the 'traditional' German Chocolate cake is a cocoa chocolate, not as dark as devil's food.
Definitely, the pecan coconut frosting makes it.
However, it pays to be clear with the requestor, exactly what they want.
I did a 'traditional' German Chocolate, for a caterer friend. I did just what she asked for. I used a scratch cake, made the icing and put it together just like the picture. Often, the icing is just on the top of the layers, a little drip on the sides.
When I asked her how it was, she said "Oh I couldn't serve it with no icing on the sides. So I went to Safeway and got theirs it's to die for."
Turns out, it had chocolate buttercream on the sides, and coated with toasted almonds. HUH??? I was so angry, if I had the cake in my hands I would have thrown it at her.
Anyway, keep in mind, some people have a different idea of what German Chocolate Cake really is.
German chocolate cake is supposed to be made using German's sweet chocolate- named after the guy who created it. It is not actually German at all! Most people won't notice the difference if you just use your regular chocolate cake though, just as long as you use the coconut/pecan frosting.
Amber
Okay, so you got me really curious about this so I did a little research. I guess German Chocolate was invented as the first baking chocolate with sugar added to it. It is still not very sweet but contains more sugar than semi-sweet. It is very similiar to a milk chocolate and sweeter than a regular baking chocolate. So, sweetamber is correct! It is not even German and it sounds like it is very close to a regular chocolate with subtle differances. So, I guess the big differance between the 2 types of cakes really is the frosting!
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