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162                              S H E E T  C A K E S

                     GERMAN CHOCOLATE E
                     GERMAN CHOCOLAT

                      UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE E
                      UPSIDE-DOWN CAK




                  pside-down cakes are often                    SERVES:  20
                  made in skillets: Pineapple         PREPARATION  TIME:  12  MINUTES
                                                      BAKING  TIME:  43  TO  48  MINUTES
                  upside-down cake and the

           classic French apple tarte tatin
                                                        Softened butter for greasing
           are great examples. But if you’re                 the pan

           thinking bottoms up, don’t rule out             Flour for dusting the pan
                                                         1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
           the 13- by 9-inch pan! In this rich
                                                     1 cup finely chopped pecans
           and memorable chocolate cake,
                                                     1
                                                    3 ⁄2 cups confectioners’ sugar
           coconut and pecans form the bottom       1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, melted
           layer, followed by German chocolate      1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, at room
                                                       temperature
           batter and then a sweet creamy top-
                                                    1 package (18.25 ounces) German chocolate
           ping—then the cake is turned upside         cake mix with pudding
                                                     1
           down, and on top you have those          1 ⁄4 cups water
                                                    1 ⁄3 cup vegetable oil
           toasted pecans and sweet coconut
                                                    3 large eggs
           flakes with cream cheese–filled cake
           below! My friend Kathy Sellers           1. Place a rack in the center of the oven
                                                    and  preheat  the  oven  to  375°F.  Gener-
           passed along this recipe from her        ously  grease  a  13-  by  9-inch  pan  with
           friend Jana Capello, and now I pass      butter, then dust with flour. Shake out the
                                                    excess  flour.  Sprinkle  the  coconut  and
           it along to you.
                                                    pecans evenly over the bottom of the pan,
                                                    and set the pan aside.
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