Cousin Minnie Helen’s German Chocolate Cake Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 pkg Baker's German sweet chocolate
½ cup boiling water
1 cup butter
4 egg yolks-unbeaten
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 cups Swan's Down cake flour
1 cup buttermilk
4 egg whites
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Directions:Melt chocolate in ½ cup boiling water, let cool. In small mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time and beat well after each. Add the melted chocolate and vanilla. Mix well.
Sift together the salt, soda and flour. Then add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture, beating well. Beat until batter is smooth.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into the batter. Pour into three 8- or 9-inch cake pans which have been greased or floured. Bake at 350º for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool. Frost tops only when layering. |
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Coconut-Pecan Frosting |
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Ingredients: 1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
¼ cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cups Baker's coconut
1 chopped pecans
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Directions:In small saucepan, combine first four ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens. This will take about 12 minutes. Add vanilla and stir. Add the coconut and then mix in the nuts. Beat frosting until thick enough to spread.
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Notes: (Minnie Helen was Grandma Davidson’s cousin and closest friend)
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