[Sca-cooks] Sca-cooks] OOP? German Chocolate Cake

[jemoore at firstam.com]

Thank you so much for your help :-)

I was requested to make it for a wedding coming up.

Thanks again

harley


----- Original Message -----
From: "Decker, Terry D." <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Sca-cooks] OOP? German Chocolate Cake


> It better not be a period recipe.  German chocolate cake is supposedly
named
> after Sam German, who developed the dark chocolate bar for Baker's
Chocolate
> Co. in 1852.  Here's a current incarnation of the original recipe.
>
> Bear
>
> German Chocolate Cake from the Baker's German Sweet Chocolate
> wrapper
>
> GERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE CAKE
>
> 1 (4-ounce) package Baker's German Sweet
> Chocolate
> 1/2 cup boiling water
> 1 cup butter or margarine
> 2 cups sugar
> 4 egg yolks
> 1 teaspoon vanilla
> 2 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour (or 2
> 1/2 cups sifted cake flour)
> 1 teaspoon baking soda
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1 cup buttermilk
> 4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
>
> Melt chocolate in boiling water.  Set aside
> to cool.
>
> Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.  Add
> egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after
> each addition.
>
> Blend in vanilla and chocolate.  Sift flour,
> soda, and salt; add alternately with
> buttermilk to the chocolate mixture, beating
> after each addition until smooth.  Fold in
> beaten egg whites.
>
> Pour into three 9-inch layer pans, lined on
> the bottom with waxed paper.  Bake at 350
> degrees F for 30-35 minutes.  Cool.  Frost
> tops of layers only with Coconut-Pecan
> Frosting (recipe follows). (Sides can be
> frosted with chocolate butter cream frosting
> for a more finished look.)
>
> COCONUT-PECAN FROSTING
>
> 1 cup evaporated milk
> 1 cup sugar
> 3 slightly beaten egg yolks
> 1/2 cup butter or margarine
> 1 teaspoon vanilla
> 1 1/3 cups Baker's Angel Flake coconut
> 1 cup chopped pecans
>
> Combine all but the coconut and pecans in a
> medium sauce pan.  Cook and stir over medium
> heat until thickened, about 12 minutes.  Add
> the coconut and pecans.  Cool until thick
> enough to spread, beating occasionally.
>
> Makes 2 1/2 cups.
>
> > Looking for a good recipe for a German Chocolate Cake.  It
> > doesn't have to
> > be a period recipe.  Can any one help?
> >
> > Harley
> >
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