This was the best cake I've ever made! It was phenominal! Yes, it's one of the more difficult cakes, but it was well worth it. By difficult, I mean that it took forever to completely finish baking it, because I only had ONE 9in round pan... Super good!

German chocolate cake is my hubby's favorite, so for his birthday last week, I thought I'd suprise him with. After having experimented with several different German chocolate cake recipes in the past few years, this one was my favorite in terms of taste. However, I ended up having to make the cake twice. I followed the recipe to a "T" the first time, but when it came time to remove the cakes from the pans, they were horribly stuck, despite my having greased and floured the pans well. I managed to salvage most of the cakes, but they were terribly crumbly. I figured I could hide the crumbled appearance with the frosting, but when I did, the whole thing literally fell into pieces. It was beyond hope trying to fix it, so I had to throw the whole thing away (after, of course, enjoying a few pieces of crumbled, but heavenly tasting cake). At this point, I felt bad for not having a birthday cake to present to my husband, so I decided to try it again. I repeated everything, but this time, omitted the water when I melted the chocolate (I was always taught never to add water to chocolate when melting). I also lined the bottom of the pans with parchment paper cut to size, and just greased the sides with Pam. Finally, I had inadvertently run out of sugar when I started on the frosting, so I substituted brown sugar. (I also doubled the amount of frosting.) The second version came out better than the first -- the cake was springier, and less crumbly, did not stick at all, and the

The only thing I did differently was I toasted the pecans.

Cake was dry. Made this for a birthday and spent a lot of time making it. Very disappointing.

That was a very, very good cake! It did cost a bit because of all the special items (coconut, evaporated milk, german chocolate). Very tasty. I've never had an official German Chocolate cake, so I can't compare, but it tasted great. I stuck the cakes in the freezer until they were stiff enough to deal with. Hint: The frosting has to cool A LOT before you can use it. I had it in the fridge for an hour before it was stiff enough.

LOVE this recipe. Makes a giant cake, so the 2nd time I made it, I halved the recipe and made cupcakes (made about 20 with half the recipe). Huge hit! :)

Marvelous, and scrumptious cake. If I was getting married, and I needed a wedding cake. I would definitely use this recipe. My aunt used to make my dad a delicious German Chocolate Cake. When my Uncle tasted this scrumptious, and very delicious cake he said, "You gave your Aunt Mish a run for her German Chocolate Cake. I reccommend that everyone tries this cake. It is a very dilectable, marvelous, scrumptious, and delicious cake.

Great cake. Nice & moist. Made for a friend who said German Chocolate is his favorite and he said it was great!

I made this for a friend's birthday, and she loved it! This one's definitely going in my personal collection.

Great Cake! I read the reviews and agreed with these suggestions. It's a must to toast the coconut and pecans. A little salt to the icing would bring out the flavor better...so I added 1/4 teaspoon. I should mention that I mixed 1-1/2 times the icing recipe. I had no problem getting the icing to thicken, but it's important to bring your initial ingredients to a boil while stirring constantly. As soon as it starts to boil you can see it's thickening. Once it's cools and you add the coconut and pecans...it's plenty thick. I also put mine in the refrigerator to set up even better. The cake batter provides enough to more than fill 2- 9" pans. Make sure you use CAKE flour not all purpose flour, it does make a difference. If you can't find cake flour, try bulk bins or go to your instore bakeries and ask them to sell you some. I found that the recipe produces too much batter and the cake rose over the edges of the pan and got crispy. ( not what you want on a cake )This also increases your baking time which is also what you do not want because it will make your cake drier. Next time I will remove 1/4 to 1/3 cup of batter off each 9" pan, that should make it perfect. The cake rises high and beautiful, I was very impressed! Lastly, I agreed that the cake was much better the next day..it got even more moist.I would make this cake the day before a special event to maximize the pleasure of this moist cake. I now believe I can make a cake from scratch with the moistness of a "box" cake! ..

This cake was too dry for my taste - which was a big disappointment after the effort that went into making it! The icing is very yummy, but wouldn't stick to the sides of the cake very well. This is the same recipe from the Baker's German Choc. Squares box, just with cake flour. Upon someone else's review suggestion, I used the icing recipe from that same box, as it's the same as this one, just 1 1/2 times the recipe. Perfect amount of icing! I'll make the icing again, but not the cake.

Great Cake! Be sure to toast the coconut and pecans- it adds a great flavor to the frosting. Also, I would definitely double the frosting recipe. It may seem like too much, but it's really just about right. You'll have just enought left over to enjoy licking off the spoon!

YUM!!! Much better than store bought cake mix! Look's Great! Topping falls off the side of the cake though (But not bad!)

This is the best recipe for German Chocolate Cake. I would not change a thing.