German Chocolate Cake Recipes

With extra layers and textures, these desserts top a standard chocolate cake any day. Make a German chocolate cake recipe for the family and make it your own.

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German Chocolate Upside Down Cake

This recipe is my mother's—she's an excellent baker and cook. There was always some new food for my three brothers and me to try when we were growing up! I enjoy baking, too, as well as gardening and making stained glass windows and lamps.—Juliann Nelson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

German Chocolate Birthday Cake

10 reviews

This moist, flavorful cake was the traditional birthday cake at our house when I was growing up. Everyone requested it....


Upside-Down German Chocolate Cake

8 reviews

This simple recipe yields a delectable German chocolate upside-down cake that folks will "flip over"! The tempting coconut and pecan...


German Chocolate Tres Leches Cake

2 reviews

I first tried tres leches cake while I was in Ecuador several years ago. Since then, I’ve changed it up...


German Chocolate Dump Cake

19 reviews

We make this for Sunday lunches when the whole family gets together. The cream cheese topping is so good that...

German Chocolate Cupcakes

7 reviews

These cupcakes disappear in a dash when I take them to the school where I teach. Pecans, coconut and brown...


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German Chocolate Cake

87 reviews

This German chocolate cake is my husband’s favorite! Each bite has crunch from the pecans, and sweetness from coconut and...