Libbie's German Sweet Chocolate Cake With Frosting

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

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup butter, soft
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (4 ounce) package german sweet chocolate
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup evaporated milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/4 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 sift dry ingredients.
• 2 into a bowl.
• 3 blend butter and sugar.
• 4 add 1/4 c buttermilk plus 2 tablespoons.
• 5 add chocolate which has been melted and cooled.
• 6 eggs (some recipes separate the eggs and beat egg whites if that's what you want to do do it.
• 7 vanilla beat 2 minutes.
• 8 add dry ingredients.
• 9 add rest of buttermilk beat 2 more minutes.
• 10 if you've beaten your egg fold in here.
• 11 pour into buttered floured ,( i would do cocoa over butter instead of flour).
• 12 9x12 cake pan bake 30 minutes no heat given i'm guessing 375 degrees.
• 13 frosting:.
• 14 cook the milk sugar and egg yolks and butter.
• 15 bring to a boil stirring constantly cook 1 minute at boil.
• 16 stir in coconut nuts and vanilla.
• 17 frost cake.