German-Chocolate Cake with Coconut-Pecan Sauce

Yield: 20 servings (serving size: 1 cake piece and 2 tablespoons sauce)

Ingredients

• 1/3  cup  butter or stick margarine
• 1  (4-ounce) bar sweet baking chocolate, chopped
• 1 1/4  cups  sugar
• 1/2  cup  water
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  vanilla extract
• 2  large egg whites
• 1  large egg
• 2  cups  all-purpose flour
• 2  teaspoons  baking powder
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• Cooking spray
• Coconut-Pecan Sauce

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Place butter and chocolate in a large microwave-safe bowl, and microwave at high 1 minute or until melted, stirring until smooth. Stir in sugar, water, and vanilla. Add egg whites and egg, stirring with a whisk. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, and add to chocolate mixture, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Coat bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray; pour batter into pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack. Serve cake with Coconut-Pecan Sauce.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

267 (30% from fat)

Fat:

8.9g (sat 4.7g,mono 3g,poly 0.7g)

Protein:

3.7g

Carbohydrate:

44.5g

Fiber:

0.6g

Cholesterol:

25mg

Iron:

0.9mg

Sodium:

144mg

Calcium:

84mg