Coconut Pecan frosting failure:)

14 years ago

My husband's birthday was yesterday and he is arriving home from a trip today. I made German Chocolate cake using a Cake Mix Doctor recipe and the cake part turned out great. Very happy with that.

I also tried the frosting recipe that went with it. I followed her (Anne Byrn's) instructions to the letter thank you. And while my frosting looks, smells and tastes yummy it did not thicken up sufficiently to frost a two layer cake with. I guess if I had a cake in a 9 x 13 pan and planned to keep it in the fridge it might be passable.

The good news is I was trying the frosting mostly to satisfy myself and my husband is good with the canned stuff. I'm grumpy it didn't work though and am wondering why. All of my ingredients were fresh and like I said I followed the recipe 100%. I guess I could have cooked it longer but that's not how I read the instructions.

Does anyone have a reliable version of Coconut-Pecan frosting they would like to share? Thank you. And thanks for letting me vent.

Kate

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wizardnm
14 years ago
I've always used the recipe for both the cake and the frosting that is on the wrapper of the chocolate. Never had a problem...well, that's not true. I have a problem putting it on the cake, I really just want to eat it with a spoon...yummy stuff!

Link below.

Nancy

Here is a link that might be useful: Coconut Pecan filling frosting
annie1992
14 years ago
Nancy, that's the same one I use, and I love the stuff. LIke you, I could eat it with a spoon.

Kate, vent away. Hey, at least it tasted good so that's not really a failure. Just spoon the stuff over the cake!

Annie
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dgkritch
14 years ago
That's not failure!!
It's German Chocolate Cake with Coconut Pecan Sauce!
(AKA "what Annie said").

It's a brand new invention!
Just don't tell anybody (else) it's not supposed to be just like it is!! LOL

Deanna
katefisher
Original Author
14 years ago
Ha ha. You guys are great. Thanks you made me feel better. I really have to stress too that the cake itself was yummy. The frosting was off the charts decadent so here's what we did with it. I put it back on the heat until it boiled gently and then let it cool again. This thickened it some, enough that we could put it between the two nine inch cake layers and on the top. Then my husband frosted the rest of the cake with the canned stuff after which he cut himself a huge piece and promptly polished it off. It was good after all was said and done.

I'll try the recipe on the wrapper recipe for sure. Thanks folks.

Kate
annie1992
14 years ago
Well of course the cake was yummy, I had no doubts at all. The frosting was probably yummy too and your DH got double the frosting this way, it's a win-win!

Annie
katefisher
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks Annie:) You know I had not realized until last night just how naughty that frosting was. Wow.

Kate
annie1992
14 years ago
Kate, I'm not sure I want to know what you did with the rest of that "naughty" frosting, to make it "naughty". LOL

Jessica, where are you?

Annie
katefisher
Original Author
14 years ago
Oh Annie:) Perhaps decadent or evil would have been better descriptions. I am embarrassed to tell you just how much of the 'extra' frosting we ended up eating.

Kate
annie1992
14 years ago
Oh darn, I thought maybe there was a "birthday present" in there somewhere, especially since he was just returning from a trip. :-)

Annie
dedtired
14 years ago
You guys make me laugh -- out loud -- at work. Not good! ;0)
annie1992
14 years ago
Yeah, but we're so much fun!

Jessica, ya let me down...

Oh, and happy birthday to your hubs, kate!

Annie
katefisher
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks Annie. He turned 48 and was making all kinds of noise about being old. Poor baby.

Kate
annie1992
14 years ago
Oh yeah, poor baby. I feel so badly for him, especially since I'll turn 55 in May.

Tell him he's still a kid, I said so!

Annie

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