Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, german chocolate cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

German Chocolate Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. German Chocolate Cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

German chocolate cake, originally German's chocolate cake, is a layered chocolate cake from the United States filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting. It owes its name to an English-American chocolate maker named Samuel German. A classic German Chocolate cake with tender German chocolate cake, coconut pecan filling and chocolate frosting!

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have german chocolate cake using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make German Chocolate Cake:

1. Prepare Cake
2. Make ready 1 (4 oz) Package baker's German sweet chocolate
3. Make ready 1/2 cup boiling water
4. Prepare 1 cup butter
5. Get 2 cups sugar
6. Get 4 eggs, separated
7. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla
8. Make ready 2 cups all-purpose flour
9. Make ready 1 tsp baking soda
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
11. Get 1 cup buttermilk
12. Make ready Frosting
13. Prepare 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
14. Take 1 1/2 cups sugar
15. Get 4 slightly beaten egg yolks
16. Get 3/4 cup butter
17. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
18. Get 2 cups shredded coconut
19. Take 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Homemade German Chocolate Cake with layers of coconut pecan frosting and chocolate frosting. A spectacular German Chocolate cake made from scratch, using cake flour. This upside-down version of German chocolate cake is both quicker and easier then the traditional right side-up cake. A German Chocolate Cake is an impressive looking cake.

Instructions to make German Chocolate Cake:

1. Melt chocolate with water, you can do this by combining ingredients and microwaving them in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30-second intervals stirring in-between.
2. Cream butter and sugar. Next beat in egg yolks.
3. Stir in chocolate and vanilla. In a separate bowl mix in flour baking soda and salt.
4. Beat in flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
5. In a large bowl, beat egg white until stiff peaks form, fold into batter.
6. Pour batter into a greased/nonstick 9x13 pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Oven temp: 350 degrees.
7. While the cake is cooking in the oven, combine evaporated milk, sugar, slightly beaten egg yolks, butter or margarine, and vanilla in a saucepan. It should take about 20 minutes. Stir constantly. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened. Remove from heat.
8. Stir in shredded coconut and chopped pecans. Cool until thick enough to spread. Makes 4-1/4 cups.
9. Once everything is cool, frost cake and enjoy!

Three layers of moist chocolate cake that are stacked, one on top of another, with a sweet and gooey caramel flavored frosting. This is the only German Chocolate Cake recipe you'll ever need! This homemade cake features layers of moist chocolate cake and a delicious coconut pecan frosting. Do you have a favorite cake? Truly though, this easy German Chocolate Cake is one of those desserts that's so good it should become a tradition in your home for a yearly holiday like a birthday, Easter or Mother's Day.

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