On Jun 16, 8:40 am, hahabogus > wrote:
> "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" > wrote :
>
> > First off, here is a little ditty from snopes on German chocolate cake:
>
> Second off, I'm not making a german chocolate cake....but a chocolate
> chip cake from a mix.
>
If you gave half a shit about quality, you wouldn't be making the
piece of crap cake you're intending to make.

The regular German Chocolate cake is a joy. The texture is lovely,
and the technique of separating the eggs and beating the whites, when
done well, works for many other cakes as well. The substitutions one
can make are using a better chocoate (such as Ghirardelli), and
substituting English walnuts (or better yet, hickory nuts) for all or
part of the pecans in the frosting.
I've also heard of baking it in a water bath, but my wife doesn't do
that, and hers is great.

--Bryan