German Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe

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German Chocolate Sheet Cake
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Ingredients
21
Count
Nutrition
2454
Calories
Total time
80
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. FOR THE FROSTING: Whisk yolks in medium saucepan; gradually whisk in evaporated milk. Add sugars, butter, and salt and cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until mixture is boiling, frothy, and slightly thickened, about 6 minutes. Transfer mixture to bowl, whisk in vanilla, then stir in coconut. Cool until just warm, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until cool or cold, at least 2 hours or up to 3 days. (Pecans are stirred in just before cake assembly.)
  2. FOR THE CAKE: Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position; heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine chocolate and cocoa in small bowl; pour boiling water over and let stand to melt chocolate, about 2 minutes. Whisk until smooth; set aside until cooled to room temperature.
  3. Meanwhile, spray 13 by 9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line bottom of pan with parchment or waxed paper and spray. Dust pan with flour, and knock out excess. Sift flour and baking soda into medium bowl or onto sheet of parchment or waxed paper.
  4. In bowl of standing mixer, beat butter, sugars, and salt at medium-low speed until sugar is moistened, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium-high and beat until mixture is light and fluffy, about 4 minutes, scraping down bowl with rubber spatula halfway through. With mixer running at medium speed, add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down bowl halfway through. Beat in vanilla; increase speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 45 seconds. With mixer running at low speed, add chocolate, then increase speed to medium and beat until combined, about 30 seconds, scraping down bowl once (batter may appear broken). With mixer running at low speed, add dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with sour cream (in 2 additions), beginning and ending with dry ingredients, and beating in each addition until barely combined. After final flour addition, beat on low until just combined, then stir batter by hand with rubber spatula, scraping bottom and sides of bowl to ensure that batter is homogenous (batter will be thick). Pour into prepared pan and level with rubber spatula.
  5. Bake cake until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then invert cake onto greased wire rack; peel off and discard paper. Cool cake to room temperature before frosting, about 2 hours. (Cooled cake can be wrapped in plastic wrap and stored at room temperature for up to 1 day.).
  6. To Frost the Cake: Stir toasted pecans into chilled frosting. Invert cake onto serving platter. Using spoon, place dollops of frosting evenly spaced over cake. Using icing spatula, spread frosting evenly over surface of cake. Cut into squares and serve. (Cover leftovers and refrigerate for up to 3 days. If refrigerated longer than 2 hours, let cake stand at room temperature 15 to 20 minutes before serving.).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2453.99 Kcal (10274 kJ)
Calories from fat 1406.77 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 156.31g 240%
Cholesterol 504.21mg 168%
Sodium 957.52mg 40%
Potassium 1158.75mg 25%
Total Carbs 254.24g 85%
Sugars 168.74g 675%
Dietary Fiber 15.42g 62%
Protein 33.65g 67%
Vitamin C 1.5mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 21%
Iron 10.8mg 60%
Calcium 288.5mg 29%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 393.6 Kcal (1648 kJ)
Calories from fat 225.63 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25.07g 240%
Cholesterol 80.87mg 168%
Sodium 153.58mg 40%
Potassium 185.85mg 25%
Total Carbs 40.78g 85%
Sugars 27.06g 675%
Dietary Fiber 2.47g 62%
Protein 5.4g 67%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 21%
Iron 1.7mg 60%
Calcium 46.3mg 29%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 61.3
    Points
  • 70
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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