LBJ Johnson's German Chocolate Cake
Recipe: #36949
May 14, 2021
"Domino’s sugar"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (486.8 g)
- Calories 1656.6
- Total Fat - 114.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 51.9 g
- Cholesterol - 2405.2 mg
- Sodium - 779.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 121.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9.1 g
- Sugars - 80.7 g
- Protein - 44.4 g
- Calcium - 388.1 mg
- Iron - 8.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.7 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Melt the chocolate in 1/2 cup of boiling water
Step 2
Let cool.
Step 3
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Step 4
Add the egg yolks,
Step 5
One at a time, beating after each.
Step 6
Add the vanilla and melted chocolate and mix until blended.
Step 7
Sift the flour with baking soda and salt.
Step 8
Add the sifted dry ingredients to the chocolate mixture alternately
Step 9
With buttermilk, beating after each addition until batter is smooth.
Step 10
Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.
Step 11
Pour the batter into three 8 or
Step 12
9 inch round layer pans, lined on bottoms with paper. (Pam sprayed)
Step 13
Bake in moderate 350 F degrees oven for 35 to 40 minutes for 8 inch layers
Step 14
Or 30 to 35 minutes for 9 inch layers or until cake springs back when
Step 15
Lightly pressed; let cool.
Step 16
This delicate cake will have a flat contour and a slightly sugary top
Step 17
Crust which tends to crack.
Step 18
Frost the cake top and between layers with coconut pecan filling and
Step 19
Frosting for 3 layer cake.
Step 20
For the Coconut Pecan Filling and Frosting
Step 21
Combine the evaporated milk,
Step 22
Sugar, egg yolks, butter and vanilla in a saucepan.
Step 23
Cook over medium heat
Step 24
For 12 minutes while stirring constantly until the mixture thickens.
Step 25
Remove from the heat
Step 26
And add the flaked coconut and pecans; beat until cool
Step 27
And spreading consistency.
Tips
No special items needed.