German Chocolate Cake Cookies

Over at our cooking blog BS' In The Kitchen, we like to try and reinvent traditional recipes from time to time, creating something new and delicious. This recipes is on of those creations:

I'm sure many of you guys have tried the traditional German Chocolate Cake (and hopefully enjoyed it!). But I'm sure many of you have NOT tried these German Chocolate Cake COOKIES! In this recipe, we put a twist on a traditional recipe, transforming it into delicious bite-sized goodies!

Step 1: Ingredients

The Cookie

    1/2 cup + 2 tbsp Butter
    1 cup White Sugar
    1 Egg
    1 tsp Vanilla Extract
    1 cup Flour
    6 tbsp Cocoa
    1/2 tsp Baking Powder
    1/4 tsp Salt
    1/2 cup Chocolate Chips

Topping

    1 cup Evaporated Milk
    1 cup Sugar
    3 large Egg Yolks
    1/3 cup Butter (cut into small pieces)
    1/2 tsp Salt
    3 tsp spiced rum
    1 cup Pecans (toasted and finely chopped)
    1 1/2 cups sweetened coconut (toasted)

Comments

[mofu]

These cookies look typical american to me. E.g. there are no pecan nuts in Germany. I guess German immigrants brought a similar recipe with them to the states where it got americanized.

[shesparticular]

As noted here, German chocolate cake actually has nothing to do with Germany, but rather is named for the brand of chocolate that's commonly used to make it.

[Lumpydump]

I read (in Fine Cooking #114) that the cake got its name from Samuel German, an employee of Baker's Chocolate Company, who created a chocolate bar in 1852. That chocolate bar, called Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate Bar, inspired the cake, which became known back then as German's chocolate cake. I guess that morphed into German chocolate cake.

[mofu]

I see. In any case the look delicious.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

I love how you have transformed this into a cookie! Wonderful!