Baker's Original German Sweet Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (4 ounce) package baker's german sweet chocolate
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 slightly beaten egg yolks
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups shredded coconut
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 coconut-pecan frosting (recipe follows).
• 2 oven at 350ºf.
• 3 melt chocolate in water, cool.
• 4 cream butter and sugar.
• 5 beat in egg yolks.
• 6 stir in vanilla and chocolate.
• 7 mix flour, soda, and salt.
• 8 beat in flour mixture, alternately with buttermilk.
• 9 beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.
• 10 pour batter into three 9-inch layer pans, lined on bottoms with waxed paper.
• 11 bake for 30 minutes or until cake springs bake when lightly pressed in center.
• 12 cool 15 minutes; remove and cool on rack.
• 13 frost cake.
• 14 coconut-pecan frosting.
• 15 combine evaporated milk, sugar, slightly beaten egg yolks, butter or margarine and vanilla in saucepan.
• 16 cook and stir over medium heat until thickened. remove from heat.
• 17 stir in shredded coconut and chopped pecans.
• 18 cool until thick enough to spread.
• 19 makes 4-1/4 cups.