german chocolate cake
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yield
6 -8
prep time
35 Min
cook time
30 Min
Ingredients For german chocolate cake
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1/2 cboiling water
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4 ozbakers german chocolate bar
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2 csugar
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1 cbutter, softened
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4egg yolks
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1 tspvanilla extract
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2 1/2 call purpose flour
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1 tspbaking soda
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1 tspsalt
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1 cbuttermilk
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4egg whites, stiffly beaten
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1 csugar
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1/2 cbutter
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1 cevaporated milk
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1 tspvanilla extract
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3egg yolks
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1 3/4 ccoconut, flaked
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1 cchopped pecans
How To Make german chocolate cake
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1Preheat oven to 350.
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2Mix sugar in 1/2 cup boiling water. Mix sugar and butter and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks.
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3Beat in the melted chocolate and vanilla. Stir flour together with baking soda and salt.
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4Alternate adding the buttermilk and flour to eggs, butter and sugar mixture ending with the buttermilk.
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5Blend together well, but do not over beat this. It's best to use a wire whisk for this.
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6In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until they are at the stiff peak stage.
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7Gently fold the egg whites into the cake batter. Do not beat this, just fold to blend them in.
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8Place wax paper in the bottom of 2-9 inch pans. With either shortening or butter, grease the sides of the pans and i even grease the wax paper a little.
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9Evenly divide the batter between the pans. Place in preheated 350 oven and bake for 30-35 minutes.
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10Remove from oven and allow them to cool completely before turning them out of the cake pans.
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11This cake can stick if you don't follow the instructions. I use the wax paper and grease the sides of the cake pans well and also allowing the to cool completely.
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12For the frosting combine sugar, butter, milk and egg yolks in a heavy saucepan.
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13Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil and cook for another 3 minutes, turn heat down and continue to cook and stir until it thickens.
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14This will take about a total of 12 minutes. Add vanilla, coconut and chopped pecans.
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15Place a cake layer on a cake plate. Spread frosting on just the top of that layer and then place the second layer on top of that.
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16Pour the rest of the frosting right in the center of the top layer and then spread over the top of the cake.
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17You don't need to frost the sides of this cake, but if some of the frosting runs over and go down the sides it's ok. As a matter of fact it will and it's all good.
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