Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2009

Great recipe, I have made it several times and it turns out perfect. Just cook it until it has is an amber color.

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Reviewed: Aug. 18, 2009

Super easy! I had all the ingredients in my well-stocked pantry! I made a chocolate pound cake and it needed 'something'. I decided to try this frosting! Superb! I read others that used sweetened condensed milk and had the same amount of sugar in their recipe. I felt that might be too sweet. I'm sure glad I followed my gut! This is perfectly balanced, not too sweet and certainly sweet enough for cake! I printed it and will add it to my home cookbook!

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Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2009

Perfect traditional frosting for German Chocolate Cake! Easy and so-sooooo much tastier than a container of store bought. The recipe as written wasn't quite enough to frost a double layer 8 inch cake. I will make an additional 1/2 recipe to this next time - and will double the recipe if making a 3 layer cake.

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Chey1

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Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2009

Wow! What a great GC frosting recipe. Roasting the coconut and pecans really added to the rich flavor. Long cooking time (12 min) but the end product made it worth the effort for my family and friends!

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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2008

I've used toasted unsweetened coconut and toasted pecans. It turned out great without any modifications. My husband was very happy about his all-from-scratch german chocolate cake.

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Reviewed: Oct. 4, 2008

AMAZING. I never even liked German chocolate cake until I tried my grandma's about a month ago. I had a craving but I was like, "No way am I going to be able to pull this off." Especially seeing as some other recipes people were saying their's never thickened. My first try and I nailed it! I added more pecans than coconut though and it was PERFECT. A+

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Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2008

Versatile and easy. I scaled it down to 1/3 the size and substituted heavy cream for the evaporated milk. Very rich and very delicious. Wish I'd had pecans or walnuts on hand -- would have been even better! Slathered it all over a tiny chocolate cake over some chocolate icing. Yum!

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Chef W

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Reviewed: Jul. 31, 2008

Loved it! I took the many recommendations and toasted both the coconut and the pecans. I too cooked it for almos 20 minutes to get it to the right consistency. Thank you so much!

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Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2008

Exactly what I was looking for. Why buy a can frosting when you can make it from scatch so easily???!! Thanks for a great recipe!

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Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2008

Made this for my nieces birthday. I toasted the coconut and pecans before adding and that was the ticket! I doubled the recipe and had a cup left over after generously frosting double layered cake so I made another cake 3 days later. Very good.

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Julie

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Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2008

Easier than I thought it was going to be. Growing up I loved this kind of frosting, thought I could only get it out of a can. (not a big baker) I have never made a frosting you had to cook before. It took a little longer to thicken than I thought it would. It was worth the time. Everyone loved it!

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Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2008

I'm so glad I made this recipe and not one of the others that were on this site. This one looked a lot easier but didn't have as many ratings. I decided to give this one a try and it was wonderful! My husband loves German Chocolate cake and so I made it for his birthday. I decided to go for a home made frosting instead of out of the can, and I'm glad I did. This is easy to make. I boiled it for about 20 minutes on medium, added the nuts and coconut and let cool. I didn't have to add anything to get it to be thick enough, like I read about in other reviews of other recipes. This one turned out great and my husband loved it!

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Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2008

Made this frosting, just as listed---it's absolutely amazing. Cooking took approximately 20 min...but well worth the time. I put it between the layers, and on the top, frosting the side with rich mocha frosting (of my own) Soooo good!

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Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2007

Wonderful frosting! The key to this thickening up is to stir and cook over medium heat for about 12 minutes.

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Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2006

This recipe is exellent!! But when cooking it make sure not to put the egg in the pan first.

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Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2006

Tasty! I only had sweetened condensed milk, so I cut back on the sugar a bit and it worked great!

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Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2005

Initially, I thought this was not very smooth and had an eggy flavor (I added 13c condensed milk to counter this), but it improved after cooling. My boyfriend loves this frosting. I cooked it for about 20-25 minutes, and it became very thick with a carmel flavor. I toasted the coconut and pecans before adding, and I would definitely recommend this.

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2004

This is absolutely the best German Chocolate Frosting you can make.

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Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2002

I think this recipe is missing a crucial step-a time indicator of actually how long you must stir this frosting in order for it to thicken. The taste of the frosting is good, however, the very long amount of time involved for it to thicken on the stovetop was not worth the time spent.

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JENMI

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Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2002

This was absolutely the best frosting I have ever had. Mine turned out great,and it smelled so good while it was cooking. I could have eaten it all with a spoon rather than putting it on the cake.... YUM!

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