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Texas German Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 oz German sweet chocolate
1/2 c. boiling water
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks, unbeaten
2-1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Melt chocolate in boiling water and cool. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy and add egg yolks oe at a time, beating well after each. Add melted chocolate and vanilla. Mix well. Sift together flour, salt and soda and add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture. Beat well until smooth. Fold in egg whites. Pour into 3 deep 8 or 9 inch layer pans. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes. Cool and put layers together and cover with flake coconut and pecan frosting.

FROSTING:
Combine 1 cup evaporated milk, 1 cup sugar, 3 egg yolks, 1/2 c. butter and 1 tsp vanilla. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened (about 12 minutes). Add 1-1/3 c. flake coconut and 1 cup chopped pecans. Beat until thick enough to spread.

 

 

 

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