Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2009

I made this for my husband on Valentines day. He litterally ate the whole thing! I on the otherhand was not too impressed. I found that the frosting was really runny, it soaked through the middle of the cake and sort of made it soggy. I had to do something for the top layer so i through it back on the stove and added some extra coconut to thicken it. I will proabaly try a differnt icing next time. The actual cake was great though.

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Amber_R

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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2009

Takes longer than "30 min" prep time, but well worth the effort. My family loved it!

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MEGSMIAMIU

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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2009

Turned out Wonderful, thanks for sharing this recipe...it was truly mouth watering, i really enjoyed this one.

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Marie

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Home Town: Darlington, Durham, England, U.K.

Living In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2009

The cake was really good. Either my pans are deep or something didn't go right. I don't really like havng thin layers of cake and two of these fell apart. I left the filling on the stove for over 15 minutes and even put it in the fridge to thicken which it never did. The top layer of the filling was thick but the more I mixed it around before using it, it wasn't thick. I had to drain alot of the "juice" because it literally was a runny filling. I'll make the cake again but not the icing even though it was very good.

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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2009

This recipe was absolutely divine. I followed the cake part how it is given except I melted my chocolate without any water. For the frosting, I doubled everything except the butter. The frosting turned out to be a great consistancy and spread nicely onto the cake, not to mention that it was so good, I seriously thought of just eating it by the spoonful. One hint for the frosting is to make it the day before the cake and leave in the fridge over night. When you start mixing the cake together, take the frosting out to warm up. It will then be firm, but not difficult to spread.

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Jess B.

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Reviewed: Jan. 15, 2009

excellent

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tonya

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Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2009

This is my husband's favorite cake. I made it for his birthday and I iced it with German Chocolate Cake Frosting II submitted by Carol B. It was yummy!

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4GsMOM

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Home Town: Aurora, Illinois, USA

Living In: Glendale, Arizona, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2008

takes forever, hubby loved it. I thought it was a little dry, so only 4 stars.

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Valerie

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Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2008

I made this cake for my work partner for her birthday. She LOVED it!! She took it home to her family and they all said it was the best german chocolate cake they had ever eaten. This was the first time I had made a german chocolate cake but it won't be the last. My partner at work and her family have ordered several more from me.

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2008

This cake is a wonderfully moist with a great chocolate taste. Like others who reviewed before, I did have some problems removing the cakes from the cake pans. I assume this could be solved by lining the pans with parchment paper. However, since I did do this, and my cakes crumbled when I removed them from the pans, I turned it into a German Chocolate Trifle. Using a large glass bowl, I cubed the cake and layered it just as the recipe said. This turned out to be a spectacular revision! I would also recommend serving it warm, right after you top it with the melted chocolate.

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Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2008

The batter is so good on this cake that you have to force yourself to even put it in the oven. I don't eat anything with coconut in it, but I cannot resist this cake!!!

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NoleGirl

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Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2008

This is the best german chocolate cake recipe. It's time consuming but it's well worth it. I have made it on numurous ocasions and it's never been perfect, but folks just keep asking for it again and again.

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Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2008

My husband requested German chocolate cake for his birthday. I was a little nervous about making it, but I'm SO glad I used this recipe. The cake was fantastic. Everyone gushed over how moist it was. The icing was thin, but we really enjoyed it. It was almost more like a glaze than frosting. The only change I made to the original instructions was baking it for about 22 minutes instead of 30. I have a feeling I will be baking this one again - many times! Thanks. I didn't have cake flour, so I just mixed all purpose flour with cornstarch. Perfect.

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Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2008

I made this recipe last night and served it today for my fathers birthday as German Chocolate cake is his absolute favorite. This cake was awesome! I did encounter a few issues that freaked me out a little but with some improv. we were fine: the cakes didn't want to come out of the pans (I wiped all pans with a light coating of crisco and floured them using the cake flour) SO, I used a laminated index card to slide into the sides of the cake pan and under the cakes to loosen them and VOILA! They came right out. The icing was thinner than I wanted so I added double the coconut and and pecans as well as I added the chocolate that was to be drizzled over the cake into the icing and it was wonderful! The cake is very soft and moist and so delicious!

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NatalieDFS

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Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2008

My husband asked for a German chocolate cake for his birthday so I found this recipe. Everyone was raving over it. But it was quite difficult, I will admit. It was worth it since it was for his birthday, but if you don't really have a lot of time to devote to all the steps or are not really good at following directions then just go buy a cake mix. This is definitely not for beginners.

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2008

I am a professional baker and my client wanted a German Chocolate cake, which I have never made before, so I used this recipe...It was terrible! It was too floury and not moist at all. I never uses recipes for my cakes, but I know German Chocolate is different than a regular chocolate cake. I will not be using this recipe again...I will just stick with my own dark chocolate cake and make my own icing to create a German Chocolate Cake. I would rather use a box cake mix for this type of cake, rather than use this recipe:-(

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Rebekah

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Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2008

This cake was a big hit at my husband's birthday celebration. I made the following modifications to use the ingredients that I had on hand. I substituted multi-purpose flour instead of cake flour as well as unsweetened baking powder with canola oil and melted 1/2 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of German chocolate baking squares. I made one and a half portions of the frosting, which was enough to ice between the two layers and the top of the cake. I used 1 c. white sugar and 1 c. brown sugar instead of 2 c. white sugar. I toasted the coconut and omitted the nuts. I melted two miniature chocolate bars into the chocolate sauce in order to thicken it after reheating (I made prepared and chilled the frosting and this glaze early to accommodate our schedule). The two layers baked in twenty minutes, rather than thirty. I had mixed the batter to prevent crumbly cakes. This recipe is worth the work.

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Jasperbell

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2008

The topping was fantastic (I am a great fan of coconut). The cake was, while sufficiently moist, not as flavorful as I would have hoped. I think I wanted a deep chocolate flavor and this was a light airy chocolate.

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Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2008

This is a great recipe! I've never baked a cake before and I didn't find all the ingredients(used almonds instead of pecans and had to make my own buttermilk),but it turned out fantastic! Thanks for the recipe.

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2008

The cake itself wasn't quite as chocolately as I would have liked, but overall it turned out really well. I covered the sides with chocolate buttercream and piped some on the top for decoration.

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