Recipe: Appetizing German Chocolate Cake

German Chocolate Cake. Hand frosted with coconut-filled icing, and topped with smooth chocolate ganache drizzle. 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. This German chocolate cake recipe is one of Betty Crocker's most popular desserts, and for good reason.

Grease waxed paper and set aside. In small saucepan, melt chocolate with water over low heat; cool. Whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a small bowl; set aside. You can cook German Chocolate Cake using 19 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of German Chocolate Cake

1. Prepare of frosting.
2. Prepare 300 grams of chocolate chips.
3. You need 500 ml of whipping cream.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of butter.
5. You need of Cake.
6. It's 6 of egg yolks.
7. It's 1 cup of sugar.
8. It's 1 tbsp of vanilla extract.
9. You need 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
10. Prepare 1/2 cup of starch.
11. It's 1/4 cup of cocoa.
12. It's 1/3 cup of melted butter.
13. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
14. You need 1 cup of milk.
15. You need 6 of egg whites.
16. Prepare of filling.
17. Prepare 1 can of cherry pie filling.
18. It's of Topping.
19. You need 1 of chocolate shavings (optional).

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. After opening the box of chocolate, there are recipes in there for frosting, cake and a few others using this chocolate.

German Chocolate Cake instructions

1. In a pot, slowly heat the whipping cream. When almost at a boil remove from heat and add the butter and chocolate chips. Mix with a whisk until everything is melted and smooth. You can choose milk or semi sweet chocolate chips..
2. Put cream in fridge until cooled completely..
3. Preheat oven to 375°F.
4. With a mixer, whip egg yolks, vanilla and sugar until peaks form..
5. Combine all dry ingredients. Starch can be substituted with 1/2 cup of flour..
6. While mixing, add melded butter to egg yolks.
7. Alternating with the milk, add the dry ingredients while constantly mixing..
8. Whip the egg whites until peaks form..
9. With a whisk, carefully mix the egg whites with the batter..
10. Grease the bottom of a round cake pan and fill in batter. Bake for 25-35 minutes. The cake is done when a toothpick test comes out clean..
11. Remove cake from pan an put on cooling rack..
12. Take cream out of fridge and whip with mixer until peaks form..
13. Slice cake into 3 layers. Spread cherry pie filling on first layer..
14. Put 2nd layer on top and spread a layer of frosting, about 1/4" thick on top. Finish with 3rd layer and dirty ice the cake..
15. Finish frosting the cake with the remaining frosting and sprinkle with chocolate shavings..

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. 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.