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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2009
I used this frosting recipe to complete the German Chocolate Cake II that I found on allrecipes.com. Made this for my dad's birthday. What a hit!
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Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009
I am a die hard coconut hater from way back and I can barely tolerate pecans but this frosting is excellent. I used it on Dark Chocolate Cake II from Allrecipes. I usually tweak a recipe a little but this I made exactly as directed and it turn out great. This recipe has earned a permenant spot in my collection.
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Reviewed: Oct. 9, 2009
This is an easy recipe. If it is too sweet you can substitute 1 12 oz. can of evaporated milk for the condensed milk, and thicken with a little corn syrup..1/4 cup. This helps with the sweetness of the chocolate frosting, and makes a nice balance. Also if you add 1/2 brown sugar at the beginning before it cooks you get more of a caramel flavor. GOOD LUCK ALL! Thanks for this recipe!
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Reviewed: Sep. 24, 2009
Reminds me f the frosting my Grandma makes! Little longer cook time works great!
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Reviewed: Aug. 28, 2009
Oh, yum! I am normally not a huge fan of German chocolate frosting, but this one is delicious. I mixed the sweetened condensed milk and eggs together while still cold, then added barely melted butter to it a little at a time, no problem with separated cooked egg yolks. The cook time was just about right on for me. Just be sure to remove from heat when it starts bubbling. I will use this recipe again.
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Reviewed: Aug. 22, 2009
Anything is better than store bought frosting - that stuff is just nasty. This was surprisingly good. Perfect consistency (don't understand why one reviewer said it was too thick) - I followed the recipe as written and it was really, really good. I'm the cook, hubby is the rater - he loved this (me too)! I very generously frosted a 13 x 9 cake and has some left over. Thanks Marsha.
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Reviewed: Jul. 21, 2009
YUM. THis is better than the store bought frosting. Consistency is perfect if you cook a couple minutes longer than indicated on recipe and taste is perfect, surprisingly NOT too sweet.
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Reviewed: Apr. 13, 2009
This was a very good frosting to go with the Moist German Chocolate Cake. Very easy, too! I added a small amount of brown sugar simply to give it a more brownish color, but another reviewer mentioned cooking it longer to get it darker. I might try that next time.
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Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2009
I will never buy this in the can again. So delicious!! I totally forgot to add vanilla, but it was still perfect!
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Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2009
This recipe is so easy and yummy. My son loves German chocolate cake so I needed this one.
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Reviewed: Jul. 11, 2008
Delicious, quick & easy! I used fat-free sweetened condensed milk and it turned out great!
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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2008
Wow... was this great! It looks more difficult than it actually is, so your family will think you really worked hard on your cake. The recipe makes ample enough icing to fill and frost the cake (even minus all the tasting I did!) I will recommend this one to everyone I know. Thank you!!!
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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2008
I thought this recipe was indeed very easy and tasty. I only gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because I prefer the recipe using evaporated milk like my mother taught me and used this one when I didn't have any evap. milk on hand. I found that in this recipe, the frosting came out really thick and was difficult to spread. It also didn't have that creamy flavor of the other recipe, but more of a candy flavor that is common with sweetened condensed milk. Overall, I was relatively happy with the results, but will use other method from now on.
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Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2008
I'll never again use a canned frosting again! This was amazingly simple and delicious. I didn't notice the condensed milk taste that others have, but then again, I did boil it just a bit longer than the recipe states to get a deeper color.
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Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2008
Really good - I followed someone else's advice and tempered by egg yolks, so I didn't have any problems with lumpiness. But after cooking it for ten minutes and adding the pecans and coconut it was way too thick, almost like taffy. Tasted good but wouldn't spread. So I just put it back on low heat and added heavy cream until it was smooth enough to spread, turned out great. I like a recipe that you can go back and fix after messing it up!
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Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2008
YUM! But really, how can you go wrong with coconut and pecans! As another reviewer stated, don't be put off by the odd macaroni and cheese-like odor while you're cooking this up. You'll smell the difference immediately when you add the coconut and pecans. Important to note - when cooking with eggs, unless you want scrambled egg bits in your frosting, I would highly recommend heating the butter and condensed milk in the saucepan first, then slowly incorporating a small amount of the hot butter/milk mixture(about 1/2 cup) into your egg yolks in a small bowl, whisking while you add. Once you do that, add your egg mixture into the saucepan. You should be able to avoid cooked egg bits with this method.
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Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2008
awesome recipe, added some coconut to the sponge mixture and halved the recipe(which I found was more than enough) a1
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Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2007
Perfect & so easy!
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Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2007
It has a good taste and I'm sure it would taste better with chocolate cake (I didn't use it). I don't really have much to complain about. Try it!
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Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2007
Good frosting, but I could taste the condensed milk in the recipe. I'm not sure I liked that. I'll make it again with a modification.
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