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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

German Chocolate Cake | German Chocolate Cake Frosting | German Chocolate Cake Recipe 2012

homemade german chocolate cake recipe

German Chocolate Cake From Scratch

Germans are famous for their cake recipes. Ingredients for the Cake Mix:

1/2 Cup of water

4 Ounces of semi sweet chocolate

1 Cup butter

2 Cups sugar

4 Egg yolks

1 Teaspoon of vanilla bean paste

2 1/2 Cups flour

1 Teaspoon of baking soda

1/2 Teaspoon of salt

1 Cup buttermilk

4 Egg whites Stiff peaks

Bring the water to a simmer, You will then add your chocolate and water over a double boiler and melt the chocolate until it is smooth. You will remove from the double boiler and cool down to room temperature. Now you will add the buttermilk flour mixture to the chocolate liquid and stir them just until they are incorporated. You will add about a third of the stiff peaked egg whites in to the batter and fold gently into the chocolate mix, repeat two more times until all of the egg whites are folded in. Do not mix, but fold them into the batter. You will lose the lift the egg whites will produce.

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German Chocolate Cake Pops

Grease and flour two or three 9" circular pans, pour in the batter, and put into the oven. Ingredients for the coconut and pecan frosting:

1 Cup evaporated milk

1 Cup sugar

3 Beaten egg yolks

1/2 Cup of butter

1 Teaspoon of vanilla bean paste

1 Tablespoon of Meyers Dark Rum

1 Cup chopped pecans

In a bowl you will mix the milk, rum, sugar, yolks and butter. Then pour into the vanilla bean paste, coconut and pecans, and let cool.

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German Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

For the Chocolate Icing:

8 Ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped

2 Tablespoons light corn syrup

1 1/2 Ounces of unsalted butter

1 Cup heavy cream

1 Bag and a metal tip for the ring of frosting around the cake

You will then remove from heat and gently pour over the chocolate. You will give it a quick stir, and then let stand until all of the chocolate has melted stirring occasionally. You will leave the rest of the icing for the sides of the cake. Putting the cake together. Take the cake layers and assemble by adding a layer of the coconut frosting in between the layers. Once the last layer is on top add the coconut frosting layer on jut the top of the cake. You will then start to frost the sides of the cake with the chocolate icing.




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