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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> German

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Grease and lightly flour three 9x1-1/2-inch round cake pans; set aside. | 2. In a mixing bowl, mix flour, soda, and salt. | 3. In saucepan, heat, stir chocolate and water until chocolate melts. Remove from heat; cool. | 4. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. Beat in the sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in chocolate and vanilla. | 5. Alternately add the flour mixture and the buttermilk, beating on low speed after each addition. Wash the beaters thoroughly. | 6. In medium bowl with cleaned beaters, beat egg whites on high until stiff peaks form. Fold whites into batter. Divide the batter among the prepared cake pans. | 7. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans on wire racks. Remove layers from pans; cool. | 8. Prepare Coconut-Pecan Topping (instructions below). Place a cake layer on serving plate and spread with one-third of the topping. Top with second cake layer and one-third of the topping. Top with last cake layer and remaining topping. Chill until ready to serve. | 9. Coconut-Pecan Topping: In a saucepan, combine evaporated milk, sugar, egg yolks and butter. Cook and stir until slightly thickened and mixture just bubbles. Stir in vanilla, coconut and pecans. Cool. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	2 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
baking soda	1	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
baking chocolate	1	german	cut sweet	-	-	-	-
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	1	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
sugar	2	cups		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	4			218.96	2.4412	10.7848	18.0472
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
buttermilk	1	cup		-	-	-	-
egg white	4			68.64	0.9636	14.388	0.2244
milk	1	cup	evaporated	552.0	13.296	5.496	57.216
sugar	1	cup		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	3			218.96	2.4412	10.7848	18.0472
butter	1/2	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
coconut	2	cups	flaked	566.4	24.368000000000002	5.327999999999999	53.583999999999996
pecan	1 1/3	cups	chopped	381.7956	71.55199999999999	7.8578	8.0427

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.