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German Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients

  • 1 stick margarine
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup salad oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 ½ teaspoon soda
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 2 cups flour
  • vanilla
  • 1/3 cup cocoa

Frosting:

  • 1 ½ sticks butter
  • 3 beaten egg yolks
  • 1 ½ cup sugar
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 can evaporated milk

Instructions

  • Sift dry ingredients.
  • Bring margarine, oil, and water to a boil.
  • Pour over dry ingredients.
  • Add beaten eggs.
  • Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk and add last.
  • Bake in a greased 9 x 13 pan for 30 minutes at 350º.
  • Frosting:
  • Cook butter, sugar, coconut, milk and egg yolks until thick.
  • Stir constantly as frosting burns easily.
  • Remove from heat and add nuts and vanilla.
  • Cool, then frost cooled cake.
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Course; Cake / Chocolate
Cuisine; European / German