GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE TOPPING - KING ARTHUR FLOUR

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Make and share this German Chocolate Cake Topping - King Arthur Flour recipe from Food.com.

Provided by senseicheryl

Categories Dessert

Time 10m

Yield 1 batch of icing

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 cup light brown sugar
1 tablespoon Clear Jel, instant, available through King Arthur Flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup half-and-half (or milk)
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon butter pecan flavoring (or pralines & cream flavoring) (optional)
1 1/2 cups coconut, shredded (sweetened or unsweetened, toasted)
1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped, toasted

Steps:

Whisk together the brown sugar, Clear jel and salt until thoroughly combined.
Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan; stir in the milk or haft & half, sugar mixture and corn syrup. Bring to a simmer and cook gently, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture thickens slightly.
Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla, flavor, coconut and pecans. Spread on cooled cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 3502.3, Fat 260.1, SaturatedFat 120.9, Cholesterol 166.9, Sodium 797.9, Carbohydrate 306.5, Fiber 36.5, Sugar 240.1, Protein 27.8