Homemade German Chocolate Cake Icing
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup of evaporated milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cup of sweetened coconut flakes make sure to pack it down when measuring
- 1 cup of chopped pecans or pecan pieces
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, combine the evaporated milk, sugar, egg yolks, butter and vanilla.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until thickened. This takes about 12 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the coconut flakes and pecans. Mix until all is well combined.
- Let the icing cool completely (at room temperature) and then ice the cake.
Notes
We like more pecans and more coconut than the recipe calls for. So we use 2 cups of coconut and almost 2 cups of pecans.