Name: German Chocolate Cake
Yield: Yield: 10 or More Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ pound sweet chocolate; ½ pound butter; ½ cup boiling water; 4 egg whites, stiffly beaten; 1 cup half-and-half; 1 cup sugar; 2 cups sugar; 4 egg yolks; 1 cup buttermilk; ½ teaspoon salt, if desired; 1⅓ cups canned flaked, sweetened coconut; 1 cup chopped pecans; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2½ cups sifted cake flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ¼ pound butter; 3 egg yolks

Preparation info

Yield:
10
or More Servings.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

German chocolate cake became a staple in many Mississippi homes during my childhood. The recipe used by my mother was clipped from a newspaper and pasted in the manuscript cookbook she compiled for me many years ago. It is an excellent cake, the layers coated on top with a coconut-pecan frosting.

Ingredients

The Cake

½ pound sweet chocolate
½ cup boiling water
½

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Combine the chocolate and boiling water in a saucepan. Heat, stirring, until the chocolate melts. Let cool.
Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the yolks, 1 at