german chocolate cake, mom's

Ingredients For german chocolate cake, mom's

• 4 oz

  baker's german sweet chocolate squares
• 1/2 c

  boiling water
• 1 c

  butter
• 2 c

  sugar
• 4 lg

  egg yolks
• 1 tsp

  vanilla
• 2 1/2 c

  flour, sifted
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1 tsp

  baking soda
• 1 c

  buttermilk
• 4 lg

  egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 1 c

  eagle milk
• 1 c

  sugar
• 3 lg

  egg yolks
• 1/2 c

  butter
• 1 tsp

  vanilla
• 1 1/3 c

  coconut
• 1 c

  chopped pecans