“Hey Dad, can you help me with Chem?”
“Well…you see, I was never that great with Chem but I did take a class in college that I had to calculate time travel Physics equations with.”
Happy (day late) birthday to the man that not only allowed me to sign up for Honor’s Chem, but also reassured me that there’s more difficult parts of physical sciences than the Orbital Configuration, Stoichiometry, and various laws I’ll eventually have to face as a Biology major. I promise I love him more than the combined amu’s of the Periodic Table it’s just my mind is currently spazzing over my Chem final on Tuesday.
German Chocolate Cake
(recipe from http://foododelmundo.com)
4 oz German Chocolate (Sweet Baking Chocolate)
1/2 Cup Milk
2 1/2 Cups cake flour (or 2 1/4 all purpose flour)
1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 sticks (1 cup) Butter – room temp
1 3/4 Cup sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 Cup Sour Cream
Preheat oven to 350° F
Microwave chocolate and milk in microwave safe bowl for 1:30 on high
Stir until chocolate is melted, set aside
Sift flour, baking soda and salt together in a different bowl, set aside
Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until fluffy
Add eggs one at a time, beating between each addition
Add 1/2 the flour mixture to the egg mixture, beat until well combined
Add vanilla extract and chocolate mixture, beat until smooth
Add the rest of the flour mixture and beat
Add sour cream, beat
Scrape the bottom the bowl to incorporate all the ingredients then beat some more
Divide batter between 3 cake pans
Bake 25-30 mins until a skewer stuck in the center comes out with only a few crumbs but no sticky batter
Run a knife around the inside of the pan, wait 10 mins before you flip cakes out onto cooling racks.
Coconut Pecan Frosting
14 oz Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 Cup water
3 egg yolks
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 Cup Pecans chopped
2 Cups Sweetened Coconut Flakes
pinch salt
Stir condensed milk, water, and egg yolks together in a saucepan
Add butter and cook on medium heat stirring occasionally until butter is melted and the mixture bubbles
Turn stove down to low and cook another 5 mins stirring constantly
Add remaining ingredients until evenly combined
Let cool but put on cake when still warm
Traditionally the frosting does not run down the sides, if you want it to then double the recipe
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