Serves 12
1 9-inch prepared pie crust

Filling:
1 bar (4-ounces) sweet cooking chocolate, chopped
1/3 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
3 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon vanilla

Topping:
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 egg
1 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  In a large saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth.  Remove mixture from heat.  Add sugar, flour, eggs yolks, and vanilla.  Mix well.  In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.  Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture.  Pour mixture into pie crust.  Bake 25 - 30 minutes until filling is set.  Remove from oven and let cool.

Topping:  In a small bowl, combine, milk, egg, coconut, pecans, and vanilla.  Mix well.  Drop mixture by spoonfuls over cooled cake.  Broil 5 - 7 minutes until coconut is golden brown.  Cool cake.  Refrigerate 3 hours before serving.

Patriot History

German Chocolate Cake is an American creation.  The cake idea was brought to the American Midwest by German immigrants.  Sam German created the dark baking chocolate for Baker’s Chocolate Company in 1852.  The cake was named in his honor.

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