German chocolate cake decorated

A decadent German Chocolate Cake Recipe, made with a fudgy chocolate cake, a caramel/coconut frosting, and iced with a simple chocolate frosting.

This German Chocolate Cake has a rich, moist chocolate cake and homemade buttery, gooey coconut pecan frosting. My grandma would be so proud!

This classic German Chocolate Cake features rich, moist layers of chocolate cake, filled and topped with a decadent coconut-pecan frosting, and finished with smooth chocolate frosting on the sides. It's a delicious dessert perfect for special occasions.

The BEST homemade German Chocolate Cake with the perfect combination of coconut pecan frosting and chocolate frosting. This cake is the best I have made yet.

This recipe is lightly adapted from the original “German’s® Sweet Chocolate Cake” recipe from Baker’s Chocolate Company, originating in 1957. Both the cake recipe and coconut-pecan frosting recipes are true to the original, with my addition of chocolate ganache to frost the sides of the cake. If possible, use German’s Sweet Chocolate bar by Baker’s Chocolate Company to make the cake layers. An acceptable substitute is a semisweet chocolate bar with cacao content of 50% to 56% (this…

German Chocolate Cake: a perfect dessert for your next big occasion! Moist chocolate cake layered with a buttery brown sugar coconut pecan filling.

Original Baker's German Chocolate cake is mildly sweet chocolate cake topped with a decadent coconut pecan frosting.

Indulge in the richness of this decadent German chocolate cake, layered with coconut-pecan frosting that makes it the best you've ever had. #ChocolateLovers #GermanCake #BakeFromScratch