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German Chocolate Upside Down Cake
This German Chocolate Upside Down Cake has amazing flavor and texture, topped with a fantastic gooey pecan and coconut layer. Add a dollop of lightly sweetened whip cream and you’ve got one heck of a dessert.
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Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
German
Prep Time:
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time:
50
minutes
minutes
Total Time:
1
hour
hour
5
minutes
minutes
Servings:
16
Servings
Calories:
584
kcal
Author:
Jenni - The Gingered Whisk
Ingredients
Cake
2
cups
granulated sugar
1 ¾
cup
all purpose flour
¾
cup
unsweetened baking cocoa
1 ½
teaspoon
baking powder
1 ½
teaspoon
baking soda
1
teaspoon
salt
2
eggs
1
cup
milk
½
cup
veggie oil
2
teaspoon
pure vanilla extract
1
cup
boiling water
Topping
¼
cup
melted butter
½
cup
brown sugar
1
cup
chopped pecans
1 ½
cups
shredded unsweetened coconut
Filling
8
ounces
cream cheese
room temperature
½
cup
butter
one stick
16
ounces
powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Grease 9x13 cake pan, and line the bottom with a piece of parchment paper that perfectly fits the bottom.
Pour the melted butter into the pan and spread over the bottom.
Sprinkle on the brown sugar, pecans and coconut.
Set aside.
In a medium bowl whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
Mix in the boiling water.
Pour the cake batter over the brown sugar/pecan mixture.
In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth and cream.y
Slowly add the powdered sugar in and continue mixing until smooth.
Dollop the cream cheese mixture over the chocolate batter.
Place the 9x13 cake pan on top of a rimmed baking sheet (sometimes the cream cheese mixture boils out!) and bake for 45-50 minutes.
Allow to cool for 10 minutes, and then invert onto a serving tray or baking sheet
Allow to cool completely and then slice into pieces.
Serve with whipped cream and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving:
1
g
|
Calories:
584
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
74
g
|
Protein:
5
g
|
Fat:
31
g
|
Saturated Fat:
14
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
15
g
|
Trans Fat:
1
g
|
Cholesterol:
62
mg
|
Sodium:
431
mg
|
Fiber:
2
g
|
Sugar:
61
g