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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. Have you ever wondered what makes German chocolate cake German?

German Chocolate Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. German Chocolate Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make German Chocolate Cake:

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

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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!

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