German Chocolate Cake Squares

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 6 ounces baker's german's chocolate, chopped
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 4 large eggs, separated
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 5 large egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 (7 ounce) package sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 make cake: preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 butter a 13 x 9-inch glass baking dish.
• 3 bring water to a simmer in small saucepan.
• 4 reduce heat to low.
• 5 add chopped chocolate; whisk until smooth.
• 6 cool.
• 7 sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl.
• 8 using elelctric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until blended.
• 9 beat in yolks one at a time.
• 10 beat in cooled chocolate mixture and vanilla.
• 11 beat in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
• 12 using clean, dry beaters, beat whites in another bowl until stiff but not dry.
• 13 fold into batter in 2 additions.
• 14 pour batter into prepared dish.
• 15 sprinkle with chocolate chips.
• 16 bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55-60 minutes.
• 17 cool cake in pan on rack.
• 18 make frosting: combine first 5 ingredients in heavy saucepan.
• 19 whisk over medium-high heat until mixture simmers, thickens and leaves path on back of spoon when finger is drawn across, about 18 minutes.
• 20 mix in coconut and pecans.
• 21 spread warm frosting over cake.
• 22 immediately sprinkle 1/4 cup chocolate chips over.
• 23 let stand until frosting sets, about 2 hours.
• 24 cut cake into squares and serve.