Easiest Way to Make Perfect Homemade German Chocolate Icing Recipe
Homemade German Chocolate Icing Recipe. Spread on cake while still warm. Stir brown sugar, coconut, pecans, and milk into hot butter; bring to a simmer.
Add some chocolate buttercream frosting to put this cake recipe over the top! Combine milk, sugar, butter and egg in saucepan, stir constantly and bring to a boil. In a large saucepan combine evaporated milk, sugar, egg yolks, margarine and vanilla.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
The best, homemade German Chocolate Cake recipe, from scratch, is decadent and sweet with the rich chocolate cake layers topped with coconut pecan frosting!
Most recipes use canned evaporated milk, which unless you're using the whole can at once, is annoying for small batch baking. Moist layers of German Chocolate Cake slathered with the best homemade coconut pecan frosting ever are the hallmarks of this classic dessert! If you love all things German chocolate-inspired, be sure to try my German Chocolate Brownies and my German Chocolate Cake Truffles next!