April 13, 2010
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German Chocolate cake. What in the world is German about this cake? ;) (my thoughts when I saw it at a US supermarket for the first time)
The answer is: N-O-T-H-I-N-G. At least nothing “German” meaning “Germany-related German”. The guy who invented the cake in the 19th century was an English dude whose last name was: German. HA! And although it was called “German’s Chocolate Cake” at first, the “‘s” was dropped after some time.
I was already worried that I had missed an important part of German food culture! Now I’m really curious and I wanna bake one. Does anybody know a good recipe?
Ha!
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thousandhandbrightskycannon reblogged this from germanheit
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piecesofbree reblogged this from germanheit and added:
isn’t even German?
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sarahebu88 reblogged this from germanheit and added:
Interesting fact, all. Enjoy. Also, high-rated recipe link
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greetingsfrommymailbox answered:
that answered all my questions.
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morrgg answered:
that’s funny, we’ve been getting extra credit for baking a german chocolate cake in my german class for quite some time now!
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dromomaniac answered:
i thought it was the type of chocolate that made it german -shrug-
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elwysia reblogged this from germanheit and added:
recipe http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2005/09/german_chocolat_1.html It’s making me hungry now.
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furioussoundsignifyingnothing reblogged this from germanheit and added:
But it’s so delicious!
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