I need to make a German chocolate or black forest cake and they want it decorated but I have no idea what kind of frosting to use. Obviously it needs to crust so I don't know what to use. These ppl are from Germany so I don't want to ruin the cake by putting the wrong frosting on it. HELP!!!

german chocolate cake usually has a coconut/pecan cooked icing. Black Forest has cherries inside, sometimes on top, but the icing is generally chocolate.

I suppose. It depends on what you promised to do.

Well, it's up to me. They're German so they are big drinkers....no seriously they are I know them. Anyway, I was thinking of molding some rice krispy treats into their favorite German beer. That's all I've come up with so far.

Just FYI, but German Chocolate Cake is actually not a German recipe. It's named after an American man whose last name was "German". I'm sure they'd love either cake, but don't worry about making sure it's "authentic" German chocolate cake just because they're from Germany.

lol....thanks knowing that does make a difference....it was a request from them b/c it's their favorite. I guess it was just a coincidence that the Germans favorite cake happens to be German choc...that's pretty funny.

I just looked up German CC and it says that the cake is layered and filled with the coconut stuff, topped with it, then frosted and bordered with choc icing. I think I'll just do that and leave off the topping. Thanks everyone.

Hi Kimmy!

I don't know if you still need help with the black forest cake....
If so please let me know. I'm from Germany and could send you a translated recipe.
Generally it is filled with cherries and cherry jelly and covered with whipped cream.

Just let me know and I would be glad to give you more information.

Have a nice day!

Kiki