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German Chocolate Sheet Cake (from the 1950's)
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Separate eggs.
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Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
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Microwave the chocolate in the water until the chocolate is melted.
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Sift two cups of flour and then measure again for accuracy. Stir in baking soda and salt.
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Prep a baking sheet while the oven preheats.
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Pour warm frosting over the cooled cake.
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Add coconut and pecans.
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Melt butter. Add evaporated milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and egg yolks.
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Bake the cake.
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Spread into the prepared pan.
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Fold in by hand the beaten egg whites.
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Then the buttermilk, ending with the flour mixture.
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Alternate adding the flour mixture.
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Slowly add the melted chocolate to the butter.
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Using a hand mixer, beat butter and sugar just until combined. Add egg yolks one at a time.
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German Chocolate Sheet Cake from the 1950s ready to be sliced.
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A slice of German Chocolate Sheet Cake from the 1950s.
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It's so MOIST you can hardly cut it!
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This is what it look like before frosting.
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When you touch this cake it spring and bounce therefore I know it will be MOIST. The batter was light (weight) smooth and silky it also tasted good. I also made her frosting and as you can see on my photo it looks like hers. I changed nothing.
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