German Chocolate Cake and Kitche n remodel fun!


 

CaseT

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Haven't been posting much as we've been remodeling our Kitchen. New cabinets, counter tops and back splash. Just poured and finished the counter tops (concrete). All we have left to do is install the glass tile back splash. Oh yeah and then sometime this summer, paint.

I did make this yummy German Chocolate cake it was really tasty. I have included the recipe for those who might like to give it a go.

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INGREDIENTS

Cake
Cooking spray to grease pans
4 oz sweet baking chocolate
1/2 cup water
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour or 2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter or margarine (2 sticks), room temperature
4 large eggs, separated
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk

Coconut-Pecan Filling and Topping
3 egg yolks
1 cup granulated sugar or packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick)
1 cup evaporated milk (from 12-oz can)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
1 cup chopped pecans

DIRECTIONS

Heat the oven to 350°F. Spray the bottoms and sides of three 8-inch or two 9-inch round cake pans with the cooking spray. Cut three 8-inch or two 9-inch rounds of waxed paper or cooking parchment paper. Line bottoms of pans with the paper.
Coarsely chop the chocolate. In a 1-quart saucepan, heat the chocolate and water over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is completely melted; remove from heat and cool.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir the flour, baking soda and salt until mixed; set aside. In another medium bowl, beat 2 cups sugar and 1 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy; set aside.

On medium speed, beat 1 egg yolk at a time into the sugar mixture until mixed. On low speed, beat in the melted chocolate and 1 teaspoon vanilla. On low speed, beat in 1/2 of the flour mixture just until smooth, then beat in 1/2 of the buttermilk just until smooth. Repeat beating in flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk just until smooth.
Wash and dry mixer beaters. In a small bowl, beat the eggs whites on high speed until beaten eggs whites form stiff peaks when beaters are lifted. Add egg whites to the batter; to fold in, use a rubber spatula to cut down vertically through the batter, then slide the spatula across the bottom of the bowl and up the side, turning batter over. Rotate the bowl 1/4 turn, and repeat this down-across-up motion. Continue folding until batter and egg whites are blended.

Pour batter into pans; use a rubber spatula to scrape batter from bowl, spread batter evenly in pans and smooth top of batter. (If batter is not divided evenly, spoon batter from one pan to another.) Refrigerate batter in third pan if not all pans will fit in oven at one time; bake third pan separately.

Bake 8-inch pans 35 to 40 minutes, 9-inch pans 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes. To remove cake from pan, invert onto cooling rack, then invert right side up on second cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

In a 2-quart saucepan, stir the egg yolks, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, the evaporated milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until well mixed. Cook over medium heat about 12 minutes, stirring frequently, until thick and bubbly. Stir in the coconut and pecans. Cool about 30 minutes, beating occasionally with a spoon, until mixture is spreadable.
Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on a cake plate; using a metal spatula, spread 1/3 of the filling over the layer. Add second layer, rounded side down; spread with 1/3 of the filling. Add third layer, rounded side up; spread with remaining filling, leaving side of cake unfrosted. Store cake covered in the refrigerator.

Pulled the cabinets on a Friday, had the new ones installed by Saturday afternoon.

Old Cabinets be gone! Put them on Craigslist for $150 and they were gone in an hour.

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Pouring Mud!

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New tops and cabinets

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I have always thought that it would be fun to route PEX inside a concrete countertop and be able to warm it or cool it as a technique might require. Not so sure it’s would be something that I would use enough to make it worthwhile but who knows.
 
New tops and cabinets

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The GCC looks fantastic Case. Kitchen came out great! Brings back memories of about this time last year when I was up to my eyeballs in Kitchen remodel. You sold your old cabinets too cheap, LOL
 
Wondered where you've been Case, always enjoy your informative cooks.
Cake and Kitchen remodel came out great.
 
I'd love a slice of that GC cake! Nice job on the remodel.



I have always thought that it would be fun to route PEX inside a concrete countertop and be able to warm it or cool it as a technique might require. Not so sure it’s would be something that I would use enough to make it worthwhile but who knows.


there's a bar called the beerhive that has something kind of like that....not sure if this is what you're referring to but this is probably not too practical:
 
Nice cake. Can I have a slice?

Like your new kitchen, too.

Some friends of ours did the concrete counter top thing. They stained them & then applied a coating. A while later, mold grew under the coating & hubby had a melt-down.
 
Love the cake, been years since I've had GCC.
That's some quick work on that kitchen. Barb and I have done two kitchen remodels, but no concrete tops and it took us a few weeks to get it done.
 
Thanks for the recipe Case. Your remodel is looking good. Bet you'll be glad to get back to normal. We've got that coming up soon.
 
Nice kitchen remodel.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: It's NOT "German Chocolate Cake", as in the country. It's "German's Chocolate Cake". The baker's name was "German" Somewhere along the line they inadvertently dropped the apostrophe.
 
Nice kitchen remodel.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: It's NOT "German Chocolate Cake", as in the country. It's "German's Chocolate Cake". The baker's name was "German" Somewhere along the line they inadvertently dropped the apostrophe.

Next you'll try to tell me that there aren't burnt almonds in Burnt Almond Fudge ice cream.

:confused:

:cool:
 
Sorry fellers, Bill is absolutely right!!
As for the burnt almond ice cream, that’s a different animal altogether.
Personally, there’s a little ice cream place about fifteen miles away (Plainwell Ice Cream) and I have become a very serious fan of their Butter Pecan!
“I don’t eat Ice Cream often but, when I do, it’s Plainwell Ice Cream!” With respect to the most interesting man in the world.
 
WOW!!! That cake looks fantastic and your kitchen out the top. Love the cabinets and you counter tops fantastic, you did a great job.
Thanks for the cake recipe.
 

 

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