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The BEST homemade German Chocolate Cake with layers of coconut pecan frosting and chocolate frosting. This cake is incredible!
German chocolate cake is known for being a rich dessert, so this homemade chocolate cake recipe is not one for the faint of taste buds. It's so indulgent, in fact, that it's best served with a dollop of whipped cream or a tall glass of ice-cold milk.
Everything about this German Chocolate Cake makes it absolutely addicting, from the tender chocolate cake to the decadent Coconut-Pecan Filling and that velvety chocolate frosting. When we were dreaming up how to make the best German chocolate cake ever, we knew we had to use the choicest pecans out there.
This show stopping German chocolate cake has a gooey coconut and toasted pecan filling, a dark and super-moist chocolate cake, and deliciously creamy chocolate buttercream on top!
Moist layers of German Chocolate Cake slathered with the best homemade coconut pecan frosting ever are the hallmarks of this classic dessert! It’s always best made from-scratch with real German sweet chocolate! If you love all things German chocolate-inspired, be sure to try my German Chocolate Brownies and my German Chocolate Cake Truffles next!
This rich German chocolate cake is made with coconut pecan filling, topped with a chocolate Swiss buttercream, and decorated with extra coconut and pecans.
German chocolate cake is a decadent chocolate layer cake with a rich coconut-pecan frosting. It gets its name from Sam German, who created a sweet baking chocolate called “German’s chocolate” for Baker’s chocolate company in 1852. The recipe for the cake became popular in the 1950s after a Texas homemaker shared her recipe in a Dallas newspaper.
Below are all of my notes and tips for creating the most amazing German Chocolate Cake you’ll ever eat! You can substitute 9-inch cake pans, but will need to reduce the baking time. Rotate the pans after 15 minutes, then start checking for doneness after 10 additional minutes.
German Chocolate Cake is an old fashioned favorite that feels extra special. It is a treasured classic cake, just as with our Carrot Cake, Italian Cream Cake, and Hummingbird Cake recipes! The decadent coconut pecan filling and the mild German Chocolate Cake layers balance each other perfectly.
This Traditional German Chocolate Cake recipe is made with a rich and moist chocolate cake layered with a homemade coconut pecan frosting that is buttery, gooey, and bursting with amazing texture from the coconut and pecans. This cake has been officially dubbed a “family favorite.”