English Explanatory Dictionary

German chocolate cake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A layered chocolate cake filled and topped with coconut-pecan frosting.

Word forms

German chocolate cake German chocolate cakes

Etymology

From the earlier form German's Chocolate cake (1957), so named because it used a variety of chocolate developed by Samuel German, an English-American chocolate maker employed by James Baker's chocolate company (which also developed baker's chocolate).

Derived words

German chocolate
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