GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

By stepjo7269

Best of the Best from Bell's Best Cookbooks p. 208
By: Kent Holden, Jackson North Council (Book 1)

Ingredients

• Directions:
• 1 package German's sweet chocolate
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 tea. vanilla
• 1/2 tea. salt
• 1 tea. baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 cup buttermilk
• Melt chocolate in 1/2 cup boiling water; cool.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, and beat well after each.
• Add melted chocolate mixture and vanilla. Mix well.
• Sift together salt, soda, and flour, then add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture, beating well. Beat until smooth.
• Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter.
• Pour into 3 (8 or 9 inch) cake pans, lined on bottom with wax paper.
• Bake in 350 F. oven for 35-40 minutes.
• Cool and frost tops only with Coconut-Pecan Frosting.
• COCONUT-PECAN FROSTING:
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 pound margarine
• 1 tea. vanilla
• 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• Directions:
• Combine milk, sugar, egg yolks, and margarine in saucepan; add vanilla.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens (takes about 12 minutes).
• Add coconut and pecans. Beat until frosting is cool and thick enough to spread.

Preparation

Step 1

As above.