German Chocolate Cake

My brithday was earlier this month, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make my cake! I decided to make a German Chocolate cake and went on the hunt for a recipe. I ended up finding several that were very similar and took parts from each to come up with my final recipe.

German Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
Cake:
4 oz German Chocolate
1/2 cup water
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk

Pecan Topping:
4 egg yolks
(12 oz) can evaporated milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter
7 oz flaked coconut
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Directions
Cake - Butter three 9-inch round cake pans and cover bottoms with was paper. Butter top of wax paper. Heat chocolate and water over medium heat until chocolate is melted. Set aside.

Mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in melted chocolate and the vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well until well blended after each addition.

Beat egg whites on high speed untill stiff peaks form. Genly stir into batter. Pour evenly into prepared pans.

Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Immediately run a small metal spatula around the outside of cake layers. Cool in pans for 15 minutes; remove layers from pans to wire racks. Discard wax paper; cool cake layers completely.

Pecan Topping - Beat egg yolks, milk and vanilla in a large saucepan with whisk until well blended. Add sugar and butter; cook on medium heat 12 minutes or until thickened and golden brown, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add coconut and nuts and mix well. Let cool.

Spread coconut filling between cake layers and onto top of cake.

Amanda's Analysis:
7 spoons! This cake was amazing! It was moist and chocolaty and tasted great with vanilla ice cream. This recipe is a keeper!

John's Jibba-Jabba:
Wowzers. This cake was fantastic. Amanda should celebrate her birthday more often if it results in cakes like this! Seven spoons!