The cake itself was delicious, but not the best I've had. But it sure looked gorgeous!! I used whipped cream cream cheese frosting for the top decorated it with chocolate curls. The original idea was to frost the side, but it looked pretty as it is :). I didnt have any problems at all with thickening the filling, 12 minutes as other reviewer sugested was a bit too long. I think the problem might lay on the eggs, since egg is the thickener, it shouldn't curdle. To prevent that, I boiled the milk mixture without the eggs, switched it off when it boiled, added the eggs slowly, then switched the fire on again. I posted pictures of my filling on the Chantilly Frosting recipe (it's exactly the same except for the macadamia). In the end it was a bit lumpy (maybe I boiled it too hard?), so I used my hand blender to make it smooth and glossy again. I also replaced half sugar with brown sugar (after checking out other german chocolate cake recipes), and the taste blended nicely with coconut. This is definitely NOT a cake to make when you're in a hurry though!!
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