German Chocolate Cake
German Chocolate Cake

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German Chocolate Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. German Chocolate Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

German chocolate cake, originally German's chocolate cake, is a layered chocolate cake from the United States filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting. German chocolate cake, traditionally made with sweet baking chocolate, is known to be unapologetically decadent and indulgent. It's pretty sweet by itself, but when paired with coconut.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have german chocolate cake using 19 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make German Chocolate Cake:
  1. Make ready frosting
  2. Take 300 grams chocolate chips
  3. Make ready 500 ml whipping cream
  4. Get 1/2 cup butter
  5. Take Cake
  6. Prepare 6 egg yolks
  7. Take 1 cup sugar
  8. Take 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  9. Get 1 cup all-purpose flour
  10. Take 1/2 cup starch
  11. Make ready 1/4 cup cocoa
  12. Make ready 1/3 cup melted butter
  13. Prepare 1 tsp baking powder
  14. Prepare 1 cup milk
  15. Make ready 6 egg whites
  16. Prepare filling
  17. Make ready 1 can cherry pie filling
  18. Prepare Topping
  19. Take 1 chocolate shavings (optional)

A spectacular German Chocolate cake made from scratch, using cake flour. This upside-down version of German chocolate cake is both quicker and easier then the traditional right side-up cake. A German Chocolate Cake is an impressive looking cake. Three layers of moist chocolate cake that are stacked, one on top of another, with a sweet and gooey caramel flavored frosting.

Instructions to make German Chocolate Cake:
  1. In a pot, slowly heat the whipping cream. When almost at a boil remove from heat and add the butter and chocolate chips. Mix with a whisk until everything is melted and smooth. You can choose milk or semi sweet chocolate chips.
  2. Put cream in fridge until cooled completely.
  3. Preheat oven to 375°F
  4. With a mixer, whip egg yolks, vanilla and sugar until peaks form.
  5. Combine all dry ingredients. Starch can be substituted with 1/2 cup of flour.
  6. While mixing, add melded butter to egg yolks
  7. Alternating with the milk, add the dry ingredients while constantly mixing.
  8. Whip the egg whites until peaks form.
  9. With a whisk, carefully mix the egg whites with the batter.
  10. Grease the bottom of a round cake pan and fill in batter. Bake for 25-35 minutes. The cake is done when a toothpick test comes out clean.
  11. Remove cake from pan an put on cooling rack.
  12. Take cream out of fridge and whip with mixer until peaks form.
  13. Slice cake into 3 layers. Spread cherry pie filling on first layer.
  14. Put 2nd layer on top and spread a layer of frosting, about 1/4" thick on top. Finish with 3rd layer and dirty ice the cake.
  15. Finish frosting the cake with the remaining frosting and sprinkle with chocolate shavings.

Truly though, this easy German Chocolate Cake is one of those desserts that's so good it should become a tradition in your home for a yearly holiday like a birthday, Easter or Mother's Day. German Chocolate Cake is a layered chocolate cake that is both filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting. The filling and/or topping is usually a buttery custard made with egg yolks and. I have long associated German Chocolate Cake with Father's Day, although I'm not entirely sure why. I think I remember my mom making it for my dad once or twice growing up (although never on.

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