German Chocolate Cake Lots of Free Recipes

German Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

4 ounce package sweet German cooking chocolate, broken into 4 pieces
2 1/3 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs

Directions:

Butter three 8 inch cake pans thoroughly and line the base of each with baking parchment. Rub a little more butter onto the paper. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a double boiler, melt the chocolate over simmering water, stirring occasionally, and set aside to cool.

Sift the flour together with the sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until it is fluffy. Add the flour mixture, 3/4 cup of the buttermilk, and the vanilla and beat in thoroughly, mixing for about 2 minutes with the electric mixer. Add the melted chocolate, eggs, and the remaining 1/4 cup of the buttermilk and beat for 1 minute longer.

Pour an equal amount of the cake batter into each prepared pan and bake on the center rack of the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Cool the cakes in their pans for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a cake rack and finish cooling. With a soft pastry brush, brush any loose crumbs from the side edges of the cake layers. Fill and top layers with Coconut Pecan Topping.

Submitted By:

Jean Vik, Nevada Texas