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 German's Sweet Chocolate Cake 
 
Author/Submitted by:  Servings: 2 Categories: 
Cakes
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Chocolate
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Desserts
 
Ingredients: 4 
                                  ounces 
                                  Sweet Chocolate (Baker's, 
German's brand)
 1/2 
                                  cup 
                                  Boiling water 1 
                                  cup 
                                  Butter/margarine 2 
                                  cups 
                                  Sugar 4 
                                   
                                  Eggs, 
separated
 1 
                                  teaspoon 
                                  Vanilla 2 1/4 
                                  cups 
                                  Sifted flour OR 2-1/2 sifted, 
cake flour
 1 
                                  teaspoon 
                                  Baking soda 1/2 
                                  teaspoon 
                                  Salt 1 
                                  cup 
                                  Buttermilk 
Directions: 
FROM: Baker's Germans' Sweet Chocolate package 
 Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool. Cream buter and sugar until fluffy. Add yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Blend in vanilla and chocolate. Sift flour with soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture, beating after each addition until smooth. Beat egg whites until stiff; fold in beaten whites.
Pour into three 9-inch layer pans, lined on bottoms with paper. Bake at 350~ for 30-35 minutes. Cool Frost tops only.
 ~=> Coconut-Pecan Frosting Combine 1 cup evaporated milk, 1 cup sugar, 3 slightly beaten egg yolks, 1/2 cup butter/margarine and 1 tsp vanilla. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened, about 12 minutes. Add 1-1/3 cups flaked coconut and 1 cup chopped pecans. Cool until thick enough to spread, beating occasionally. Makes 2-1/2 cups.
 
 
 
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