Coconut-Pecan Frosting

A delicious frosting and an easy to follow recipe. I cooked it following the instructions. The cake I made is a chocolate pound cake which I slice in half and pile on the frosting. I use the recipe for "Classic Southern Pound Cake " from the May 2017 Southern Living magazine. I simply add 3 heaping tablespoons of Dutch process cocoa. I do a lot with this cake. I use the recipe to make a coconut pound cake. My friend's favorite is a lemon blueberry pound cake based on this recipe. It's the best pound cake I have ever tried!

Perfect consistency on the first try! I read a lot of different German Chocolate Frosting recipes before settling on this one and the number one complaint was not getting the right consistency. I had no problem getting it just right on the first try with this one.

I substituted light brown sugar (1 1/2 cups packed) instead of granulated sugar and ended up using 1x7 oz bag of sweetened flakes coconut. I chose to grind the pecans a bit smaller than the come from the grocery.