Shelly's Recipe

GERMAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Category: Cakes

1 bar German sweet chocolate
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons butter flavoring
1 cup buttermilk
3 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt

***German Sweet Chocolate Glaze***
1 bar Germans sweet chocolate
1 tablespoon shortening
1/4 cup water
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 dash salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

***German Chocolate Frosting***
2 bars Germans sweet chocolate
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup water
1 dash salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups confectioners sugar

German Chocolate Pound Cake
Partially melt chocolate over hot water. Remove and stir rapidly until melted. Cool. Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs, flavorings, and buttermilk. Sift together flour, soda, and salt; add to shortening.

Mix well. Blend in chocolate. Pour into a well-greased and well-floured 9-inch tube pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 90 minutes.

Remove from pan while still hot and place under tightly fitting cover until thoroughly cooled. Serve plain or with the following glaze or frosting.

German's Sweet Chocolate Glaze: Melt chocolate and shortening in water; mix in remaining ingredients.

German Chocolate Frosting: Melt chocolate and butter in water. Stir in salt, vanilla, and confectioners sugar. Serves/Makes: 12