Recipe: Appetizing German Chocolate Cake

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German Chocolate Cake. Hand frosted with coconut-filled icing, and topped with smooth chocolate ganache drizzle. Come See our Unique Cake Gifts! Check out our new Mini Cake Explosion Boxes and Mini Cake Variety Packs A hit ever since it was developed by Sam German for Baker's Chocolate Company, this cake is filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting.

German Chocolate Cake For bakers who want to learn more about how to make the perfect cake, this easy German chocolate cake recipe is the ideal hands-on. Grease waxed paper and set aside. In small saucepan, melt chocolate with water over low heat; cool. You can cook German Chocolate Cake using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of German Chocolate Cake

  1. Prepare of Cake.
  2. It's 1 (4 oz) of Package baker's German sweet chocolate.
  3. You need 1/2 cup of boiling water.
  4. It's 1 cup of butter.
  5. It's 2 cups of sugar.
  6. Prepare 4 of eggs, separated.
  7. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
  8. You need 2 cups of all-purpose flour.
  9. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
  10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
  11. Prepare 1 cup of buttermilk.
  12. Prepare of Frosting.
  13. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of evaporated milk.
  14. You need 1 1/2 cups of sugar.
  15. It's 4 of slightly beaten egg yolks.
  16. Prepare 3/4 cup of butter.
  17. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla.
  18. You need 2 cups of shredded coconut.
  19. You need 1 1/2 cups of chopped pecans.

Whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a small bowl; set aside. HOW TO MAKE GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE. Start by creating the two layers of moist chocolate cake! Upon researching for hours for a German Chocolate cake recipe worth the time to make and choosing this one, I bought the "Bakers" German sweet chocolate bar for use in this cake.

German Chocolate Cake step by step

  1. 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..
  2. Cream butter and sugar. Next beat in egg yolks..
  3. Stir in chocolate and vanilla. In a separate bowl mix in flour baking soda and salt..
  4. Beat in flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk..
  5. In a large bowl, beat egg white until stiff peaks form, fold into batter..
  6. Pour batter into a greased/nonstick 9x13 pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Oven temp: 350 degrees..
  7. 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..
  8. Stir in shredded coconut and chopped pecans. Cool until thick enough to spread. Makes 4-1/4 cups..
  9. Once everything is cool, frost cake and enjoy!.

After opening the box of chocolate, there are recipes in there for frosting, cake and a few others using this chocolate. I am so excited to share this cake with you today. It's been a long time coming! I've got a German Chocolate Cheesecake and German Chocolate Cookie Stacks, but no actual cake. I actually first made this cake a couple years ago, but wasn't completely happy with it so it got pushed aside until now.