German Chocolate Cake from Kathryn Stanley

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Ingredients

  • 1 4 oz. package Baker's German Sweet
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Chocolate
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup boiling water
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup butter
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 4 eggs separated
  • Coconut-Pecan Frosting

Instructions

  • Melt chocolate in water; cool.
  • Cream butter and sugar.
  • Beat in egg yolks.
  • Stir in vanilla and chocolate.
  • Mix flour, soda, and salt.
  • Beat in flour mixture, alternately with buttermilk.
  • Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.
  • Pour batter into three 9-inch layer pans, lined on bottoms with waxed paper.
  • Bake at 350º for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly pressed in center.
  • Cool 15 minutes; remove and cool on wire rack.
  • Frost cake between layers and on the top only, with Coconut-Pecan Frosting.
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Course Cake / Chocolate
Cuisine European / German