Dark German Chocolate Cake with Toasted Almond-Coconut Goo

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Im not a huge fan of chocolate except for dark chocolate and i dont like frosting at all so when i saw this recipe i had to try it. I made it for my dads birthday and it was amazing.

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My family loves this cake and the cake itself, without the goo, is my go-to chocolate cake. I have made it many times, including my son's wedding luncheon, my other son's wedding reception, and my parents' 80th birthday celebration. It has always met with rave reviews. The cake is delightful served with warm caramel sauce. Almost too yummy for words!

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EXCELLENT!!! This Chocolate cake is everyone's favorite! My family insists I make this cake for every special occassion. I flopped at the topping, but will try again since almonds are my husbands favorite.

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Love this and make it every year - you need to practice the 'goo,' tho. It is supposed to drizzle on so it is wet, like a glaze. For those of you who are used to the traditional G/C cake frosting, this is something else entirely. I double the recipe, so it takes a long time for the sugar and water to get to amber (:40, if at all. I usually end up combining everything and cooking again. You have to really refigerate the goo for it to get hard enough to use as a frost-able spread. But it's worth it. Very sweet, it's true, but once a year, no harm done. I also add toasted pecans along w/ the almonds. The cake is very moist. But it takes me about 2 1/2 hours - not 15 minutes. And another :15 to put it all together. Leftover goo is great w/ vanilla ice cream later.

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I have never gotten the "amber color" they talk about with the goo but I still use it and I add more coconut & almonds it calls for. I have a huge casserole dish that I bake the cake in and just put the goo on top of that. The first time I made this I gave up and just used store bought icing and it wasn?t nearly as good, the cake as still great though! I have taken this several places for different events and there is never any left. I started making it for my husband because German Chocolate is his favorite and now I have others requesting the cake for their birthday. It is great but the recipe isn?t the best at describing how to make it.

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This cake is wonderful!! Very moist and great flavor. If you don't want to use the pan suggested you can use three 9 inch round pans (as another commentor suggested don't fill it more than half full. Let the cakes cool completly before taking them out of the pans. The cake is super moist so handling it can be tricky but it is well worth it.

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My husband and I baked this dessert this evening. The cake was fantastic. We used Hershey's Special Dark cocoa and the cake came out perfectly chocolaty and super moist. The goo however was way too sweet. I love sweets as much as the next woman, but this was over the top. We both ended up with a tummy ache and felt generally yucky after consuming it.Luckily we did not cover the entire cake with the goo. We tossed the goo and plan to eat the remaining cake with another topping.

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The cake by itself is worth a 5 star rating. It's moist, delicious, and my cake of choice when I'm in the mood for chocolate cake. With that said....

I searched for a 14x17 pan, and never found one. I used a standard cookie sheet instead, but as other have noted, the thing simply exploded out of the pan creating quite a mess. No matter which pan you use, don't fill more than half, and just under half works best. I prefer using a 13x9 or 9" round pans.

I've tried the goo part several times and it has never come out right. I've given up and use another frosting for german chocolate cake instead.

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My mother and I are very experienced in the kitchen. We tried the "goo" for the german chocolate cake, and it was WORSE than a goo, it was slop!! It was way too sweet, and the sugar to water proportion caused it to crystalize, even cooking at a low heat. It never turned amber at all. Total waste of time, and made a HUGE mess, AVOID THIS RECIPE they should take it off the site!!

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Totally didn't work, never saw the amber color, and instead have a sugary crusty mess in my pot. ANNOYING!