Willard Family German Chocolate Cake

Name: Willard Family German Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 591 milliliters sifted all purpose flour; 113 grams package sweet baking chocolate (such as Bakers Germans Sweet Chocolate®) - broken into pieces; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 3 egg yolks; 4 eggs, separated; 237 milliliters evaporated milk; 59 milliliters margarine; 237 milliliters chopped pecans; 1 teaspoons salt; 315 milliliters sweetened flake coconut; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 118 milliliters boiling water; 237 milliliters white sugar

Willard Family German Chocolate Cake might be just the American recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 10 servings with 502 calories, 12g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have all purpose flour, evaporated milk, baking soda, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 3 8-inch cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper.

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All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Oven

Place the chunks of chocolate into the boiling water and stir until the chocolate has melted; set aside to cool. In a large bowl, beat 1 cup of softened margarine with 2 cups of sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in 4 egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and the chocolate-water mixture until thoroughly blended.

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Vanilla Extract

Chocolate

Egg Yolk

Margarine

Sugar

Water

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl. Beat the flour mixture into the liquid ingredients, alternating with buttermilk, in 3 or 4 additions. Beat until batter is smooth, about 1 minute.

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Baking Soda

Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

In a metal or glass bowl, beat the reserved egg whites until they hold stiff peaks when the beaters are lifted straight up. Gently fold the beaten egg whites into the batter, keeping as much volume as possible.

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Egg Whites

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Bowl

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans.

Bake in the preheated oven until the cakes have browned lightly and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow the cakes to cool in pans before removing.

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Toothpicks

Oven

To make frosting, pour the evaporated milk into a large saucepan, and mix in 1 cup of sugar, 3 egg yolks, 1/4 cup of margarine, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and cook until thickened, stirring constantly, about 12 minutes.

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Evaporated Milk

Vanilla Extract

Egg Yolk

Margarine

Frosting

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, and mix in the coconut and pecans, beating the frosting until cooled and spreadable. Frost and fill the cake with the coconut frosting.

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Frosting

Coconut