Woolworth’s German Sweet Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 ounces of baker's german sweet chocolate
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, separated (save the whites)
• 2 teaspoons butter (for greasing pans and parchment)
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups angel flake coconut
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans (or walnuts)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease and flour 3 9-inch round cake pans
• 2 (or 2 larger cake pans).
• 3 line bottom of pans with buttered parchment paper or foil.
• 4 melt chocolate in boiling water. stir and cool.
• 5 cream butter and sugar. add yolks, one at a time, beating well after each yolk.
• 6 blend in vanilla and chocolate.
• 7 mix flour with soda and salt. add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate
• 8 mixture, beating after each addition until smooth.
• 9 beat egg whites until soft peaks form. gently fold beaten egg whites into
• 10 the chocolate batter mixture.
• 11 divide batter between prepared pans.
• 12 bake for 30 to 35 minutes, but check on cakes earlier, especially if using
• 13 3 pans.cool in pans for 5 minutes before turning out on racks to cool. frost
• 14 with coconut pecan frosting (recipe below).
• 15 frosting directions:
• 16 combine milk, sugar, yolks, butter and vanilla in saucepan.
• 17 cook and stir over medium heat until it thickens, about 12 minutes.
• 18 stir in coconut and nuts. (an electric mixer works for this part.) cool until
• 19 itâ??s thick enough to spread, beating occasionally.
• 20 makes about 3 ~ cups, more than enough to fill and frost a 9-inch 3-layer cake.
• 21 it will run off, so make sure itâ??s cool.