Reduced-Fat German Chocolate Cake

Name: Reduced-Fat German Chocolate Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: Eastern European & German
Ingredients: 3 ounces (85 grams), milk chocolate, chopped; 3 tablespoons, Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1/3 cup, boiling water; 1 1/3 cups (6⅔ ounces/189 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 cup packed (3½ ounces/99 grams), brown sugar; 1/3 cup (2⅓ ounces/66 grams), granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 3 large, eggs, room temperature; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 cup, low-fat sour cream, room temperature; 1 cup, fat-free evaporated milk; 3 tablespoons, cornstarch; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2/3 cup packed (4⅔ ounces/132 grams), packed brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1/3 cup, pecans, toasted (see note) and chopped fine; 1/2 cup (1½ ounces/43 grams), sweetened shredded coconut, toasted

Desserts or Baked Goods
Eastern European & German
Chocolate
Light
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2010

If it weren't inordinately rich and gooey—and huge—would it still be German Chocolate Cake?

SERVES 12

TIME 2¼ hours

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