Hershey's German Chocolate Cake

== Description ==
Makes 1 cake and about 2⅔ cups frosting
== Ingredients ==
* ¼ cup Hershey's cocoa
* ½ cup boiling water
* 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
* 2¼ cups sugar
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 4 eggs
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 tsp baking soda
* ½ tsp salt
* 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk To sour milk: Use 1 tablespoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.
* pecan halves (optional)
* Coconut pecan frosting (recipe follows)
=== Coconut pecan frosting ===
* 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
* 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
* ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 1⅓ cups mounds sweetened coconut flakes
* 1 cup chopped pecans
== Directions ==
# Heat oven to 350°F.
# Grease and flour three 9-inch round baking pans.
# Stir together cocoa and water in small bowl until smooth; set aside. 
# Beat butter, Sugar and vanilla in large bowl until light and fluffy. 
# Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. 
# Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with chocolate mixture and buttermilk, beating just enough to blend. 
# Pour batter into prepared pans.
# Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly. 
# Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks.
# Cool completely.
# Prepare Coconut pecan frosting; spread between layers and over top.
=== Coconut pecan frosting ===
# Stir together sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks and butter in medium saucepan.
# Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened and bubbly.
# Remove from heat; stir in vanilla, coconut and pecans. 
# Cool to room temperature. 
== Notes ==
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Category:Cake Recipes
Category:Buttermilk Recipes
Category:Cocoa Recipes
Category:Coconut Recipes
Category:Egg Recipes
Category:Egg yolk Recipes
Category:Pecan Recipes
Category:Sour milk Recipes
Category:Sweetened condensed milk Recipes