German Chocolate Cake

This is the perfect German Chocolate Cake

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Yields: 1 9inch3layer cake

Ingredients

•  spago  chocolate cake (Spago's Chocolate Chiffon Cake)

• Coconut Pecan Filling

• 2  cups sugar
• 2  cups heavy cream
• 6  large  egg yolks
• 8  ounces unsalted butter
• 2 2⁄3 cups sweetened flaked coconut
• 2 2⁄3 cups  chopped pecans
•  dark chocolate, ganache-- sufficient to coat sides (Dark Chocolate Ganache)
•  chopped pecans, sufficient to coat sides

Directions

1. Filling: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan.
2. Stir constantly over medium heat until mixture is thickened and bubbly.
3. Reduce heat to low and cook stirring for 1-2 minutes more.
4. Let filling cool until spreadable.
5. Will keep 1 week in refrigerator.
6. Soften before using.
7. Spread filling between cake layers and on top of cake.
8. Ice sides with very soft ganache.
9. Coat sides with pecans.