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This moist, flavorful cake was the traditional birthday cake at our house when I was growing up. Everyone requested it. I especially like the sweet coconut-pecan frosting. —Lisa Andis, Morristown, Indiana
Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 590 calories, 33 g fat (17 g saturated fat), 154 mg cholesterol, 421 mg sodium, 70 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 7 g protein.
Originally published as German Chocolate Birthday Cake in Taste of Home October/November 1997, p35
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Reviewed on Nov. 08, 2011 by jsouba
Amazing cake!!
Reviewed on Jun. 07, 2011 by ErikB
Reminds me of the cake my mother used to make.
Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2011 by brenda_poore
I made this at my daughter's request for her Birthday. I thought it turned out dry until I tasted it again the next day. After sitting under that yummy frosting it moistened up and was perfect. I would make this again!
Reviewed on Nov. 16, 2010 by lsarets
This is delicious!
Reviewed on Jan. 04, 2008 by FriedaG
In the late 1950s my grandmother clipped from a newspaper a recipe for German Chocolate Cake. It was new to her, but being of German ancestry she decided to try it. It was a sensation with her family and became the most-requested cake she baked.Years later, we learned the history of the cake and it turns out that it was a craze that started in Texas and wasn't German at all, except that it was made with German's Sweet Chocolate, a brand named after its inventor whose last name was actually German (if his last name had been France, I guess it would have been called "French" Chocolate Cake).Anyway, the above recipe for a single-layer rectangular cake is my favorite version. My family members have been known to argue about who gets the outside pieces because they have the most frosting.
In the late 1950s my grandmother clipped from a newspaper a recipe for German Chocolate Cake. It was new to her, but being of German ancestry she decided to try it. It was a sensation with her family and became the most-requested cake she baked.
Years later, we learned the history of the cake and it turns out that it was a craze that started in Texas and wasn't German at all, except that it was made with German's Sweet Chocolate, a brand named after its inventor whose last name was actually German (if his last name had been France, I guess it would have been called "French" Chocolate Cake).
Anyway, the above recipe for a single-layer rectangular cake is my favorite version. My family members have been known to argue about who gets the outside pieces because they have the most frosting.
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