Ten Years Since

Posted on by theexileskitchen by Amanda Ellison Anglin

It’s Baby Boy’s birthday today. It’s been ten years since he’s asked for a German chocolate cake.

I used a box mix for the cake layers but made the icing from scratch.

It takes a lot of bowls and steps to make this two layer cake. Of course, I taste tested along the way. I think it will pass the test.

The chocolate icing is a cross between genache and chocolate butter cream. Adding a half cup of chocolate chips when melting the butter gives it a nice sheen.
I made a dam using some of the chocolate icing to hold the coconut filling in place. 
Top layer before the crumb coat. After covering the entire cake with chocolate icing, it was placed in the fridge to firm up.
Out of the fridge and piped with a few  little shells and rosettes to hold the rest of the coconut icing.

Birthday Blessings from the Exile’s Kitchen.