German chocolate cake

I'm sure you were all anxiously awaiting this post...just kidding!  Unfortunately, my cake did not look nearly as pretty as this picture....but it did taste good!  The recipe is lengthy, so I'll just point you to it here.  Many of my recipes come from this site, Annie's Eats - you should definitely check it out!

A few notes on this cake...a lot of new skills for me, like cutting 2 cake layers into 4, whipping egg whites into meringue and making a custard.  The only one that didn't go super well was the custard.  I wasn't sure how thick it needed to get and I know now that I did not let it get thick enough.  After assembling the cake, the liquid from the coconut layer soaked into the cake, leaving pretty much a coconut only layer (I omitted the nuts).  It still tasted good, just lacked that typical German chocolate filling.  It will be awhile before I make this again, just due to the time it took, but I will at some point and hopefully will have a perfect cake to report!