Coconut Pecan Frosting

Top your homemade German Chocolate Cake with this luscious, gooey coconut pecan frosting. It’s easy to prepare and elevates your cake from good to fabulous!

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This Coconut Pecan Frosting is the perfect topper to our delicious German Chocolate Cake. The sweet, tender cake pairs beautifully with the rich, sugary icing packed with chopped pecans and flaky coconut. Perfect on cupcakes, a whole cake or even chocolate pancakes! I can never get enough frosting and this suff is so good, you’ll find yourself sneaking a spoonful before you’re done.

Ingredients in Coconut Pecan Frosting

This unique German chocolate cake frosting is one of my favorite cake toppings! It’s easy to make and so full of flavor, you’ll absolutely love it. Here’s what you need:

• Egg yolks – separate the eggs and keep the egg whites in the fridge for another recipe.
• Evaporated milk – about one and a half cups or a 14 ounce can.
• Light-brown sugar – This gives the frosting a gorgeous light caramel color.
• White Granulated Sugar
• Vanilla extract – two teaspoons
• Butter – To control the sodium and flavor, I like to use unsalted butter for this recipe, but you can use anything you have on hand.
• Coconut – Use sweetened coconut flakes for lots of yummy flavor
• Pecans – Chop the pecan pieces up to the desired size.
• Pinch of salt – just enough to enhance the rich caramel flavor.

Tips on Making Coconut Pecan Frosting

This frosting can seem tricky to make, but it’s really easy. You just need to follow a couple of simple steps:

• Beat the egg yolks in a separate bowl and set aside.
• Make sure to stir the milk, sugars, butter and vanilla constantly until the sugar dissolves and the butter melts. It’ll come to a boil quickly. Keep stirring until the mixture comes to a full boil. Then remove from heat.
• The mixture might look a bit curdled, but don’t worry! It’ll all come together in the end.
• Quickly stir a small amount of the hot, sugary mixture into the beaten egg yolks. Just a little bit – you don’t want to scramble your eggs!
• Once it’s cooled down a bit, transfer mixture to the saucepan and stir well. Return to a boil, and keep stirring constantly.
• The mixture will take on a pudding-like thickness. At this point you can remove it from the heat and add the pecans and coconut. 
• Cool to a spreading consistency, stirring occasionally as needed.
• Spread half of the cooled frosting on top of one of German Chocolate cake layer. Stack the other layer of cake spread the remaining frosting on top.

Add Coconut Frosting to other Recipes

• Try a layer of this luscious frosting on a pan of brownies.
• Make a batch of chocolate cookies and add a dollop of coconut pecan frosting on top.
• Decorate your favorite cupcakes with this yummy icing.

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How to Make Coconut Pecan Frosting