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Whisk the dry ingredients together in one bowl, and the wet in another, making sure to add the melted chocolate in last once it’s had time to cool off a bit. Make sure the bowl with the chocolate in it doesn’t touch the water, otherwise you’ll scald the chocolate. Next, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl that’s been set over a pot of simmering water. Perfect for my kind of cake.īefore starting on the cake batter, grease three 8-inch round cake pans and line them with parchment paper (don’t skip this step!). German chocolate is slightly sweeter than semi-sweet or milk chocolate with 48% cocoa. German chocolate was developed by American Samuel German (hence the roots of the name) as a way to streamline the baking process for bakers by mixing the chocolate and sugar together. As did the type of chocolate used in the cake.

The name suggests this cake has it’s roots in Germany, but it’s actually a recipe that was made in the U.S.A. What’s the Difference Between Chocolate vs German Chocolate? Here are the German chocolate cake ingredients you’ll need to make this recipe:Īnd for the homemade German chocolate cake frosting you’ll need: Because that’s the beauty of my favorite cake - it’s perfect as is. Heck, I didn’t even add extra decorations to my cake. I didn’t add any crazy ingredients or bake it in a fun-shaped pan. Now to the really good stuff: this traditional German chocolate cake recipe. Today, choose one thing you want to change and make one goal, one statement, to make it happen.Īnd then just do it. While you’re surfing the internet because you’re bored or hungry or a friendly follower (thank you!) My birthday challenge to you is the same one I’ve given to myself. Sometimes I love what I see, sometimes, not so much.īut if I don’t take a look at myself and cross check my perception versus reality, then where is the next challenge to conquer, the next mountain to climb? Or even a reason to get out of bed?Īre you happy? Are you yearning? Are you challenged? Are you bored? Are you still searching? Time to take a look, evaluate, and see who and what I am and what challenge I see in my future. There’s nothing more traditional in my long-legged life than the cake I have every year for my birthday. It may be made by someone who loves me, or purchased from a bakery to add to the celebration.Īnd because I love it so much, I am totally a-okay if I make this coconuty, nutty, frosted cake myself because this homemade German chocolate cake is one amazing cake. It’s an easy recipe to make from scratch, and my whole family goes crazy for it. This homemade German chocolate cake with its easy, sweet, and gooey coconut and pecan frosting is my all-time favorite.