Cake Recipes
German Sweet Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 4 ounces German chocolate
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Coconut Pecan Icing
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups coconut
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Cake: Melt chocolate in boiling water; let cool.
- Cream butter and sugar; add egg yolks, vanilla extract and chocolate, beating well after each addition.
- Add flour with baking soda sifted in, alternately with buttermilk.
- Fold in egg whites. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 8- or 9-inch cake pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 40 minutes.
- When cool, frost with Coconut Pecan Icing.
- Coconut Pecan Icing: Cook milk, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla extract until
thickened.
- Add coconut and pecans.
- Cool, then beat until it is of spreading consistency.