German Sweet Chocolate Cake

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Title: German Sweet Chocolate Cake
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate, Bakery
Yield: 1 servings

4 oz Baker's german sweet
-chocolate
1/2 c Boiling water
2 1/4 c Flour; sifted
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Margarine
2 c Sugar
4 Egg yolks
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Buttermilk
4 Egg whites; stiffly beaten
Coconut-pecan filling &
-frosting:
1 c Evaporated milk
1 c Sugar
3 Egg yolks
1/2 c Margarine
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 1/3 c Coconut
1 c Pecans; chopped

Recipe by: Penny Halsey
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt chocolate in boiling
water, cool. In a small bowl, sift flour, baking soda and
salt together. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar
well. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating after each
addition. Blend in vanilla and melted chocolate. Add flour
mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating after each
addition. Fold in egg whites. Pour into three 9-inch layer
pans, lined on bottoms with paper. Bake for 30 to 35
minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly pressed in
center. Cool in pans for 15 minutes. Remove and cool on
rack. Spread Coconut-Pecan Filling & Frosting between
layers and over top of cake.

Coconut-Pecan Filling and Frosting: Combine evaporated
milk, sugar, egg yolks, margarine and vanilla in saucepan.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture
thickens, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat. Add coconut
and pecans. Cool until of spreading consistency, beating
occasionally. Makes 2 1/2 C.

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