boiled icing, for german chocolate cake

Name: Boiled icing, for German Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 can(s) evaporated milk; 1 cup(s) sugar; 3 large egg yolks, reserve whites; 1/2 cup(s) butter (or margarine); 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1 1/3 cup(s) coconut; 1 cup(s) pecans, in pieces (more to taste)

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Kay Cowell

Bedford, TX

Updated on Apr 14, 2014

There's nothing better than homemade boiled icing for a German chocolate cake, still warm from the stove. You'll never use ready made again it just isn't the same

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 15 Min

method Stove Top

yield 1 cake

Ingredients

1 can evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
3 large egg yolks, reserve whites
1/2 cup butter (or margarine)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups coconut
1 cup pecans, in pieces (more to taste)

How To Make boiled icing, for german chocolate cake

Step 1

Mix together first 5 ingredients in pan on stovetop over medium heat until thick. Stirring constantly, careful not to scorch

Step 2

Remove from heat and beat by hand until thick and looses some of the gloss. Add coconut and pecans
Step 3

Pour almost 1/2 over first layer of cooled German Chocolate Cake. Then put next layer on and pour remaining frosting and let drip down the sides.
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