{"id":3727,"date":"2026-04-17T01:24:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2026-04-17T01:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:24:03","slug":"german-chocolate-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/german-chocolate-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"German Chocolate Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0German Chocolate Cake<\/h2>\n<p>This cake is famous for its rich <strong>coconut\u2013pecan caramel frosting<\/strong> that covers the top and sides.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Cake Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>4 eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup buttermilk (or milk)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup hot water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Cake Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Cream the butter with both sugars until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs one at a time, then mix in the vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>In another bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture alternately with the buttermilk.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in the hot water at the end and mix well.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the batter into a greased cake pan.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at <strong>350\u00b0F (180\u00b0C)<\/strong> for <strong>30\u201335 minutes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Let the cake cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>\u00a0Coconut\u2013Pecan Caramel Frosting Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup sweetened condensed milk<\/li>\n<li>3 egg yolks<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup butter<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup toasted shredded coconut<\/li>\n<li>1 cup toasted pecans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Frosting Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>In a saucepan, combine condensed milk, egg yolks, and butter.<\/li>\n<li>Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 10 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, coconut, and pecans.<\/li>\n<li>Let the frosting cool slightly until it thickens.<\/li>\n<li>Spread over the top and sides of the cooled cake.<\/li>\n<li>Decorate with pecans on top.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Let the frosting cool a bit before spreading so it sets nicely and doesn\u2019t run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0German Chocolate Cake This cake is famous for its rich coconut\u2013pecan caramel frosting that covers the top and sides. \u00a0Cake&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3729,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727\/revisions\/3729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}