German Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1 stick margarine
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup salad oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoon soda
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 cups flour
- vanilla
- ⅓ cup cocoa
Frosting:
- 1 ½ sticks butter
- 3 beaten egg yolks
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 can evaporated milk
Instructions
- Sift dry ingredients.
- Bring margarine, oil, and water to a boil.
- Pour over dry ingredients.
- Add beaten eggs.
- Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk and add last.
- Bake in a greased 9 x 13 pan for 30 minutes at 350º.
- Frosting:
- Cook butter, sugar, coconut, milk and egg yolks until thick.
- Stir constantly as frosting burns easily.
- Remove from heat and add nuts and vanilla.
- Cool, then frost cooled cake.
