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German Chocolate Cake - Make My Cake Recipe

German Chocolate Cake - Make My Cake

Recipe courtesy Aliyyah Baylor

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  • on January 06, 2013

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    THANK YOU Aliyyah Baylor!!!!
    I just started baking this year.... I have had this recipe since this show aired. This first time, it seemed like it took me 4 hours... It was good... But not perfect. By my 4th time, it was perfect! I made the frosting the night before... And baked my cake the next morning. OMG!!!! I love to see the look on their faces after the 1st bite!

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  • on December 20, 2012

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    I bake a lot and have made many cakes from scratch. I went by this recipe exactly as written and my cakes overflowed. The recipe called for 2 9 inch pans which I used. I discovered the same recipe on the back of the German Chocolate box and it called for 3 9 inch pans. Explains the overflow. The cake was still good but very stressful trying to make it work.

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  • on December 02, 2012

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    This a great recipe...a lot of work, but worth it!! Thanks to bakergal1 I took her advice and used parchment paper and my cakes did not stick. I also followed the recipe and used 2-9" pans ( I kept checking the oven to make sure it didn't bubble over and the cakes came out perfect. I used the German Chocolate Cake Frosting II recipe from allrecipes and this frosting took the cake over the top! This recipe is definitely a keeper!

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  • on November 10, 2012

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    EXCELLENT CAKE RECIPE. A couple tips:
    1. I bake cakes from scratch often and have never had cakes stick so badly to the baking pans, despite greasing and flouring and using nonstick Wilton heavy duty baking pans. For the second try, I used parchment paper along with greasing and flouring and they came out easily.
    2. The recipe calls for 2 - 9" pans, but some reviewers said it makes 3. I tried 3 the first try but along with the sticky problem, the cakes were very low in height. So I went with 2 - 9" pans the second time and it was the perfect height for a double layer cake. Especially with such chunky frosting.

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  • on October 25, 2012

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    I have never made a cake by scratch before, and even though this took a long time, it was super easy. The cake is delicious and the filling tastes SOOO good. I made this for my dad for his birthday (his favorite cake and now he wants it for every holiday. Takes long time, but definitely worth it. DELICIOUS! (I let both the cake and filling cool over night. Allows the filling to be thicker and the cake easier to ice. Also, with the cake pans, I sprayed and lightly floured them. I also live in high altitude and didn't adjust the recipe and everything turned out great.

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  • on October 14, 2012

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    THIS CAKE WAS DELICIOUS!!! Everything turned out perfectly; even though it took forever to make, each step is worth it in the end!

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  • on July 25, 2012

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    it was very good but i hated how it took so long i used the recipe for my 13th birthday party because i LOVE germany !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • on July 16, 2012

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    Was asked in the morning to bake a cake for a friend's birthday...this recipe popped up and was easy to follow the directions and was delicious...light and full of what a German Chocolat eCake should taste like. On this busy day my son and neice took over and followed the directions for the filling with no problem. Easy - perfect - highly recommend .. thanks...

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  • on May 23, 2012

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    I have only made the coconut pecan filling and it is the BEST! Honestly, I find that any homemade cake I have made does not live up to the moistness of a boxed cake mix, however the coconut pecan frosting from a tub is absolutely awful! I use a packaged chocolate frosting for the outside of the cake as well. I have even used the filling to fill the centers of chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting tops, amazing little surprise when you take a bite! A nice change up is almond extract rather than vanilla too.

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  • on February 10, 2012

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    Outstanding! Labor intensive, but worth it.

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