Homemade German Chocolate Cake Recipe | HERSHEY'S

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 cup butter or margarine, plus 3 tablespoons, softened
• 2-1/4 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
• pecan halves (optional)
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz) (not evaporated milk)
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick)
• 1-1/3 cups sweetened coconut flakes
• 1 cup pecans chopped