
- Prepare 4 slightly beaten egg yolks
- Take 3/4 cup butter
- Take 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- Make ready 2 cups shredded coconut
- Take 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
Whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a small bowl; set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. The name German chocolate cake is a little deceiving as it is not actually a German dessert and traditionally the cake is a lighter colored cake with a mild chocolate taste and the entire cake is usually covered in coconut pecan frosting. 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.
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!
It owes its name to an English-American chocolate maker named Samuel German, who developed a formulation of dark baking chocolate that came to be used in the cake recipe. Sweet baking chocolate is traditionally used for the chocolate. Remove from oven, and gently run a knife around outer edge of cake layers to loosen from sides of pans. Delicious frosting for a german chocolate cake. I made a boxed german chocolate cake mix to save time, but used this recipe for the frosting and the entire cake was a hit.
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