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174 S H E E T C A K E S
GERMAN CHOCOLAT
GERMAN CHOCOLATE E
VELVET CRUMB CAK
VELVET CRUMB CAKE E
ne of the best things about golden. I took that idea and came
traveling as a cookbook up with my own version for a Ger-
author is venturing into new man chocolate sheet cake. This is
territory and finding out about new one fabulous cake that I will share
cakes. I had heard of Velvet Crumb in Des Moines anytime!
Cakes (cakes with a buttery,
R
crunchy topping that are broiled
before serving) when I was in St.
the Cake Mix Doctor says
Louis on my book tour, and I heard
Feel free to experiment with the
about them again as a guest on
topping combinations. Stephen’s
WHO radio in Des Moines with host family recipe calls for more butter,
a little heavy cream, and vanilla in addi -
Stephen Winzenburg.
tion to the coconut and brown sugar. It
Stephen told does not include pecans. If you cannot
find the frozen unsweetened coconut
me that his
in your market, substitute sweetened
mother makes flaked coconut. This type of topping
works well on just about any sheet
a brown sugar, but-
cake. I think the combination is perfect
ter, and coconut topping, spreads it with the mildness of German choco -
over a freshly baked cake, and then late, but you could just as easily use it
on a white or yellow cake as well as a
places the cake under the broiler devil’s food cake.
until the topping bubbles and turns
