German Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
4 oz German sweet chocolate
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
Cooking:
- Melt chocolate in boiling water.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, add egg yolks, vanilla, and chocolate.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
- Fold in egg whites.
- Pour into three 9" pans, lined on bottoms with wax paper.
- Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
- Frost tops with Coconut Pecan Frosting, leaving sides unfrosted.
Coconut Pecan Filling and Frosting
Ingredients:
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cup coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
Cooking:
- Combine all except coconut and pecans in a saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, about 12 minutes.
- When mixture thickens, remove from heat.
- Stir in coconut and pecans.
- Cool until spreadable.
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