12 german chocolate cake recipes

A basic, but delectable cake made with pecans, coconut and cream cheese.

A German classic, rich and delicious and not too sweet!

Too good to be true? This delectable cake is made with caramels and chocolate chips has a rich taste to die for!

Better-Than-Sex cake: poke cake made from German chocolate cake mix soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel, topped with whipped cream and crushed candy bars.

Better-than-anything cake with German chocolate base soaked in sweetened condensed milk and caramel sauce, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath or Snickers bars. Make-ahead party cake.

I make this recipe and double it and make bigger cookies, also I substitute Chocolate chips for nuts and raisins because I am allergic to nuts and my kids hated raisins.

Herman chocolate chip cookies, hearty and loaded with oats, peanuts, and chocolate chips, made with tangy Herman sourdough starter. A clever, chewy way to use up your friendship starter.

No-bake chocolate icebox cake layered with angel food cake pieces and a rich chocolate custard made from melted German chocolate, egg yolks, and whipped cream. Chills overnight.

Kartoffel Torte is a German chocolate potato cake with mashed potatoes, cocoa, pecans, and maraschino cherries baked in a tube pan and drizzled with powdered sugar icing.

Rich chocolate drop cookies loaded with flaked coconut, chopped pecans, and chocolate chips, each topped with a pecan half. Melted unsweetened chocolate in the batter gives them a deep, fudgy flavor that tastes like a German chocolate cake in cookie form.

Rehruecken (saddle of venison cake) bakes a German chocolate-cinnamon sponge in a ribbed loaf mold, splits and fills with currant jelly, then glazes with chocolate and studs with slivered almonds.

An elegant German zucchini cake with coconut, candied cherries, rum, and lemon, lightened with whipped egg whites and finished in a glossy chocolate glaze. Baked in a traditional Rehruecken mold for a stunning presentation.