German Chocolate Cake

A variation of chocolate cake, German chocolate cake is layered and topped typically with a coconut-pecan frosting. This rich, scrumptious dessert began its rise to popularity in the late 1950s.

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Heavenly Angel Food Cake
... bake a marble version or coat a regular cake in chocolate sauce. You can cut it into chunks and serve... what was baking. "Angel food cake," he quickly replied. Of course! It couldn't have been anything else.... I remembered those cakes of my childhood, when my mom would pull her angel food cake out of the oven... read more...
Lusting After Lemon Cake
... varied between the classic yellow cake with chocolate frosting and a lemon cake (choosing the latter...Spring makes me have lemon cake on the brain, but not just any old lemon cake. I'm talking about... onto the brilliant idea of eating cake for lunch. Yes, cake for lunch. The local bakery specialized... read more...
Sweet & Healthy Carrot Cake
...Carrots with cream cheese sounds unappetizing at first. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting... used in cakes in the Middle Ages, when sugar was scarce, and the sweet vegetable was able to add both... texture and flavor. Nowadays, we still love carrot cake for the sweetness, and we can also appreciate... read more...
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