German chocolate cake
noun
a layered chocolate cake with a coconut-and-pecan frosting
Examples
The first published recipe for German’s chocolate cake recipe showed up in a Dallas newspaper in 1957 and came from a Texas homemaker.
Word Origin
1957; uses Baker’s German Sweet Chocolate, named for Samuel German
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