German Chocolate Cupcakes

According to the keen together with powerful ‘Internet’, German’s Chocolate Cake did non originate inwards Germany.  In 1852 an American named Sam High German developed the night baking chocolate for the American Baker’s Chocolate Company.  Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate, a production of the Chocolate Company was named inwards respect of Mr. German.

The cake recipe, alongside the signature kokosnoot pecan icing, was created past times a homemaker named Mrs. George Clay from Dallas, Texas.  Mrs. Clay’s recipe was published inwards a 1957 edition of the Dallas Morning Star equally “Recipe of the day.”   General Foods, who owned the Baker’s construct at the time, had a stroke of marketing genius together with distributed the German’s Chocolate Cake recipe to other newspapers across the country.  Sales of their Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate increased past times equally much equally 73% together with the recipe has teach a staple inwards American kitchens for to a greater extent than than 50 years.  Eventually the possessive cast (German’s) was dropped inwards subsequent publications giving the imitation impression it came from High German roots (i.e. High German Chocolate Cake.)   Source

 

When my hubby was a strapping immature man, his woman bring upwardly oft baked this pop layer cake for her family.  Unfortunately I don’t bring her master copy recipe but afterwards researching many others, I ended upwardly adapting ane from the Oct 2011 Southern Living Magazine.  The chocolate is melted inwards H2O together with thus combined alongside other pantry staples such equally flour, baking soda, salt, butter, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla together with buttermilk.  The egg whites are beaten to cast strong peaks thus gently folded into the batter.

The icing is made past times cooking evaporated milk, sugar, butter together with egg yolks until it becomes a lite caramel color together with thick similar warm pudding.  Toasted chopped pecans, vanilla together with kokosnoot are added to the milk together with butter mixture, thus allowed to cool earlier spreading on the cake.

While the cakes are lovely I idea cupcakes would endure a petty easier to carry together with share.

 Garnished alongside a cherry or chocolate dipped pecan halves, this distinctly flavored cake was a large hit!

It’s slow to run into why this recipe has been about for thus many years.  It’s uniquely delicious together with a pleasance to make.  I promise you’ll savor it too!

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German's Chocolate Cupcakes

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

All the flavors nosotros dearest inwards a keen German's Chocolate Cake inwards a cute cupcake

Course:

Cupcakes, Dessert

Servings: 36 cupcakes

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  2
  (4-ounce) packages of Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate
  


• 
  1/2
  cup
  water
  


• 
  2
  cups
  all-purpose flour
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  baking soda
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  salt
  


• 
  1
  cup
  unsalted butter,
  room temperature
  


• 
  2
  cups
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  4
  large eggs,
  whites together with yolks separated
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  pure vanilla extract
  


• 
  1
  cup
  buttermilk
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cupcake pan alongside liners (this recipe made roughly 36 cupcakes but also makes three (9-inch) circular layers).
   
   


2. 
   
   Break the chocolate into pieces together with identify inwards a modest microwave condom bowl. Add 1/2 loving cup of H2O together with microwave on high for 1 minutes. Stir together with provide to gear upwardly thirty seconds more, or until the chocolate is melted. Set aside to cool piece preparing the batter.
   
   


3. 
   
   In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda together with salt. Set aside.
   
   


4. 
   
   In the mixing bowl of a stand upwardly mixer, musical rhythm out the butter on medium until shine together with light, nearly thirty seconds. Add the granulated carbohydrate together with musical rhythm out until lite together with fluffy. Add the egg yolks ane at a fourth dimension together with blend simply until the yolk disappears earlier adding the next. With the mixer on a depression speed, blend inwards the melted chocolate together with vanilla. Add 1/3 of the flour together with mix simply until incorporated. Add one-half the buttermilk together with blend until it disappears. Repeat adding 1/3 the flour, thus the other one-half of the buttermilk together with cease alongside the remaining 1/3 of the flour mixture.
   
   


5. 
   
   In a construct clean modest mixing bowl, musical rhythm out the egg whites until strong peaks form. Gently flexure the egg whites into the chocolate batter alongside a spatula. Do non musical rhythm out or over-mix.
   
   


6. 
   
   Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 total together with bake for 14-15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out construct clean when inserted inwards the center.
   
   


7. 
   
   Allow the baked cupcakes to cool inwards the pan for 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
   
   

Recipe Notes

Recipe adapted from a October 2011 Southern Living Magazine

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Coconut-Pecan Frosting

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

12 mins

Total Time

12 mins

 

Course:

Icing for Cake or Cupcakes

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  2
  cups
  chopped pecans
  toasted
  


• 
  1
  12 ounce tin evaporated milk
  


• 
  1 1/2
  cups
  sugar
  


• 
  3/4
  cup
  unsalted butter
  


• 
  6
  egg yolks,
  lightly beaten
  


• 
  2 - two 1/2
  cups
  sweetened flaked coconut
  


• 
  1 1/2
  teaspoons
  pure vanilla extract
  


• 
  Cherries for garnish if desired
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   To toast the pecans, spread inwards a unmarried layer on a baking sheet.  Bake inwards a preheated 350 grade oven for nearly 8 minutes.  Remove to a bowl to cool piece preparing the frosting.
   
   


2. 
   
   In a large heavy-bottom saucepan combine the evaporated milk, sugar, butter together with egg yolks. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium rut until the butter is melted together with the carbohydrate dissolved.
   
   


3. 
   
   Keep cooking together with stirring for roughly 12 minutes until the mixture bubbles together with has turned a lite caramel color.  The mixture should thicken similar warm pudding.
   
   


4. 
   
   Remove the pan from the rut together with stir inwards the vanilla, pecans together with coconut.  Pour the frosting into a large construct clean mixing bowl together with allow it to cool for nearly 45 minutes or until spreading consistency.
   
   


5. 
   
   Makes plenty frosting to generously comprehend 36 cupcakes.
   
   

Recipe Notes

Recipe adapted from a Oct 2011 Southern Living Magazine

The cease result?  This is a lovely, chocolaty, moist cake alongside a nutty kokosnoot frosting that’s surprisingly non overly sweet.  It was fun to construct together with bake together with fifty-fifty to a greater extent than fun to share.  I promise y'all bring a wonderful calendar week together with thank y'all thus much for stopping by!

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com