german chocolate cake

How To Make german chocolate cake

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 350.
• Step 2
  Mix sugar in 1/2 cup boiling water. Mix sugar and butter and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks.
• Step 3
  Beat in the melted chocolate and vanilla. Stir flour together with baking soda and salt.
• Step 4
  Alternate adding the buttermilk and flour to eggs, butter and sugar mixture ending with the buttermilk.
• Step 5
  Blend together well, but do not over beat this. It's best to use a wire whisk for this.
• Step 6
  In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until they are at the stiff peak stage.
• Step 7
  Gently fold the egg whites into the cake batter. Do not beat this, just fold to blend them in.
• Step 8
  Place 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.
• Step 9
  Evenly divide the batter between the pans. Place in preheated 350 oven and bake for 30-35 minutes.
• Step 10
  Remove from oven and allow them to cool completely before turning them out of the cake pans.
• Step 11
  This 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.
• Step 12
  For the frosting combine sugar, butter, milk and egg yolks in a heavy saucepan.
• Step 13
  Cook 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.
• Step 14
  This will take about a total of 12 minutes. Add vanilla, coconut and chopped pecans.
• Step 15
  Place 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.
• Step 16
  Pour the rest of the frosting right in the center of the top layer and then spread over the top of the cake.
• Step 17
  You 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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