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German Chocolate Cake
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Brief Description
This award-winning chocolate cake was featured in Reader's Digest.
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Main Ingredient
cake flour
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Category: Cakes
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Cuisine: German
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Prep Time: 30 min(s)
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Cook Time: 30 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Notes:
Store the leftovers (if there are any) at room temperature for 2-3 days.
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Posted By: cookingmama
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Posted On: Oct 27, 2013
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 4 ounces - German sweet chocolate chopped
- 1/2 cups - water
- 1 cups - butter softened
- 2 cups - sugar
- 4 - eggs separated
- 1 teaspoons - vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups - cake flour
- 1 teaspoons - baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoons - salt
- 1 cups - buttermilk
- 1 1/2 cups - sugar
- 1 1/2 cups - evaporated milk
- 3/4 cups - butter
- 5 - egg yolks beaten
- 2 cups - flaked coconut
- 1 1/2 cups - chopped pecans
- 1 1/2 teaspoons - vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoons - shortening
- 2 ounces - semisweet chocolate
Directions:
Line three greased 9-in. round baking pans with waxed paper. Grease waxed paper and set aside. In small saucepan, melt chocolate with water over low heat; cool.
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in 4 egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in melted chocolate and vanilla.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
In a small bowl and with clean beaters, beat the 4 egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold a fourth of the egg whites into creamed mixture; fold in remaining whites.
Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 24-28 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, in a small saucepan, heat sugar, milk, butter and egg yolks over medium-low heat until mixture is thickened and golden brown, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in coconut, pecans and vanilla extract. Cool until thick enough to spread. Spread a third of the frosting over each cake layer and stack the layers.
In a microwave, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth; drizzle over cake.
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