GERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE SNACK CAKE/FROSTING

      Title: GERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE SNACK CAKE/FROSTING
  Categories: Chocolate, German, Snacks, Desserts
       Yield: 12 Servings
  
 MMMMM-------------------------SNACK CAKE------------------------------
       1 pk (4 oz) Bakers German Sweet
            Chocolate
     3/4 c  (1 1/2 stick) margarine or
            Butter
   1 1/2 c  Sugar
       3    Eggs
       1 ts Vanilla
       2 c  All purpose flour
       1 ts Baking soda
     1/4 ts Salt
       1 c  Buttermilk
 
 MMMMM--------------------------FROSTING-------------------------------
     3/4 c  Evaporated milk
     3/4 c  Sugar
       6 tb Margarine or butter
       2    Egg yolks
     1/2 ts Vanilla
       1 c  Flaked coconut
     3/4 c  Chopped pecans
  
   CAKE: Heat oven to 350 MICROWAVE: chocolate and margarine in large
   microwavable bowl on HIGH for 2 minutes or until margarine is melted.
   Stir until chocolate is COMPLETELY melted. Add sugar into chocolate
   mixture and stir until WELL blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time,
   with electric mixer until completely mixed. Add vanilla. Beat in 1/2
   cup of the flour, the baking soda and salt. Beat in the remaining 1
   1/2 cups flour alternately with the buttermilk until smooth. Pour
   into greased 13 x 9 inch pan.
   
   Bake for 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out
   clean.  Cool in pan on wire rack. Frost with Easy Coconut Pecan
   Frosting.
   
   Prep Time: 20 min Baking time: 50 min
   
   FROSTING:
   
   Combine milk, sugar, margarine, egg yolks and vanilla in saucepan.
   Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens, about 6 mins., stirring
   constantly.  Remove from heat. Stir in coconut and pecans. Cool until
   thick enough to spread, stirring occasionally.  Spread on cooled
   snack cake.
   
   Makes about 2 cups or enough to frost top of one 13 x
         9    cake.
   
   Prep time:  15 min plus cooling time.
   
   Bakers Easiest Typed by Dale/Gail Shipp
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