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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> German

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Grease and flour the bottoms of 3 (9") round cake pans, and line with wax paper. | 2. Melt the chocolate and water in bowl over simmering water. (I don't have a double boiler!). | 3. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. | 4. Sift flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. | 5. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. | 6. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. | 7. Stir in chocolate and vanilla. | 8. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. | 9. Beat egg whites with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. | 10. Fold into your batter. | 11. Pour evenly into prepared pans. | 12. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes (or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean). | 13. Immediately run spatula between cakes and sides of pans. | 14. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pans. | 15. Remove wax paper and cool completely on wire racks. | 16. For the frosting: | 17. Place milk, sugar, butter, egg yolks and vanilla in large saucepan. | 18. Stirring constantly, cook on medium heat 12 minutes or until thickened and golden brown. | 19. Remove from heat. | 20. Stir in coconut and pecans. | 21. Cool to room temperature and of spreading consistency. | 22. Spread the coconut-pecan between each of the layers, and then over top and sides of whole cake. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
dark chocolate	1	package		-	-	-	-
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
flour	2	cups		1156.56	253.2108	18.802	4.4872
baking soda	1	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1	cup	softened	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
sugar	2	cups		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
egg	4		separated	286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
buttermilk	1	cup		-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
milk	1	can	evaporated	827.5862	19.934	8.2399	85.7811
sugar	1 1/2	cups		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
butter	3/4	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
egg yolk	4		beaten	218.96	2.4412	10.7848	18.0472
vanilla extract	1 1/2	1/2		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
coconut	1	package	shredded	-	-	-	-
pecan	1 1/2	cups	chopped	429.52	80.49600000000001	8.84	9.048

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