German Chocolate Cake (Dupree)

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Title: German Chocolate Cake (Dupree)
Categories: New, Text, Import
Yield: 4 servings


6 oz sweet chocolate, -- chopped
2 sticks butter, -- at room
: temperature
2 c sugar
4 egg yolks
1 ts vanilla extract
2 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt
1 c buttermilk
4 egg whites, -- stiffly
: beaten
1 c roughly-chopped pecans or
: walnuts
: Frosting
3/4 c evaporated milk
1 1/2 c sugar
4 egg yolks, -- slightly
: beaten
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 1/2 ts vanilla extract
7 oz package flaked coconut
1 1/2 c chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 3 round layer
pans, 8 or 9 by1 1/2 inches, or 2 square pans, 8x8x2
inches or 9x9x2 inches. Line bottoms of pans with wax
paper and butter paper. Pour 2 cup of boiling water
over chocolate, stirring until chocolate is melted;
set aside to cool. In large mixing bowl beat butter
and sugar together until light. Add egg yolks, 1 at a
time, beating after each addition. Slowly blend in
melted chocolate and vanilla.

Blend together flour, soda and salt. Alternately mix
flour mixture and buttermilk into butter mixture,
beating after each addition until batter is smooth.
Fold in egg whites and then pecans. Divide batter
among prepared pans. Bake until top springs back when
touched lightly: 8-inch round layers, 35 to 40
minutes; 9-inch round layers, 30 to 35 minutes; 8-inch
squares, 45 to 50 minutes; or 9-inch squares, 40 to 45
minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks. Remove from pans.

Make frosting: In a very heavy saucepan combine
evaporated milk, sugar, egg yolks, and butter. Cook
and stir over medium heat until thick, about 12
minutes. It should have come to a gentle boil. Stir in
vanilla, coconut and pecans. Beat with a mixer until
thick and cold enough to spread.

Put strips of wax paper around outside edge of a
serving plate. Put bottom layer of cake on top, with
paper extending out. Spread frosting on each layer and
on top of cake. Remove wax paper before serving.

Yield: 1 cake.

Recipe By :WELL-STOCKED PANTRY SHOW#ND7007

Date: Wed, 30
Oct 1996 11:15:52 -0500

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