What is National German Chocolate Cake Day?
National German Chocolate Cake Day, June 11th, honors a cake with American roots. It also happens to be one of America's top ten favorite cakes.
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Despite the fact that the name may have sounded like the cake originated in Germany, it wasn't. The cake's roots can be traced back to 1852, when American Sam German developed a form of dark baking chocolate for the American Baker's Chocolate Company. Sam German, Baker's German Sweet Chocolate's brand was named in honor of Sam German.
In the Dallas Morning Star, a recipe for "German's Chocolate Cake" appeared as the Recipe of the Day over 100 years ago in 1957. This dish, created by Mrs. George Clay, used Baker's German Sweet Chocolate, and it became extremely popular. During this period, GM owned Baker's brand and sold Mrs. Clay's recipe to other newspapers around the country. The new name of German Chocolate Cake, as we know it today, came to be as magazines began removing the's.'
